I don't know those names myself but I would bet my aunts did. Unfortunately they are all gone now. As for the St. Catharines library...I am planning a road trip down there in the next couple of weeks (depending on how the weather behaves). I discovered they have an online news index with births, marriages, deaths etc. You can access through there web site and the local history link. I found a ton of items that I want to go and get copies of (online it's just an index). The time frame is around 1900 - 1930 but they are continuously adding to it. If you find anything interesting for yourself in the index, I would be happy to grab the copies for you while I'm there. The Niagara Public Library also has an online news index. I sent them an email asking how I could get copies of the articles and they actually scanned them and put them online right in the index for me and all to see. -----Original Message----- From: Pat Connors [mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:48 PM To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Ontario Irish] Thorold > > >I noticed on your home page that you have a section >called "Thorold" coming soon. This is where he eventually settled and raised >his family. Can you tell me what that section will contain or if you need >any help as I am still close by the area. > I have three families that settled in Thorold in the early-mid 1800s. Boyle and Booth from County Kilkenny and Carter from the Chesterfield area of England. I have been there a couple of times and need to go back for a couple more days. I found St Catherine's library most informative. BTW I was contacted by the owners of the house built by my ggrandfather, Henry Carter. The house has been designated as a historical building. The owners are going to send me pictures and history of the house and it will really be good for my family history book. When I get the time to open that section of my website, it will look like most of the others, format wise. I try to keep the same format for each surname and/or locality. They are different, of course, than the mailing list webpages that I keep at the site for the convenience of the mailing list's subscribers. Some of the lists' webpages, such as the NY-Irish list, have taken on a life of their own with links, lookup volunteers, etc. Other than a couple of my family surnames, the Canada, Thorold section of my website is the last to open, so your email is a good reminder to me to get started...will do so soon. Thanks. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ==== CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH Mailing List ==== Add your names to the Ontario Irish surname registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/OntarioIrish/surnames.htm ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx