The Halton Peel Branch OGS is having its monthly meeting this Sunday, May 27, 2007 at Chinguacousy Branch Library, 150 Central Park Drive, Brampton from 2pm to 4 pm. The speaker is Gary Schroder from the Quebec Family History Society, his topic is Genealogical Research in Quebec: Past, Present and Future. Visitors are always welcome. Jane in Cooksville (Mississauga) Ontario, Canada

Hi Listers Please, would someone tell me where I can find an Index for the last Will and Testament of Adam MORTON and/or his wife Janet MORTON. Adam died 19 Feb 1913 and Janet on 1 Mar 1912. I am trying to ascertain the children of the marriage. Many thanks Glenys in South OZ

Hi Glen, You need to go to the Ontario Archives site and look at their primer: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/interloan/c-efile.htm As you live in Oz, you need to go to the Family History Library Catalogue and access the records (place: Peel; Part of: Ontario) finding "Probate" and determine the films you need to order. Where I have known the year of death I have sometimes gone straight to the estate files and scrolled through til I found the person's will I was looking for - but that assumes there was a will and it was probated in that year! Good luck! Gay

Hi, Neal, This may not be of much help, but a William Watson was a witness to my gg-grandparents' marriage in 1841: Nathaniel Hunter to Margret Hamilton, both of Toronto Twp. 15 April 1841, by banns. Rev. Porter (Presbyterian). Witnesses: Joseph McKeown and William Watson. (My Hunter family emigrated from Co. Monaghan, Ireland) William Watson, widowed, m. Elizabeth Gale 28 Jan 1822 at St. James Cathedral, Toronto. (Marriages at St. James Cathedral, Toronto, 1822 - Aug 1836,(Landmarks of Toronto, volume 3, p.395 ff, by John Ross Robertson)) William Watson d. 30 Mar 1850 and is buried in Brampton Cemetery with Eliz. (Brampton Cemetery transcriptions) I'd love to see if there's a connection between the Watson and Hunter families. Joan Hunter Essex, Ontario -----Original Message----- From: can-ont-peel-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-ont-peel-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neal Warber Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:19 AM To: CAN-ONT-PEEL@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] WATSON and BIRD Seeking information on the William Watson and Isaac Bird family's of Halton and Peel Counties. I have quite a bit of information on the Bird family but hardley anything for the Watson's. I have Isaac Bird (Chinguacousy Township) married to Hannah Watson (Chinguacousy Township ) on 1/26/1859 . She was born in Weston. Her parents were William and Isabella Watson. Isaac's parents were Isaac and Hannah (Hodgson) Bird. Isaac Bird built "The Bird Cage" in Brampton. I am looking to find information on the William Watson family. Their children, brothers and sisters of Hannah, and where they lived. I have found some on the different census but not sure if I have the right one. Would appreciate any information on them. Thanks. Neal Warber Neal Warber (nwchief43@yahoo.com) Troy, MT Searching for the past from the present. --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-PEEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/777 - Release Date: 4/26/2007 3:23 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.1/805 - Release Date: 5/15/2007 10:47 AM

Hi Muriel, I tried to do as you listed below to point out a correction, but was unsuccessful. So I thought I would just write you incase you could make the correction yourself. I noticed it was you who transcribed Enumeration District 36: Brampton, Peel, Ontario, page 10. Regarding lines 28-31, the Gowland family. I am a descendant of Thomas and Sarah. Their daughters Bessie and Jessie are listed with them. It was transcribed that Bessie, on line 30 was born Nov 1864 and was 47. But if you clearly look at the original page the year is listed as 1884, age 27. This actually isn't correct either, as I have Bessie's birth registration which states she was born in Nov 1882, so when the 1911 census was done she was actually 28+. Thanks in advance if you can indeed make this correction, at least to what the original shows. Regards, Kim --- muriel m davidson <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> wrote: > To all:- > I am hopeful those who know the old Simcoe and Peel > names will > take a peek at the finished 1911 census pages. > Click on http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/ > Sign in with your email address (SAFE) and your own > password > Click on ONTARIO, scroll drown to either Simcoe or > Peel. > [Should readers from other counties be reading this > -- please follow] > > If someone else has transcribed the page - name will > be shown - you > will have to use SPLIT-VIEW. This brings up image, > increase size > of writing to at least 125. Click on SHOW DATA > [lower left] to see > what has been transcribed. > > For proofreadreading, scroll down right side to > Experimental Proof Page, > click on that and it will pop up beside Page 1 - > with CORRECT/NOTE > > Proofreading is simply a matter of "trying" to read > the writing of the > enumerator [there are instructions re LINKS in > Frequently Asked Questions] > and these are LINKS to the 1901 census. > Fins an error? Click on CORRECT and a new space > will appear for you to > change, for example, Smtih to Smith. You will > see a red dot appear on > the > line - the transcriber will have to come back and > correct the name - and it > will > show below the page in red (wrong) and black > (correct). > > Family names misspelled? We are not supposed to > leave NOTES but the real > proofreaders are supposed to follow FAMILY NOTES. > > The best guides are the black line numbers at the > left of the page -- tells > which > names should be on which lines -- we should have 50 > lines, even if some are > blank. If transcribing, at 51 [unless more lines] > CLAIM PAGE > > Some have been questioning -- and after Simcoe and > Peel are looked over, > possibly all will have confidence in raising > percentages in western > provinces. > > Muriel - list admin > Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to CAN-ONT-PEEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >

Hi Listers I am a new Lister looking to make a connection with descendants of Adam MORTON and his wife Jessie nee YOUNG who lived in Wingham and Brampton. My 2xgreat grandfather Thomas who came to South Australia in 1847 would be Adam's brother and they were both born in Darvel, Scotland. I am currently transcribing letters that were written to Mary MORTON in South OZ by Mary, dau. of Robert MORTON, another of the above brothers. These letters were written 1899 - 1918 and mention family members, travels between Scotland and Canada and family illnesses. Thank you. Glenys nee MORTON in South Australia. 1 Adam MORTON b. 3 Aug 1826 Darvel, AYR SCO d. 19 Feb 1913 Wingham, ONT CAN m. Janet YOUNG b. 21 Nov 1825 SCO d. 1 Mar 1912 Brampton, PEE CAN [daughter of Robert YOUNG and Janet (CLARK)] 2 James Alexander MORTON b. 1850 Lanarkshire, SCO d. 13 Oct 1932 Schuter St, Wingham, Huron County, CAN m. Jessie Helena WOODS m. 5 May 1880 Brampton, ONT CAN b. c1857 Feedonia, NY USA d. c4 Aug 1933 St Joseph Hospital, Victoria, B.C. [daughter of Philander WOODS and Eliza WOODS] 3 John G. W. MORTON b. 12 Nov 1882 3 Morton Woods MORTON b. c1883 d. 4 Jun 1939 Vancouver, CAN m. Lula Hardy WOODS b. c1886 d. 29 Jan 1960 Vancouver? CAN 2 Robert Edward MORTON b. c1850 SCO m. Sarah Jane TRUEMAN m. 23 Oct 1873 Brampton, PEE ONT CAN b. c1853 Chinquacency ONT CAN [daughter of William & Elizabeth TRUEMAN] I had this one as a daughter of Adam & Janet - but maybe this is not so. Robert MORTON (below) is Adam's (above) elder brother! 2 Jessie MORTON b. c1867 d. 27 May 1948 m. Andrew MORTON Dr b. <16 Feb 1865 Loudon, AYR, SCO d. 12 Apr 1912 London, MDX, ENG [son of Robert MORTON and Christina FLEMING] 3 John (Jack) Adam MORTON

To all:- I am hopeful those who know the old Simcoe and Peel names will take a peek at the finished 1911 census pages. Click on http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/ Sign in with your email address (SAFE) and your own password Click on ONTARIO, scroll drown to either Simcoe or Peel. [Should readers from other counties be reading this -- please follow] If someone else has transcribed the page - name will be shown - you will have to use SPLIT-VIEW. This brings up image, increase size of writing to at least 125. Click on SHOW DATA [lower left] to see what has been transcribed. For proofreadreading, scroll down right side to Experimental Proof Page, click on that and it will pop up beside Page 1 - with CORRECT/NOTE Proofreading is simply a matter of "trying" to read the writing of the enumerator [there are instructions re LINKS in Frequently Asked Questions] and these are LINKS to the 1901 census. Fins an error? Click on CORRECT and a new space will appear for you to change, for example, Smtih to Smith. You will see a red dot appear on the line - the transcriber will have to come back and correct the name - and it will show below the page in red (wrong) and black (correct). Family names misspelled? We are not supposed to leave NOTES but the real proofreaders are supposed to follow FAMILY NOTES. The best guides are the black line numbers at the left of the page -- tells which names should be on which lines -- we should have 50 lines, even if some are blank. If transcribing, at 51 [unless more lines] CLAIM PAGE Some have been questioning -- and after Simcoe and Peel are looked over, possibly all will have confidence in raising percentages in western provinces. Muriel - list admin Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee

Thanks for your response Going by the censuses I mentioned previously, Mary Gill was born about 1830/31 in Ireland and married Michael Donnelly when she was about 18...their first child was recorded in St Augustine's RC records baptised in Dec 1848...as well as 4 others in following years. There are entries for several other of my relatives in St Augustine's records, just not the ones I'm looking for...(wouldn't you know) found under Gill and/or McGill The births of their children would not be found on Ancestry as they were all before 1869 as far as I know. However marriage records of several of their children have already been found. Mary died in 1887 and was buried at St Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery. Michael died in 1906 age 86 and was buried there also. I have the record for his death...but not hers. ----- Original Message ----- > Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:23:56 -0400 > From: "RSMoore" <bexsdiva@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] Mary Gill and Michael Donnelly of > Springfield > To: <can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002c01c789a9$3ce30de0$6101a8c0@your4dacd0ea75> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > What is Mary (Gill) Donnelly's date of birth? How about her husbands? > (to narrow down the search engine on Ancestry) > I'd look up their death info to see if it lists Mary's parents on her > death > record. > Is Mary Donnelly always listed as 'Mary' in the census, or is there other > names? > Did her husband die before her- and perhaps she might have moved to live > with a daughter or son? > > I don't see any 'Mary Donnelly' death records in Peel County. > (If you are lucky, the parent's names are listed on the death record, > after > 1910 or so...) > Nor do I see birth records for children of Mary and Micheal Donnelly in > Peel > County > (I tried Donnelly, Donnolly, Donnelley, Donnolley) > > As I'm sure you know, marriage records in Ontario are 1857-1922- > unless you can get to the church archives of that location and look up > their > records. > I'd look up the Peel County/York County areas...what religious > denomination > were they? -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 25 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

Hi Gay, Yes, I have found that a lot in my family as well. The men seem to be much easier to find. Thank you very much for looking. Eve ----- Original Message ----- From: <can-ont-peel-request@rootsweb.com> To: <can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 3:02 AM Subject: CAN-ONT-PEEL Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:02:45 -0400 > From: "Gay King" <gayking@aci.on.ca> > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] Mary Gill and Michael Donnelly of > Springfield > To: <can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <m1HhXaI-003RG1C@public.aci.on.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Eve, > I checked for a Mary Donnelly b. ~ 1827 in Ireland in the death records > for > 1887 Peel but there is nothing there or in other counties that I could > see - > although there are a lot of Mary Donnelly's all told! > Perhaps they were like my family and registered the deaths of the men but > not their wives :-(. > Gay -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 25 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

I found my Connelly's under "Donnelly". Carol On 4/28/2007 10:23:56 AM, RSMoore (bexsdiva@bellsouth.net) wrote: > What is Mary (Gill) > Donnelly's date of birth? How about her husbands? > (to narrow down the search engine on Ancestry) > I'd > look up their death info to see if it lists > Mary's parents on her death > record. > Is Mary Donnelly always listed as 'Mary' in the census, or is there other > names? > Did her husband die before her- and perhaps she might have moved to live > with a daughter or son? > > I don't > see any 'Mary Donnelly' death records in Peel County. > (If you are lucky, the > parent's names are listed on the death record, after > 1910 or so...) > Nor do I see birth records for children of Mary and Micheal Donnelly in Peel > County > (I tried Donnelly, Donnolly, Donnelley, Donnolley) > > As I'm > sure you know, marriage records in Ontario are 1857-1922- > unless you can get to the church archives of that location and look up > their > records. > I'd look up the Peel County/York County areas...what religious denomination > were they? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eve Roberts" <eve.r@sympatico.ca> > To: <CAN-ONT-PEEL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:08 PM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] Mary Gill and Michael D

What is Mary (Gill) Donnelly's date of birth? How about her husbands? (to narrow down the search engine on Ancestry) I'd look up their death info to see if it lists Mary's parents on her death record. Is Mary Donnelly always listed as 'Mary' in the census, or is there other names? Did her husband die before her- and perhaps she might have moved to live with a daughter or son? I don't see any 'Mary Donnelly' death records in Peel County. (If you are lucky, the parent's names are listed on the death record, after 1910 or so...) Nor do I see birth records for children of Mary and Micheal Donnelly in Peel County (I tried Donnelly, Donnolly, Donnelley, Donnolley) As I'm sure you know, marriage records in Ontario are 1857-1922- unless you can get to the church archives of that location and look up their records. I'd look up the Peel County/York County areas...what religious denomination were they? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eve Roberts" <eve.r@sympatico.ca> To: <CAN-ONT-PEEL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:08 PM Subject: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] Mary Gill and Michael Donnelly of Springfield > Hi > This couple is found in the censuses in Springfield 1851, 1861, 1881 and > in St Augustine's records as living at Springfield in the 1850's. > Looking for a marriage record (abt 1848) or something that would give > names of Mary's parents...or might link her to Patrick Gill, who I believe > might be her brother. > Any info on this couple much appreciated. > Thanks > Eve > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 22 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-PEEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Eve, I checked for a Mary Donnelly b. ~ 1827 in Ireland in the death records for 1887 Peel but there is nothing there or in other counties that I could see - although there are a lot of Mary Donnelly's all told! Perhaps they were like my family and registered the deaths of the men but not their wives :-(. Gay

Thanks Gay The death reg. matches a cemetery transcription that I have found for Michael Donnelly (St Mary Star /Sea) however Mary apparently died in 1887...every little bit helps. Eve -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 24 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

Posted with the permission of the List Administrator. Contents: 1 WELCOME 2 WHAT’S IN THE NEWSLETTER 3 NEW CANADIAN RELEASES (2) 4 COMING SOON 5 NEW INTERNATIONAL PARTNER RELEASES 6 NEWS & GOSSIP 7 FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS: 8 PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BOOKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 WELCOME: Welcome to the Archive CD Books Canada April newsletter. Here in Ontario we seem to be having trouble getting Spring started this year. This newsletter will be published whenever we have enough information to make it worth your while reading, but that usually means there will be about one a month. Remember this Newsletter is published for you so if you think we’re missing something important drop me a line to Malcolm@ArchiveCDBooks.ca. Newsletters work best when they get a good circulation. We’re doing our best to let people know about it but you could help us along by mentioning it to your genealogy buddies and generally spreading the word. All newsletter administration messages should be e-mailed to Books@ArchiveCDBooks.ca In the Subject line you may write: Subscribe Unsubscribe Halt (if you want to put a temporary stop to receiving newsletters) Resume (to lift the Halt and resume receiving newsletters.) All previous newsletters may be accessed by logging on to http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca/NewsletterArchive.html 2 WHAT’S IN THE NEWSLETTER: Just a couple of new releases from Archive CD Books Canada. One has been a long time coming and is an original publication - never before seen. The other is a great little reference of Canadian history in tabular and note form, priced to sell ! Plus the usual news, gossip and announcements. -------------------------- To find a CD on our web site http://www.archivecdbooks.ca take a note of the catalogue number - or use the “copy” function - go to the web site, click on the “Search Page” link and enter, or “paste,” the number into the “Product Number” box. Hit “Search” and then “More” and you will be in a position to reread the description or to place your order. Alternatively you can browse through the catalogue using the drop down headings lists. We have tried to multi-list books where they correspond to more than one category but consider the possibility that the subject you are looking for may be under a related heading. There is frequently more information about the books available on the web site than that which is included in the following descriptions. All prices in $Cdn. ----------------------------- 3 NEW CANADIAN RELEASES: * A Rideau Jaunt in 1872 CA0186 Here is something a little different from our normal fare. This is an original publication by Archive CD Books Canada and has never previously been published. It is the result of a two year project and it is not by accident that we are releasing it in 2007, the 175th anniversary year of the Rideau Canal's opening. On a July Thursday in 1872, William Mills, a Civil Servant took a couple of days off work to make a jaunt down the Rideau Canal from his home city of Ottawa to the busy St. Lawrence port of Kingston. He took his note book with him so he could record the memorable events and sights of his journey, much in the manner that we would take a camera with us today. The trip made a lasting memory for William so in the years following, he expanded his notes to a complete written account of his adventure in another note book especially set aside for the purpose. To this handwritten account he added the text of an article he sent into the "Canadian Monthly and National Review," and which was published in the April, 1878 edition. As far as William was concerned that was an end of it. The memories of his adventure were secure and one can imagine him coming across his notebook from time to time in later years and reliving his adventure with a smile on his lips. We can only speculate on the hands that Williamís note book passed through over the years following his death, but in 2005 we found and procured it because, even to a casual glance, it still carried an insight of a working gentlemanís adventure from well over 100 years in our past. We were able to trace some of Williamís life through various reference books and discovered that he worked as a clerk in what, today, we would call a government real estate office. In those days, before the invention of the typewriter, the hallmark of a good clerk was his handwriting and William must have been an outstanding clerk. So much so that we are bringing you his story just as he wrote it, in his own beautifully clear - if a little curly - handwriting. To add to your enjoyment of William's story we have also included on the CD eighty-two pictures of the lock stations and other points of interest which William mentions. The majority of these pictures were borrowed from archives and collections, and are of an age such that you can see the canal much as William did. Other pictures come from earlier, during the canalís construction, while others still are from later, including some very interesting aerial views. If you are new to the canal, or even if you have known it for a long time, we are sure following Williamís adventure down the Rideau will bring you a new dimension of enjoyment in this unique, manmade, waterway. The printed text of this CD is computer searchable but the primary document is handwritten and so cannot be searched. We have, however, extensively bookmarked and hyper-linked the whole CD so that finding your way around is made quick and easy. We have placed a freely downloadable sampler of a few pages from the CD on our Downloads page so you can browse before you buy. * Who, What & When in Canada (before the 20th Century) CA0061 This CD is a compilation of four books. The main thing they have in common, and the reason why they are published here as a collection, is that they are all good sources of concise information about the People, Places and Dates which are significant in the (immigrant influenced) history of Canada up to the beginning of the 1900ís: - The HAND BOOK OF CANADIAN DATES by F. A. McCord: was published in 1888. Mr McCord styles himself an Assistant Law Clerk in the Canadian House of Commons and we can presume that he compiled this handy source of information as a result of information searches conducted in pursuit of his important work. His ready access to the Parliamentary library would, of course, ideally place him for this research. In the 1894 Civil Service list (CA0030) we find him listed as THE Law Clerk of the "Law and Translation Branchî of the House of Commons. Other information given was that he first joined the Civil Service in 1884 and that he was born on 29 August 1856, making him about 32 when this book was published. - ALPHABET OF FIRST THINGS IN CANADA by George Johnson: was first published in 1889 but then re-published in 1890 in a greatly expanded and improved edition. It is this second edition that is reproduced here. The author provides the best description of the contents by explaining his motives: "Having often found myself compelled to verify a date, or to search for the sources of a movement which in the course of years had become of importance, I began, some years ago, to jot down any statement of first things in Canada that I met in my readings. … The more readily to find what I wanted, I arranged the collection in alphabetical order." A well annotated source of hundreds of significant events in Canadaís past. - THE CANADIAN ALMANAC, and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the year 1864: was published in Toronto but does not follow the normal almanac convention of limiting its interest to just its own locale. Of course it begins with a calendar of the subject year giving: Diurnal, Celestial, Civil and Ecclesiastical data for every day as appropriate. But this only accounts for 15 of this 100 plus page collection of facts and figures. Subjects range far and wide from meteorological statistics over a range of years through lists of important civic information such as: The name of - and postmaster of - every post office in Canada, The names of the judiciary and the parliaments of every province as well as those of the Dominion, The names of many professional institutions and schools (including the names of their officers), The names of all the clergy (all denominations) and, The name of every masonic lodge and its officers. Then add in pages of Public Accounts and Imports and Exports for both the provinces and the Dominion as well as a selection of interesting period advertisements. Leaving the best to last there is a fold out Map of the area of Upper Canada which we call Eastern Ontario, ranging from the Canada East / West border across to Kingston. It shows both counties and townships in addition to all the recognized town and villages of 1864. Altogether this unusual Almanac is just a "bomb" of historical details defining Canada up to 1864. - ALMANAC OF YE OLDE TIME BRITISH WHIG for ye year anno domini 1903 (being ye seventieth year of aforesaid delectable newspaper in ye ancient and good old burg styled Kingston, Ontario) Despite this rather clumsy attempt at humor in titling this is an almanac which opens a glimpse on life and the social "mores" of this period. Its reason for inclusion in this collection is that it also contains a 5 page listing of "Historical Events,î the latter part of which rounds out the listing of historic events in Canada in the 19th century. Each document may be individually computer searched for keywords but we have enabled our FastFind search feature so you can access all the information contained on the CD in just one search. For your browsing pleasure we have provided a freely down-load-able sampler containing a few selected pages from the contents of this CD on our Downloads page. ---------------------------------- 4 COMING SOON: The remaining two volumes of The Storied Province of Quebec - the history - are still not ready for publication. We haven't stopped - just ran out of time for this month. I'm a bit scared of making another promise so lets just say it's "expected" this month. :-) We are expecting to receive another wonderful Gt. War Battalion History book in a few days, on loan from a friend of Archive CD Books Canada. We have just seen a copy of this book sold on e-Bay and our CD reproduction will only cost a small fraction of the price someone had to pay for an original. ---------------------------------- 5 NEW RELEASES FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS We have not received any new releases from our partners in the last month but are expecting more soon. We will be meeting with three of the other four Archive DC Books international partners in May and have been asked to bring a hard disk with us to receive new materials! These won't be ready for the next newsletter - in fact I'm not sure when we'll be able to publish the next newsletter - but they will be showing up here soon. ----------------------------------- 6 NEWS & GOSSIP: If any of you have genealogy related questions of a general nature - or something specifically related to Archive CD Books - we'd be glad to publish your question in this newsletter to tap into the enormous fund of knowledge which I know is out there. ---------------------------------- 7 FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS: APRIL 28, 2007: Biennial Seminar; ROOTS AROUND THE WORLD for the Abbotsford (BC) Geneaogical Society, BC, at the Rick Hansen Secondary School, Abbotsford Workshops - Marketplace - Visual Displays Featured speakers include: HALVOR MOORSHEAD, UGO PEREGO, CANDY-LEA CHICKITE, DR. 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WE NORMALLY ONLY LIST EVENTS WITHIN CANADA HERE BUT FOUR OF THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN THE ARCHIVE CD BOOKS PROJECT WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THE MARKET PLACE - INCLUDING US. ---------------------------------- May 31 - June 3: The Bicentennial Branch of The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada is hosting the Annual Conference, "At The End of The Trail," in 2007  in the Windsor, Essex County area. In addition to the conference agenda special events are planned for all 4 days.  Check out the details at our Bicentennial Branch web site at www.uelbicentennial.org Contact: Kimberly Hurst UE (Conference Chair), Bicentennial Branch, UELAC. Uelac2007@aol.com -------------------------------- JUNE 1 - 3: OGS Seminar 2007 The 2007 Ontario Genealogical Society Seminar will be held at the Algonquin College, 1385 Woodroffe Av. Ottawa, Ontario and is being hosted by the Ottawa Branch of the OGS. The college offers excellent facilities for this important meeting. The conference will offer the usual array of excellent speakers as well as all the events normal for this conference. For full information, registration, etc. go to the web site at: www.ogsseminar.org or e-mail to conference@ogsottawa.on.ca Alternatively mail OGS Seminar 2007, PO Box 96, Greely, ON, K4P 1N4 or call (613) 820-4488. WE HAVE BOOKED OUR SPACE IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR THIS EVENT AND WILL HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO PRESENT. ------------------------------- JUNE 9, Starting 10:00 a.m.: British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) MEETING, Subjects "More Great Moments in Genealogy" by BIFHSGO Members. At the Library & Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa. Web site: http://www.bifhsgo.ca ----------------------------- June 9: Norfolk County Branch, OGS are having a Genealogy and Family History Day, at Delhi Senior Centre, 418 Queen St., Delhi, Ontario 1 pm - 4 pm. There is no charge for admission. Contact Irene, 519-582-3032 or irene@flarenet.com ----------------------------- JUNE 15 - 17, 2007: Q.F.H.S. ROOTS 2007 An International Conference on Family History in Quebec. Hosted by the Quebec Family History Society. All lectures in English and Open to the Public. To be held at McGill University. Full details to be announced on www.qfhs.ca. WE WILL BE IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR THIS EVENT. ------------------------------- June 15-17, 2007. Saint John branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Inc. is pleased to be hosting an NBGS conference: Sources by the Sea - From Parchment to the Internet at Villa Madonna, Rothesay, NB. More information on the conference is available on the Saint John Branch N.B.G.S. Inc. web site at: < http://www.nbgssj.ca/> or contact Joan Pearce at: pearcer@nbnet.nb.ca or Telephone: 506-652-1551 ------------------------------------------- July, 2007. Almonte's 149th fair is this summer. "We are starting to seek photographs, either taken at the fair, of people (identified or not) and photographs of the fairgrounds as well. Would love to have a small collection (larger if available pictures come together) for the 150th Fair in 2008. If you have some or know of some in the area, I would be delighted to hear about it." Jennifer Flegg, e-mail: rootseeker@sympatico.ca ------------------------------ In September of 2008, the Penetanguishene Museum & Archives will be hosting a reunion of all Drummond Island families. The Beck Memorial Fundraising Dinner and the Settlers' Day events will honour these families. We hope to make it a week-end long event with many activities for all ages. Planning is already underway and volunteers to assist in any way are being sought. Contact: Pam Tessier, Research Coordinator, Genealogy & History research Centre, Penetanguishene Museum & Archives. e-Mail: pamtessier@sympatico.ca DON’T FORGET WE CAN HELP YOUR GROUP TO SPREAD THE NEWS. E-MAIL US. 8 PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BOOKS: Archives of this newsletter showing all the previous release announcements are available in the newsletter archive which can be reached through, http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca/NewsletterArchive.html All our newly released books are listed on our web site in the "New Releases and Special Offers" page. Go to: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/new.html for an instant update on our new products or look through the "New Releases" category in the on-line catalogue. Archive CD Books Canada Inc. Attn.: Malcolm Moody - President P.O. Box 11, Manotick, Ontario, K4M 1A2, Canada. (613) 692-2667 e-mail: Malcolm@ArchiveCDBooks.ca Canadian web site: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca

I will be out of the office starting 04/27/2007 and will not return until 04/30/2007. I will be out of the office on vacation on April 26.

Seeking information on the William Watson and Isaac Bird family's of Halton and Peel Counties. I have quite a bit of information on the Bird family but hardley anything for the Watson's. I have Isaac Bird (Chinguacousy Township) married to Hannah Watson (Chinguacousy Township ) on 1/26/1859 . She was born in Weston. Her parents were William and Isabella Watson. Isaac's parents were Isaac and Hannah (Hodgson) Bird. Isaac Bird built "The Bird Cage" in Brampton. I am looking to find information on the William Watson family. Their children, brothers and sisters of Hannah, and where they lived. I have found some on the different census but not sure if I have the right one. Would appreciate any information on them. Thanks. Neal Warber Neal Warber (nwchief43@yahoo.com) Troy, MT Searching for the past from the present. --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

Greetings All The latest issue of Gordon Watts Reports is now available online at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0099.htm Topics in this issue include: - In Memorium - Kenneth George Aitken - 2006 Census response to 'Informed Consent' - Where to now? I would like to suggest that the second and third articles are of some importance to genealogists and historians. Every one reading this post should read the articles and feel free to pass them on to others. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Watt" <jwatt@ica.net> To: <can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] William Douglas Airth > They are as follows; > Ingram Torrance AIRTH born June 9 1897 died Apr 2 1931 > Theresa Geordel AIRTH born Nov 15 1905 died Sept 28 1933 > Donald Benson AIRTH born Aug 10 1941 died Feb 2 1945 > William Douglas AIRTH born Jan 29 1870 died Oct 23 1956 > Lillian Eleanor AIRTH born June 26 1876 died Sept 1 1962 > Douglas C AIRTH born June 13 1900 die3d Aug 18 1973 > husband of Gladys M. HUTTON. > There is not death date for Gladys Hutton, this transcription was done in > 1992 so she may have died after that date. > Jane in Cooksville (Mississauga) Ontario, Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J Lorne Campbell <jlorne.campbell@sympatico.ca> > To: <can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 2:07 PM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] William Douglas Airth > > >> I recently discovered a few AIRTH burials at Spring Creek Cemetery, in > Port >> Credit. >> William Douglas Airth >> Lillian E. Airth >> Ingram Torrance Airth >> Theresa Geordel Airth >> Donald Benson Airth. >> Could someone lookup these AIRTH burials in Spring Creek Cemetery and > report >> details of the incriptions? >> Thank you >> Lorne >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-PEEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-PEEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

They are as follows; Ingram Torrance AIRTH born June 9 1897 died Apr 2 1931 Theresa Geordel AIRTH born Nov 15 1905 died Sept 28 1933 Donald Benson AIRTH born Aug 10 1941 died Feb 2 1945 William Douglas AIRTH born Jan 29 1870 died Oct 23 1956 Lillian Eleanor AIRTH born June 26 1876 died Sept 1 1962 Douglas C AIRTH born June 13 1900 die3d Aug 18 1973 husband of Gladys M. HUTTON. There is not death date for Gladys Hutton, this transcription was done in 1992 so she may have died after that date. Jane in Cooksville (Mississauga) Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: J Lorne Campbell <jlorne.campbell@sympatico.ca> To: <can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 2:07 PM Subject: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] William Douglas Airth > I recently discovered a few AIRTH burials at Spring Creek Cemetery, in Port > Credit. > William Douglas Airth > Lillian E. Airth > Ingram Torrance Airth > Theresa Geordel Airth > Donald Benson Airth. > Could someone lookup these AIRTH burials in Spring Creek Cemetery and report > details of the incriptions? > Thank you > Lorne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-PEEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Eva, There is an Ontario Death registration for a Michael Donnelly, who died August 13, 1906, age 80, in Peel in 'Division of Toronto'. He was a farmer, born in Ireland, married, Roman Catholic. If the 'married' is correct then when Mary died at a later date the death registration might be very informative and contain her parent's names. I could not see a death for her in Peel County but perhaps she went to live with a child. Hope this helps. Gay