Lots of this area was swamp land of no value not many good lumber trees for the British market farming soil not that good other words waste land Douglas

Hi there. Is anyone doing research on the Whitford family of Farnham? I only know Abel (born 1795) was the son of Caleb and that Elizabeth Whitford (Caleb's daughter?) married Jessie Ingalls and they had Merritt. But I'm particularly interested in John Whiftord who lived next door to Caleb in 1825 in Farnham and was probably also Caleb's son. This John married Sophia Waggoner in 1822. They moved and lived in Lockport, Niagara Co., NY at least until 1842, after which time they disappear. Jenette and Oscar, born in the 1820s, seem to have been their children. I can't locate either of the siblings after 1850 when they also lived in Niagara Co. with Sophia's brother, John Waggoner. Interestingly, by 1860 John Waggoner had relocated to Burr Oaks, Iowa, where he ran the same hotel that Laura Ingalls, the writer, was later associated with. There were also other Ingalls in Burr Oaks when the Waggoners lived there. Could they be related to Jessie? I don't know. I'd love to hear from anyone about this family. Thanks much, Linda Waggoner

Thank you!!! What great information. Thanks, Bev And I will look at your website. -------------------------------------------------- From: <langhouse@sympatico.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 16:18 To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Wasteland > Bev was just reading your note once again, before I moved it form my e > mail > > > I am not an expert on Brome county. Missisquoi perhaps a bit if you > take a look at my web pages on Clarenceville and Noyan BUt I > just wanted to make sure you knew that most of this area was first and > foremost considered by the British Army who were running things after > 1759 to be a land where they did not want settlers of English > background to stay in .... they were very very concerned that those > Americans who were moving up into this area were perhaps less Loyal > British subjects with American ideas > > > the original idea was to keep the French speaking population in this > area, > leave some Indians there or to have no one at all in this area > maybe that is why it was labled wasteland > > It was only with a lot of pressure that the governing body caved and > created the township type of settlement allowing the Americans who were > moving north to take over lots of land and most of these lots were > little lots of 100 acres there was not many who managed to get their > hands > on more than that in the beginning > > My grandfather left the original 100 acres lot , well by this time it was > two lots of 100 acres to his children in 1976 when he passed away ... it > had never been a very big farming operation and his children sold if off > right away ....... > > > As to having your written word verified you might want to talk with > Judy > at the Miissquoi Museum she just might be willing to proof read your > stuff > > > Doug > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Would someone be willing to read 6-10 pages of text once I have this chapter written on Brome County? I have several references, but I would love the assurance of someone who really knows that what I'm talking about is correct. Thanks, Bev

I am researching Missisquoi and Brome County for a family history writing project, and I don't understand why the word "Wasteland" was used to describe the area when it was first opened to settlement in the late 1700s. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks, Beverly Vorpahl

If you go to the first page for the notaries on the Quebec National Library and Archives site ("from the beginning to 1907") at http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/index.html, you can search by notary's name or region. Note that Iberville and Richelieu are under Montreal. When an asterisk appears before a notary's name, the actual records are also available. This list is currently quite short, but they apparently plan to put them all up online. Hope this helps, Lorraine In Montreal

Thank you. I was wondering how to do that and who to ask. You're a lifesaver. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "L Gosselin" <lorgo@sympatico.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 13:40 To: <CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI@rootsweb.com> Subject: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notaries of Quebec > If you go to the first page for the notaries on the Quebec National > Library > and Archives site ("from the beginning to 1907") at > http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/index.html, you can search by > notary's name or region. Note that Iberville and Richelieu are under > Montreal. > > > > When an asterisk appears before a notary's name, the actual records are > also > available. This list is currently quite short, but they apparently plan to > put them all up online. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Lorraine > > In Montreal > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I don't know if I'm asking the obvious, but where can I find records for Leon Lalanne or are these not on the site yet? Thanks --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Joan Lince <joanklince@earthlink.net> wrote: > From: Joan Lince <joanklince@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District ofBedfordfortheyear 1870 > To: can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com > Received: Monday, January 5, 2009, 4:15 PM > Mine too! > > -----Original Message----- > From: can-qc-missisquoi-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-qc-missisquoi-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Frank Allen > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 11:47 PM > To: can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for > District > ofBedfordfortheyear 1870 > > My personal favourite is > > Leon Lalanne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <langhouse@sympatico.ca> > To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:40 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for > District of > Bedfordfortheyear 1870 > > > > Just a note I have found many records for our > area listed with > > other > > Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry > office in Iberville > > for example I do not understand how they have located > only one Notary > > working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with > them to find out why > > they do not have many more. After all most of us know > that the registers > > office in Beford has most of the records we need. > > > > The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries > and check out a few > > with the early dates who filed in the surrounding > registry districts .... > > Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our > area's records there > > also.... > > > > > > If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the > people who have put > > this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you > know more > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-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-QC-MISSISQUOI-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-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca

Mine too! -----Original Message----- From: can-qc-missisquoi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-qc-missisquoi-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Frank Allen Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 11:47 PM To: can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District ofBedfordfortheyear 1870 My personal favourite is Leon Lalanne ----- Original Message ----- From: <langhouse@sympatico.ca> To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedfordfortheyear 1870 > Just a note I have found many records for our area listed with > other > Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry office in Iberville > for example I do not understand how they have located only one Notary > working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with them to find out why > they do not have many more. After all most of us know that the registers > office in Beford has most of the records we need. > > The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries and check out a few > with the early dates who filed in the surrounding registry districts .... > Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our area's records there > also.... > > > If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the people who have put > this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you know more > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-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-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just a note I have found many records for our area listed with other Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry office in Iberville for example I do not understand how they have located only one Notary working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with them to find out why they do not have many more. After all most of us know that the registers office in Beford has most of the records we need. The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries and check out a few with the early dates who filed in the surrounding registry districts .... Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our area's records there also.... If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the people who have put this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you know more

My personal favourite is Leon Lalanne ----- Original Message ----- From: <langhouse@sympatico.ca> To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedfordfortheyear 1870 > Just a note I have found many records for our area listed with > other > Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry office in Iberville > for example I do not understand how they have located only one Notary > working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with them to find out why > they do not have many more. After all most of us know that the registers > office in Beford has most of the records we need. > > The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries and check out a few > with the early dates who filed in the surrounding registry districts .... > Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our area's records there > also.... > > > If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the people who have put > this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you know more > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: <langhouse@sympatico.ca> To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedfordfortheyear 1870 > Just a note I have found many records for our area listed with > other > Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry office in Iberville > for example I do not understand how they have located only one Notary > working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with them to find out why > they do not have many more. After all most of us know that the registers > office in Beford has most of the records we need. > > The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries and check out a few > with the early dates who filed in the surrounding registry districts .... > Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our area's records there > also.... > > > If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the people who have put > this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you know more > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, Pam. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Pam Wood Waugh" <waughp@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 17:05 To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedfordfortheyear 1870 > I have to agree with that...Iberville notaries are among our best > resources in the Missisquoi area. Problem is they have the indexes > up...but no actual records. > > Hopefully, our time will come... > > Pam > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, langhouse@sympatico.ca <langhouse@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > From: langhouse@sympatico.ca <langhouse@sympatico.ca> > Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedford > fortheyear 1870 > To: can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 7:40 PM > > Just a note I have found many records for our area listed with > other > Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry office in Iberville > for example I do not understand how they have located only one Notary > working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with them to find out why > they do not have many more. After all most of us know that the registers > office in Beford has most of the records we need. > > The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries and check out a few > with the early dates who filed in the surrounding registry districts .... > Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our area's records there > also.... > > > If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the people who have put > this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you know more > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-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-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: <langhouse@sympatico.ca> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 16:40 To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedfordfortheyear 1870 > Just a note I have found many records for our area listed with > other > Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry office in Iberville > for example I do not understand how they have located only one Notary > working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with them to find out why > they do not have many more. After all most of us know that the registers > office in Beford has most of the records we need. > > The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries and check out a few > with the early dates who filed in the surrounding registry districts .... > Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our area's records there > also.... > > > If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the people who have put > this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you know more > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have to agree with that...Iberville notaries are among our best resources in the Missisquoi area. Problem is they have the indexes up...but no actual records. Hopefully, our time will come...   Pam --- On Sun, 1/4/09, langhouse@sympatico.ca <langhouse@sympatico.ca> wrote: From: langhouse@sympatico.ca <langhouse@sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedford fortheyear 1870 To: can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 7:40 PM Just a note I have found many records for our area listed with other Notaries some of who filed papers in the registry office in Iberville for example I do not understand how they have located only one Notary working in Bedford and I am try to get in touch with them to find out why they do not have many more. After all most of us know that the registers office in Beford has most of the records we need. The best thing is to look at the listing of notaries and check out a few with the early dates who filed in the surrounding registry districts .... Montreal is a bit large but there are some of our area's records there also.... If I ever get lucky with obtaining a reply from the people who have put this site up I will hopefully be albe to let you know more ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I hope this has not already been posted twice before. I am looking for information on a sawmill that was in operation around the 1830s-40s on Lot 3, Range 8, in West Sutton, which burned sometime while it was in operation. Brothers Hosea, Ohel and George Wing owned the sawmill. Hosea is my 3rd-great-grandfather. I'd like to know everything there is know about it that might have survived the years. Thank you for any help anyone can give me. Sincerely, Beverly Smith Vorpahl (Spokane, Washington) vorpahls@comcast.net

I just wrote an email, but it might not have been delivered since I'm new to the list and wrote it before confirmation. So, here it is again. I am looking for information on a sawmill operated in the 1800s on Lot 3, Range 8, in West Sutton, which burned sometime along while they were still in business. It was owned by my 3rd-great-grandfather, Hosea Wing and his brothers, George and Ohel. As a time frame: Hosea was born in Dunham in 1818 and married Hulda Beers in 1839 So, I think it would have been in operation sometime around 1835 on. I'd like to know when it was in operation and when it burned -- and anything else about it that's been preserved. Thank you so much, Beverly Smith Vorpahl vorpahls@comcast.net (Spokane, WA)

Yipppeee I am a big fan of notary records this group has transcribed and indexed them ourselves we did the john Mcgregor files a few years back http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nancygcunningham/mcgregorm issisquoi/mcgregormain.htm Subject: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Notary Archives for District of Bedford for theyear 1870 For those of you that don't know, the Quebec National Archives have released some notary records on their website. Best of all, they are fully indexed and free to download (yes, FREE!). Sadly for now the only ones available are for the year 1870. The notary's name was Joseph-Théophile-Lactance Archambault. This is a link to the page http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/05S_CN502S2/index.html?region=05S&dis trict=502 If you look on the left-hand side of the screen you'll see where it says "Index des noms". Here is a good place to start to see if you recognize any names. If you find a name you are interested in,just take note of the page number, then click on "Répertoire chronologique (1870)" and go to the corresponding page that you want to look at. If you can't read french, don't worry as most of the actual document is in English (at least the ones I looked at anyway). If you come across something you don't understand as it's in French, I'd be happy to help you out with that. Hopefully there will be more archives available in future for this area. Good luck! Kathleen __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For those of you that don't know, the Quebec National Archives have released some notary records on their website. Best of all, they are fully indexed and free to download (yes, FREE!). Sadly for now the only ones available are for the year 1870. The notary's name was Joseph-Théophile-Lactance Archambault. This is a link to the page http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/05S_CN502S2/index.html?region=05S&district=502 If you look on the left-hand side of the screen you'll see where it says "Index des noms". Here is a good place to start to see if you recognize any names. If you find a name you are interested in,just take note of the page number, then click on "Répertoire chronologique (1870)" and go to the corresponding page that you want to look at. If you can't read french, don't worry as most of the actual document is in English (at least the ones I looked at anyway). If you come across something you don't understand as it's in French, I'd be happy to help you out with that. Hopefully there will be more archives available in future for this area. Good luck! Kathleen __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com

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