***This newsletter is posted with permission from the LIST administrator*** Topics in this Global Genealogy Newsletter include: 1) NEW ARTICLES - The Global Gazette, Canada's Online Family History Magazine 2) FEATURED WEBSITE - This Week's Featured Website 3) NEW BOOKS at Global Genealogy 4) UPCOMING EVENTS. Browse through lists of upcoming family history, genealogy and heritage events in Canada, USA, UK and Ireland or list your event or meeting. Scroll down this page for more information... ********************************** NEW ARTICLES- The Global Gazette, Canada's Online Family History Magazine Gordon Watts Reports, Gordon's topics in this week's issue include: - In Memorium - Nick Vine Hall (1944 - 2006) - Message from Ian E. Wilson - Librarian and Archivist of Canada - New at Library and Archives Canada Read the complete column at: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0094.htm Finding American Civil War Ancestors. By: Shirley Gage Hodges. Most of our ancestors were the farmers who help turn America into a nation. Some of them had ancestors that had served in the Revolutionary War. Most of them had never shot at anything unless it was for food or their own protection. Read the complete column at: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazsh/gazsh-0015.htm A Chronology of Ontario History for Family Historians. By Rick Roberts. This listing of historical events in Ontario prior to 1941 is designed to assist family historians in locating the civil and religious records that are required in a genealogy project. Maps outlining boundary changes through Ontario's history are included. Updated November 22, 2006. Read the complete column at: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list43.htm To read additional or archived Global Gazette articles: http://globalgazette.net ********************************** FEATURED WEBSITE of the Week Be sure to check out this week's "Featured Website" that appears on the front page of The Global Gazette. http://globalgazette.net ** County Waterford, Ireland Image Archive ** The FREE searchable online collection contains more than 3100 historical images that document Waterford County and its parishes from the late 1890s to the present. See: http://globalgazette.net ********************************** NEW BOOKS this week: BOOK - The Lochaber Emigrants to Glengarry [Ontario, Canada]. By Rae Fleming, Editor. For anyone interested in the history of the Scottish people, in Scotland and North America, this book is essential reading. In Canada and the United States today there are tens of thousands of descendants of Highland Scots who left Lochaber around 1800 to settle in Glengarry County, in Ontario, Canada... then known as Upper Canada. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/stormont-dundas-glengarry/resources/217050.htm BOOK - Pioneers of Beverly [Township]- With new index [Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada] By: John A. Cornell Historical reprint - originally published 1889 plus new work [1967]. This book includes the original John A. Cornell book from 1889 plus an updated history that was written in 1967. The two books have been combined into one softcover book. An index to both sections of the book is included. That index is printed on separate 8.5 X 11" sheets that are stapled together. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/wentworth/resources/136001.htm BOOK - Rockwood: A Mosaic of Memories (Ontario, Canada) By Deborah Quaile, with original illustrations by Susan Strachan Johnson. Deborah Quaile has produced a wonderful local history of this Ontario community. The book is filled with interesting accounts of the experiences of Rockwoodites, from pioneer settlement to current times. Those stories are complemented with rare old photos of local people and landmarks and original illustrations. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/wellington/resources/033001.htm BOOK - L. M. Montgomery, The Norval Years 1926-1935 By Deborah Quaile. The author has documented and compiled treasured photographs and information about the life of famed Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery' during the years that she lived in Norval, Ontario (1926 to 1935). Lucy Maud Montgomery, (always called "Maud" by family and friends) and publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, (November 30, 1874-April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/halton/resources/996016.htm BOOK - The Great Feud, The Campbells and The MacDonalds By Colleen Fitzpatrick PhD. Here is a vivid account of the remarkable rivalry, sometimes bloody conflict, between two great families which originated on the west coast of Scotland. Starting with the violent death of the Campbell chief in 1297 the feud then went on for 450 years in Scotland and Northern Ireland, with numerous cullings and clashes inflicted by both sides, among which the incident in Glencoe just happens to be the best publicised. . More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/scotland/resources/106005.htm For a complete list of new publications and resources please see: http://globalgenealogy.com/new/index.htm Books can be ordered online anytime, or by telephone at 1-800-361-5168 Mon to Sat 9-5 ET ********************************** BARGAIN BIN - More new books added this week You can read descriptions and view pictures of these titles at: http://globalgenealogy.com/new/specials.htm Quantities are limited... 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