I just sent Rick an email, I'm sure it was some kind of glitch in his system. Jane in Cooksville (Mississauga) Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: JLD <jo-dy@sympatico.ca> To: Rick Roberts <rick@globalgenealogy.com>; <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:22 AM Subject: [SPAM] Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Global Genealogy eNewsletter - 10 August 2007 > What is happening Rick ? I recieved this message 8 times in a row ? With an > attachment. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Roberts" <request@globalgenealogy.com> > To: "Global Genealogy eNewsletter" <rick@globalgenealogy.com> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:46 PM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Global Genealogy eNewsletter - 10 August 2007 > > > > Topics in this Global Genealogy eNewsletter include: > > > > 1) NEW BOOKS & SOFTWARE this week > > > > 2) NEW WORKSHOPS (genealogy) > > > > 3) NEW ARTICLES - The Global Gazette, Canada's Online Family History > > Magazine > > > > 4) FEATURED WEBSITE - This Week's Featured Website - searchable > > > > 5) BREAKING NEWS of the Week > > > > 6) UPCOMING EVENTS - News about Upcoming Events > > > > Scroll down this page for more information... > > > > ********************************** > > > > NEW BOOKS & SOFTWARE this week > > > > For a complete list of new publications and resources please see: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/new > > > > BOOK - Tracing Your Yorkshire [England] Ancestors. By Rachael Bellerman. > > This comprehnsive introduction to researching your Yorkshire ancestors > > provides a guide to all of the relevant national and local archives and > > provides an insight into the lives and times of Yorkshire people of the > > past. > > More Information: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/yorkshire/105002.htm > > > > BOOK - Planter Links: Community and Culture in Colonial Nova Scotia > > [Canada]. > > By Margaret Conrad and Barry Moody. They came into early Nova Scotia from > > many backgrounds, carrying the village culture, missionary ideals, > > political dreams, economic ambitions and ordinary hopes of the eighteenth > > century. Preachers and privateers, teachers and soldiers, merchants and > > farmers, these men and women founded communities and planted seeds that > > have made a distinctive contribution to local and regional identities in > > the Maritime Provinces. > > More Information: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/nova-scotia/resources/203033.htm > > > > BOOK - A History of Drummond Township (Lanark County, Ontario, Canada). By > > John C. Ebbs. The author has collected the details and images of life in > > Drummond Township over its 180-year history. It remembers the people and > > places of Drummond Township and preserves for future generations how life > > was lived in the past.Of special interest is the chapters on Direct > > Descendants (of the early settlers), Ships Lists For Early Settlers and a > > list of every Settler's Crown Land Grant listed by Lot and Concession. > > More Information: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/lanark/resources/217001. htm > > > > BOOK - The Story of Ontario [Canada] Cheddar Cheese, By The Labour of > > Their Hands. By Heather Menzies. During the nineteenth century, cheddar > > cheese was a cornerstone of the Ontario economy, second only to square > > timber in export volume, supplying the British Empire with 70 percent of > > its import demand, acheiving a consumer cache in European markets > > comparable to Belgian chocolat and Swedish furniture. Many if not most of > > the original settlers in the province either worked directly in cheese > > making or raised the cattle that produced the massive amounts of milk > > required to satisfy a seemingless endless world demand. Every township was > > dotted with competing cheese factories. Includes dozens of old photos of > > people and places. > > More information: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/general/resources/301172 .htm > > > > SOFTWARE - REUNION Family Tree 9.0 (Mac) > > Reunion helps you to document, store, and display information about your > > family your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, > > places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sounds, > > and videos. It shows family relationships in an elegant, graphic form > > people and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion. You can > > even carry your family file on your iPod. > > More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/software/005main.htm > > > > SOFTWARE - Family Tree Maker 2008, version 17 (PC) > > Family history is a fun, rewarding hobby that connects you with your past > > and brings you closer to your present family. Just getting started? Family > > Tree Maker 2008 makes it easy to explore and preserve your family > > heritage. Already an expert? You'll appreciate the program's robust new > > features, including flexible data-management options and a wide variety of > > output choices. > > More Information: http://globalgenealogy.com/software/ftm/index.htm > > > > Books & software can be ordered online anytime, or by telephone at > > 1-800-361-5168 Tue to Sat 9-5 or Sun 10-5 ET > > > > ********************************** > > > > NEW WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS genealogy & software > > > > Our workshops and lectures are restricted to smal audience becasue of the > > size of our classroom. Register early to avoid disappointment. > > > > WORKSHOP - From Cradle to Grave: Using Education and Institutional > > Records > > August 26, 2007 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sunday) > > Workshop Leader: J. Brian Gilchrist. > > Using Education and Institutional records in your research is an > > introduction to the various types of records that can be found in numerous > > institutions. This seminar will start here in Ontario, and head back to > > England, but the comments will be useful to anyone researching in the > > United States, Ireland and Scotland as well. Details are listed at: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops > > > > WORKSHOP - Tracing Your Ancestors Using IMMIGRATION RECORDS > > September 08, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) > > Workshop Leader: Fawne Stratford-Devai. Morning - Part 1: Toronto > > Emigrant Office Records (1831-1892) > > The primary function of the Office was to assist newly arrived immigrants > > by providing provisions and temporary shelter, and by helping them to find > > medical care, employment, and transportation to their final destination. > > Morning - Part 2: Department of Immigration Records (1869-1901) > > The Ontario government created many immigration records under various > > schemes and promotions it undertook to attract immigrants to the province. > > Afternoon - Part 3: Getting From Here to There: Identifying the Origin of > > Immigrants to Canada. This session is designed to help researchers in > > their quest to locate an ancestral home in the old country. Details are > > listed at: http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops > > > > WORKSHOP - More to the Story: In search of Estate records in Ontario - > > there is more than just a Will. > > September 30 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Sunday) > > Workshop Leader: J. Brian Gilchrist. Maybe you have been fortunate enough > > to find a Will or Administration papers for your ancestor's estate - but - > > how did it get there in the first place? If there was no Will what > > happened to the estate. Perhaps you have a source that implies a Will > > having existed - but you can not find it. This session will examine the > > paper trail that can be involved in tracing an estate file in Ontario. > > Details are listed at: http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops > > > > WORKSHOP - Family Tree Maker 2008 Workshop (software) Beginner to > > Advanced > > October 13, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) > > Workshop Leader: Rick Roberts. > > Enjoy an informative day learning how to get the most out of the time that > > you spend recording and sharing your family history using Family Tree > > Maker 2008. Details are listed at: http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops > > > > WORKSHOP - Tracing Your Ontario Ancestors Using LAND RECORDS > > November 03, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) > > Workshop Leader: Fawne Stratford-Devai > > Some of the earliest and most important records of settlers in the > > province can be found in land records! Morning - Part 1: Ontario Crown > > Land Records. Crown land records are the records generated about the > > inhabitants of land while the government owned it. Afternoon - Part 2: > > Ontario Land Registry Office Records (Post Patent Land Records) > > Land Registry Office records are the records generated once land in > > Ontario had been granted or sold to an individual from the Government. > > Details are listed at: http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops > > > > WORKSHOP - LEGACY Family Tree Workshop (software) Beginner to > > Intermediate > > November 17, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) > > Workshop Leader: Rick Roberts. > > Enjoy an informative day learning how to get the most out of the time that > > you spend recording and sharing your family history using Legacy Family > > Tree. This workshop contains a significant segment covering introductory > > and advanced source recording. Details are listed at: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops > > > > For a complete list of workshops at Global Genealogy in Campbellville > > please see: http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops > > > > Workshop registrations can made online anytime, or by telephone at > > 1-800-361-5168 Tue to Sat 9-5 or Sun 10-5 ET > > > > ********************************** > > > > NEW ARTICLES - The Global Gazette > > > > There's A Wealth of Information in Cemeteries > > By: Shirley Gage Hodges. > > If you are like me you probably have been spending some of your free time > > this summer wandering through cemeteries looking for your ancestors. There > > is a wealth of information to be gleaned from cemetery research. Read the > > complete article at: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazsh/gazsh-0028.htm > > > > Cards our Grandparents Saved > > By Matthew Cook. > > I stumbled upon a genealogical and historical goldmine upon a recent visit > > to my father's old homestead in Ingonish. My aunt lives in the house my > > grandparents lived in most of their lives and the house gave up some > > treasures during a recent cleaning. Tucked away in a box, forgotten for > > the more than twenty years since my grandmother died, were greeting cards > > my grandparents saved. Read the complete article at: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazrr/gazrr121.htm > > > > New Episodes of Ancestors in the Attic > > By: Rick Roberts. > > Ancestors In The Attic, the hit family history TV program that has > > delighted viewers and earned a large and enthusiastic audience in its > > inaugral 2006-2007 season, is releasing four new episodes during August > > and September. Read the complete article at: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazed/gazed144.htm > > > > Free Video Introduction - Family Tree Maker 2008 > > By: Rick Roberts. > > Family Tree Maker has produced a free online learning video for the new > > and completely updated Family Tree Maker 2008. Presenter, Megan Smolenyak, > > Chief Family Historian for Ancestry.com , provides an informative overview > > of Family Tree Maker 2008. Read the complete article at: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazed/gazed143.htm > > > > To read new 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 > > > > ** Lower Canada (Quebec) Land Petitions Index (free) ** > > When New France became a British colony in 1763, the land system changed. > > New lands were now granted as part of townships instead of seigneuries. > > Many early settlers, both military and civilian, submitted petitions to > > the Governor to obtain Crown land. The Lower Canada Land Petitions contain > > petitions for grants or leases of land and other administrative records. > > This research tool provides access to more than 95,000 references to > > individuals who lived in present-day Quebec between 1764 and 1841 (index). > > > > See front page of The Global Gazette to access the link (right-hand side) > > to this week's Featured Website: http://globalgazette.net > > > > ********************************** > > > > BREAKING NEWS of the Week > > > > Be sure to check out this week's "Breaking News" that appears on the front > > page of The Global Gazette (right-hand column, below Featured Website). > > http://globalgazette.net > > > > 2 items this week: > > > > 1) My Jamaican Family > > Dorothy Kew, a professional reference librarian and genealogy instructor, > > started a blog about her Jamaican family research. Dorothy says she began > > the blog "mainly as a way to record the family stories which help to fill > > out the bare bones of BMDs and such. My main target is my family, and any > > Jamaicans who can relate to the experiences I had growing up in Jamaica.". > > > > 2) The Gathering 2009, Scotland > > Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland > > The largest gathering of the Clans ever held in Scotland. 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