To all:- I have received a big stack of Canadian census petitions for the Senate this week -- plus some for House of Commons. That is alright, Gordon Watts has some to send to me -- we will sort that little part out -- all is well! WORDING IN E-MAIL MESSAGES! The hurtful words honestly do sting!! Many may not realize how much hurt, even tears, can be shed when one receives that type of message. We all have off days, I have been questioned about terminology at times, and for that reason always copy in another committee member -- very often prior to sending a message. RESEARCH Yes, I am a researcher -- willing to help anyone who asks me, whether it is a personal memo or a "lookup" memo of the NOVA-SCOTIA list. I will tell a personal little secret at this time -- I collect URLs rather than bookmark them -- save these on lists in Drafts -- just Copy and Paste. My personal page <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/ is set up for research in Nova Scotia, my original home -- URLs requested. RESEARCH ON THIS CENSUS PAGE It has been set up as a message centre -- people writing and voicing his/her opinions. Gordon Watts is the listowner and our policy is "no research, no flames" By going to one or more of our census sites, researchers may often find their own information. One such list maintained by Bryan Keddy (I proofread) is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html It is our "coast-to-coast-to-coast" genealogy list, due to the need for census release, there are sections about that -- the future will include sites from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic Ocean. At present there are only two pages of sites -- more coming!! REPRESENTATION ON PROVINCIAL LEVEL Census Committee members represent every province in Canada EXCEPT for Manitoba, also Yukon and North West Territories. One new member is from New Brunswick, but is also representing Quebec, bilingual and interested. We may have a representative for Prince Edward Island. Let us attempt to keep functioning at a professional level, remembering words do hurt. The Canada Census Committee is a group of volunteers, no pay, no halos, just occasional "Thank You". However, we will get the post-1901 census records released. Watch for Gordon Watts' memo about CHANGES -- Big Time!!! Thanks for all the help in the past, Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> Canada Census Committee member http://globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm [In PDF format or on attachment - I have them] http://globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm [Ask YOUR MP if he/she supports Post-1901 census release]