THE GLOBAL GAZETTE - Canada's Genealogy & Heritage On-Line Magazine Vol. III, No. 13, August 12, 1999 The newest issue of The Global Gazette is online, filled with new articles and ready for readers. The Global Gazette is a free online magazine which is written by volunteers and sponsored by Global Genealogy Supply. To check it out, click on: http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm AOL Users hotlink:<a href="http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm"> http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm </a>. SUMMARY OF ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE: EDITOR'S CORNER Reader gets answer to the question of the son of "poor farmer Fleming and Winston Churchill. Update your records with the email address of new National Archivist (Canada) and find out why you need it. Global Heritage Press announces several new books and provides a list of titles for release this Fall. Latest update on Global Genealogy Fair '99. Detroit church records now on line. Historical Statistics of Canada online. Emigrant Savings Bank records online. Lots of new announcements of conferences and family reunions. http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm NOS RACINES FRANCAISES (Our French Roots) PART II OF II, The Pre-Medieval period, that is from the collapse of Rome in the fifth century AD to about 800 AD has been called the "Dark Ages". Now scholars are discovering new evidence and are less inclined to categorically assume that this age was as steeped in ignorance and barbary as once thought. http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm POST-1901 CENSUS NEWS (CANADA) Gordon A. Watts reports the latest news and brings everyone up to speed on the project's new developments. The Post-1901 Census Project is a growing grassroots movement to reverse a Canadian law which denies access to Post- 1901 Canadian Census records for ever. http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm EAST COAST KIN At the turn of the century in the Maritimes, the household supply of rum and tobacco would be running low by late May. That's when folks in the coastal ports all around the Maritimes were on the look out for the first rum runners of the season. In this issue Sandra Devlin reviews 3 books from P.E.I. http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm ENGLISH & WELSH ROOTS This issue of English and Welsh Roots welcomes guest author Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake and his timely article on problems and solutions when using the LDS 1881 British Census on CD-ROM. This important article will help all users of the 1881 British Census CDs make the most effective use of this invaluable resource. As usual, don't miss Fawne's "Extra Bits" with links to little known or new resources. http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm ROUTES TO ROOTS A great many genealogists do not understand the Ontario Archives interlibrary loan system, where books and microfilm can be borrowed from far away to your local library. In this issue Ryan Taylor discusses this program, and how genealogists from all over Ontario can benefit from it. http://globalgenealogy.com/gaz32.htm TECH TALK New Loyalist CD ROM from Family Tree Maker. Super Bundle VI is now out and available at a discounted price for limited time only. Virus hoaxes infecting the internet. Free update for Family Tree Maker 6.0 users downloadable from this week's Tech Talk column. 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