Hi Listers, Happy 4th to those that celebrate. I'll be making my own firewors display...its called using too much lighter fluid....you know bbq stands for? Burn Burgers Quickly. Enjoy the Holiday and be CAREFUL. ~Linda~ "Loved ones" are your family tree, and lifes journey.

I remember gas was rationed during WWII in Canada. Dad farmed and gas for tractors was tinted so it was a different color than gas for cars --- and boy, you better not have got caught driving the family car with tractor gas in the tank. Sugar was rationed as well and if there were other foodstuffs, I don't remember. We always had a huge garden so we barely noticed shortages.

Hello, Both of my parents had a much younger brother, both of whom were born on "Valentine's Day." Both born in 1930's. My father's younger, half-brother, joined the Army either during or right after high school. As many other soldiers did, he ended up in Germany. He met a young lady there and they fell in love. He brought her back to the US, and I think they married here. He was only 10 years older than me. So I have an aunt who is only 6 yrs. older than me. I don't remember there being any "discussions" in my father's family about having a lady born in Germany in their family. Over to my mother's younger brother, he also joined the Army - even before he graduated. While in the Army, he met a young lady in MA, and they fell in love and wanted to marry. But, horrors, she was a "divorcee" and worse than that, she had - a child. There were many "discussions" about this situation. Both my uncle and his wife had a nice wedding but both were hurt by all the "discussions" and they became partly estranged from the family because of it ! That was the 1950's ! They were an "Army family" and moved to many states. And I don't think I've seen this uncle and aunt since the 1960's; they didn't even come home for the parents' funerals. They had a daughter of their own, and then adopted a son. I've never met their son. Cousins will be cousins, and we tried to keep in touch with the 2 daughters. Some cousins traveled to their home for vacations. Last summer one of the daughters surprised all of us at our annual "cousins get-together" - when she flew up from a southern state to attend the cookout ! She was the daughter from her mother's first marriage, and she was made to feel "family" last summer, and she really appreciated it. My parents came from 2, different kinds of families. One with a lot of "pride" and one with - not quite so much. "Proper Bostonians" were not always in MA/US. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (We know a man who fathered a child while in the Army and in Germany. We don't know the circumstances, but he came back and married here and had children with his wife. As it turned out? Both daughters ended up with the same first-name - unbeknownst to him.)

Hope all our American friends have a great July 4th. Please drive carefully. Lauraine

Paulette: Obviously you were very lucky to have such a loving and caring father. My Dad was the same and died in 2007. Still miss him very much, but he left such great memories. Am sure there was a site that was gathering letters from the "men at war" but not sure if it was U.S. or Canadian. I do have a photo of my Dad's youngest brother in uniform - he is before a military truck and he wrote some comments on the back. He was in the Europe theatre and married a girl from Aberdeen. She came to Canada as a war bride and they had a small child born in Scotland. He tells me how shocked his Mom was when they got off the boat in Halifax - the greeters played "Here Comes the Bride" as they landed and many of them had married in Europe and had children. Back then being a bride with a small child was not quite proper and she considered herself an "old married woman". Recall my family sending parcels overseas. They were boxed and then sewn in flour sacking. Mom told me if the ship carrying them sunk, the packages would float and the sacking made it easier to nab with a grappling hook. No idea if that is true? Cigarettes (in flat tins, chocolate, fruit cake, cookies and socks were the main items sent. Food and luxury goods were highly rationed in the U.K. and my Aunt told me how the whole family gave up their weekly egg (yes l egg) so my cousin could have one 4 or 5 times a week. Did the U.S. have rationing during WW2 like we did in Canada? Lauraine > > From: Paulette <mamabearis@twcny.rr.com> > Date: 2009/07/02 Thu PM 05:10:25 CDT > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] old letters > > Lauraine, > I can't tell you how emotional it was for us to read them...of course, > we were too small at the time to understand, and now that we are in our > mid 60's it was heart renching to read how he missed us and wanted to > tuck us in at night. Which he always did after he got home. He also sent > gifts to us (South Pacific Tour) and told how his ship USS Silverstein > weathered a typhoon and on the Ship's Letterhead, showed us where his > station was and what he did. We have copies of his discharge papers, > newspaper articles of his return to our little village - and dinners > given for him before he left and when he returned. Our bedtime stories > were war stories...which we loved...and we always watched "Victory At > Sea"... > He would have been 100 years old this past march...we love him very much. > Paulette > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Would anyone per chance have a copy of this book and be willing to look up Place-names and places of Nova Scotia‎ - Page 130 by Public Archives of Nova Scotia - Names, Geographical - 1974 - 751 pages because of the Anglican Church located over, or across, the harbour, opposite Shelburne. ... Samuel Rudolph was the schoolmaster here in 1846. ... I got this off of Google books, but there is only a snippet view. Samuel Rudolph was my great great grandfather and I'd love to know what it says about him or there.. (btw if anyone might know who his parents were or from where he came, I'd love to know that too). Happy Holiday week one and all! and thanks in advance Faye

Hello Sharon Thank you for letting me know about the glitch. Everything works now (phew!) and you should be able to get there by starting at http://www.pastvoices.com/ I'm glad you found the letters you wanted to read, they're quite wonderful aren't they? Please do submit any old letters or postcards you have, this goes for everyone who likes to see these old letters online for all to enjoy. Rather than use the online submission form, just type out and email your letters to me at this email addy if you wish. Be sure to put PAST VOICES SUBMISSION in the subject header Lorine On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:23 PM, SBurch<stburch@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > Thank you, something is repaired, I was able to view all of the letters > I chose.  If I find some time, I sure have a collection I'd love to submit. > Thanks again, great idea. > > Sharon > > Olive Tree Genealogy wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Olive Tree >> Genealogy<olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> Thank you for spotting this. There is something wrong on the server >>> where my site Past Voices is hosted. I have been in touch and they are >>> working on the problem >>> >>> Stay tuned! I will let you know when the site is up and running >>> Lorine >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:35 AM, SBurch<stburch@rochester.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>>> When I click on the link http://pastvoices.com  - I get, >>>> www.naturalizationrecords.com/index.shtml.  At that page, near the >>>> bottom, is a link to the pastvoices web site that also opens to the >>>> naturalizationrecords page - help please. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >  When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Follow my genealogy updates on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com

Thank you, something is repaired, I was able to view all of the letters I chose. If I find some time, I sure have a collection I'd love to submit. Thanks again, great idea. Sharon Olive Tree Genealogy wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Olive Tree > Genealogy<olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello >> >> Thank you for spotting this. There is something wrong on the server >> where my site Past Voices is hosted. I have been in touch and they are >> working on the problem >> >> Stay tuned! I will let you know when the site is up and running >> Lorine >> >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:35 AM, SBurch<stburch@rochester.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> When I click on the link http://pastvoices.com - I get, >>> www.naturalizationrecords.com/index.shtml. At that page, near the >>> bottom, is a link to the pastvoices web site that also opens to the >>> naturalizationrecords page - help please. >>> >>> >>> >>>

Lauraine, I can't tell you how emotional it was for us to read them...of course, we were too small at the time to understand, and now that we are in our mid 60's it was heart renching to read how he missed us and wanted to tuck us in at night. Which he always did after he got home. He also sent gifts to us (South Pacific Tour) and told how his ship USS Silverstein weathered a typhoon and on the Ship's Letterhead, showed us where his station was and what he did. We have copies of his discharge papers, newspaper articles of his return to our little village - and dinners given for him before he left and when he returned. Our bedtime stories were war stories...which we loved...and we always watched "Victory At Sea"... He would have been 100 years old this past march...we love him very much. Paulette

oh i recall Gary Vaughn telling me about this!! alice

Hi everyone I have found out that you can view the site Past Voices (where old letters are kept) by going to http://www.pastvoices.com/index.shtml You canNOT view it yet by using http://www.pastvoices.com/ You must click on or type out the full URL of http://www.pastvoices.com/index.shtml Still working on the problem with getting to the site with the shorter URL Lorine On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Olive Tree Genealogy<olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Olive Tree > Genealogy<olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello >> >> Thank you for spotting this. There is something wrong on the server >> where my site Past Voices is hosted. I have been in touch and they are >> working on the problem >> >> Stay tuned! I will let you know when the site is up and running >> Lorine >> >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:35 AM, SBurch<stburch@rochester.rr.com> wrote: >>> When I click on the link http://pastvoices.com  - I get, >>> www.naturalizationrecords.com/index.shtml.  At that page, near the >>> bottom, is a link to the pastvoices web site that also opens to the >>> naturalizationrecords page - help please. >>> >>> >>>  When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >>> >>> To search the archives: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >>> The information page is: >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Follow my genealogy updates on Twitter >> http://twitter.com/LorineMS >> >> Olive Tree Genealogy >> http://olivetreegenealogy.com >> > > > > -- > Follow my genealogy updates on Twitter > http://twitter.com/LorineMS > > Olive Tree Genealogy > http://olivetreegenealogy.com > -- Follow my genealogy updates on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Olive Tree Genealogy<olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > Thank you for spotting this. There is something wrong on the server > where my site Past Voices is hosted. I have been in touch and they are > working on the problem > > Stay tuned! I will let you know when the site is up and running > Lorine > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:35 AM, SBurch<stburch@rochester.rr.com> wrote: >> When I click on the link http://pastvoices.com  - I get, >> www.naturalizationrecords.com/index.shtml.  At that page, near the >> bottom, is a link to the pastvoices web site that also opens to the >> naturalizationrecords page - help please. >> >> >>  When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >> >> To search the archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >> The information page is: >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Follow my genealogy updates on Twitter > http://twitter.com/LorineMS > > Olive Tree Genealogy > http://olivetreegenealogy.com > -- Follow my genealogy updates on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com

Hello Thank you for spotting this. There is something wrong on the server where my site Past Voices is hosted. I have been in touch and they are working on the problem Stay tuned! I will let you know when the site is up and running Lorine On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:35 AM, SBurch<stburch@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > When I click on the link http://pastvoices.com  - I get, > www.naturalizationrecords.com/index.shtml.  At that page, near the > bottom, is a link to the pastvoices web site that also opens to the > naturalizationrecords page - help please. > > >  When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Follow my genealogy updates on Twitter http://twitter.com/LorineMS Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com

Paulette: What a wonderful legacy your father has left you! Somewhere think I heard about a book or archives specializing in "Letters to the home front"?? Does anyone recall anything about that? It would be very nice if families made copies of any letters from the front to home for their local Historical or Genealogical Society. Letters and papers of the wealthy are often housed in Archives, but seldom do we find things from the regular folks. Lauraine > > From: Paulette <mamabearis@twcny.rr.com> > Date: 2009/07/02 Thu AM 08:17:29 CDT > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] old letters > > My sister and I have letters that our father wrote to us during > WWII...he was drafted into the Navy. I was One year old and my sister > was 3 years old. The letters began from when he was in Boot Camp at > Samson Air Force Base and continued until he was on his way home again. > Very emotional letters for us...we never knew about them until about 2 > years ago when they showed up in a trunk that an aunt left after she died. > Paulette > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Betty: The book definitely tells how the people of Boston and the U.S. rushed to offer aid. The books said that the U.S. Government donated Nov Five Million Dollars to the disaster relief fund. They sent a field hospital and ships with construction equipment, etc. This, in spite of some of the anti-American feelings prevalent amongst the upper class in Nova Scotia at the time. The people of our two nations have close ties in ancestory and we view many things the same. So many of have ancestors from both countries and the same places in Europe. Generally think we are pretty good neighbours to one another. Lauraine > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Date: 2009/07/02 Thu AM 06:59:01 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] 1917 Halifax Explosion > > Hi Lauraine, > > Many in MA/US know about that explosion. Every year the people of Nova > Scotia send a "Christmas tree" down to Boston. That is a "thank you" for > all the people who "rushed to the aid" of the victims of the explosion. > If I'm remembering the story correctly, people on the MA shore, or people on > the ships in Boston Harbor, could "see" the explosion ! > > Notes: Yes, it was the first World War when "hemlines" changed. Again, > if I'm remembering correctly, that is when many women had to "go out to > work" - while their husband "went off to War." And the women could not > work in the factories, or in hospitals, etc., with their dresses / skirts > touching the floor. And, with my grandmother's story, I wish I could > find a "book author" who would be willing to write her story into an > "historic novel." She was the grandmother who was twice-orphaned, or so > the story goes. And was told many "lies" by her adoptive parents, who I > believe were her grandparents. Except for her 10? years as a very young > child in Melrose, MA, just outside of Boston, she spent her 2nd 10 years in > "Downtown Boston" in "homes." > > Also, one of the wives on my KIDDER family tree out of Princeton, Maine, was > a Clara McKEIL. I've often wondered how that name got mixed up with the > McNEIL / MacNEIL name in written records. I think Clara was from a New > Brunswick family, and she married Clinton KIDDER and lived in Princeton, > except for a few years in Berlin, NH, where he had a serious Stroke. > > Writing from "RAINY" Boston ! :o( > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <syrnick@mts.net> > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:04 PM > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] 1917 Halifax Explosion > > > > One of the worst disasters in Canadian History was the Halifax Explosion. > > There have been many books written about it in documentary and history > > styles. > > > > Presently reading a novel about this era by Robert MacNeil of > > "MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour on PBS. Robert MacNeil was born in Halifax. > > > > The novel is called BURDEN OF DESIRE and gives many insites to the life, > > customs and class structures at that time. A book I recommend to those > > who like to read history in a novel form vs text or documentary. Some of > > the writing shows the antagonism between the U.S. and Canada in 1917 and > > it might bother some, but I found it quite funny. The story really points > > out just how much our societies have changed. In 1917, women's skirt > > hemlines were starting to rise. > > > > Lauraine > > > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

What is this all about??? no message except "hugs, alice"....????

hugs, alice

It's the same in the Galveston paper..i always ck as Beaumont, Port Arthur, & Bolivar..they're all loaded with Cajun Cousins too:) alice

gonna meet Augie in Lake Charles:) alice

When I click on the link http://pastvoices.com - I get, www.naturalizationrecords.com/index.shtml. At that page, near the bottom, is a link to the pastvoices web site that also opens to the naturalizationrecords page - help please.