THE GLOBAL GAZETTE - Canada's Family History Magazine Vol. IV, No. 13, July 31, 2000 A new issue of The Global Gazette is online and filled with new articles To check it out, click on: http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm . The Global Gazette is produced by volunteers, and provided to the heritage community without charge. The publication is sponsored in full by GlobalGenealogy.com . If you would like personal email notification of each issue as it is posted, there is "subscribe" information is at the end of this message. AOL Users hotlink: <a href="http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm"> http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm </a>. SUMMARY OF ARTICLES IN THE JULY 31, 2000 ISSUE: EDITOR'S CORNER Fifteen of tThe Champlain Society's most popular volumes are now on-line. Check out Editor's Corner for a link to the site. Vikings Invade Newfoundland! This week saw the successful conclusion of a historical re-enactment celebrating the 1000th anniversay of the landing of the Vikings on the shores of Newfoundland. Explore links and resources discussing Viking settlement in North America. http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm LOYALISTS IN CANADA Loyalist Petitions For Land Grants: Part Two... The column continues an examination of petitions for land grants, those all-important Loyalist sources. The specific application here is to the documents and practices of Upper Canada, -- the "system", the indexes, the language and style. Examples are given, with interpretation of the notations made by government officials. Also, in the last issue of The Global Gazette Brenda Dougall Merriman reported on the new block-buster movie THE PATRIOT. We invited readers to share their thoughts on the movie, and they have... http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm EAST COAST KIN (Canada) When you were five years old a stray was that scrawny black kitten that followed you home and your mother insisted, "No, you can not keep it!" But you have put away childish things and taken up genealogy. Now, a stray is a whole different kind of cat. Genealogically speaking, a stray is a person described in a record as being from, or connected with, a place outside the area in which an event took place. This issue, Sandra shares some great resources for finding your "strays". http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm ROVING REPORTERS Alan Rayburn, a well known author and compiler of Canadian place names and their histories, shares his insights with Global Gazette readers who were looking for 'Colpoy's Bay' and 'Lansing' Ontario. Alan's explanation of the identification of one of those places is a good lesson in researching place names regardless of where they are. http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm POST 1901 CENSUS PROJECT (Canada) No News is Good News? Still waiting for both the report of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census, and the Nation-wide Environics Research Survey. Hon. John Manley Receives Report of Expert Panel. A thoughtful Submission to Expert Panel. Petitions still being accepted. Download the Petitions from the official web site. Letters and e-mail to your elected representatives are still required, perhaps now more than ever. Check out the MPs Scoreboard http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm TECH TALK Tutorial on Recording Same Sex Relationships In Family Tree Maker. Bill Gates introduced plans to attach a user fees to software, hotmail and other internet services. Microsoft To Put Toll-Gate on The Internet? A list of new Data CDs from Family Tree Maker, contains a summary of many recent additions to the list of Family Archives CDs as well as others which are of particular value to family historians. http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm UPCOMING EVENTS (WORLDWIDE) Browse or submit announcements for upcoming family history events, genealogy conferences, workshops and family reunions from around the world. No event is too big or too small. http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz59.htm <> **************************************** <> MISSED THE LAST ISSUE?? Our server was overloaded when the last issue of The Gazette was posted. If you missed the last issue you can find it at http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz58.htm . AOL Users hotlink:<a href="http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz58.htm"> http://GlobalGazette.net/gazettes/gaz58.htm </a>. ***** ARCHIVE UPDATED July 31, 2000: Don't miss browsing the new Gazette archive of past articles, hints, lists, and sources. 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