Greetings All. On my return home from Calgary last Monday evening I arrived to find my fax machine literally buried with faxes from those who have submitted Access to Information requests for the 1906 Census of the Western Provinces to either Statistics Canada and/or the National Archives. Since that time I have received a few more by snail mail, and some as attachments to email. All told however, things have slowed down considerably. Submitting the ATI requests is an action that is intended to last for awhile, as is writing to the Privacy Commissioner to protest his opposition to public access of Historic Census records. For those who are not yet familiar with these latest efforts in our Census campaign, they are explained in my latest column, accessible at http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce83.htm By this time, many will be aware that the National Archives of Canada have placed images of Canada's 1901 Census schedules on line. There is no charge for access to these images, although it takes a little work to find the images you want, and many appear to have problems with the viewer that is required to be downloaded and installed before you can view and manipulate the images. Problems seem most prevalent for those using Netscape. Internet Explorer seems to work OK. Go to the following URL to access the images. http://www.archives.ca/02/020122_e.html I recommend reading the support information before trying to access the images. For those who have experienced problems using the Mr. Sid viewer required for viewing the images, Nelson Denton has started a mail list for those who wish to comment, ask questions, or get help related to the online Census. To subscribe to it send a message to CAN-CENSUS-1901-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word 'subscribe' in the subject line and body of the message. To subscribe in Digest mode, change the L in the address to a D. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted.

Gordon, I use Internet Exploroer and I am having a devil of a time and have gone for help twice now with downloading it. Am expecting an answer by tomorrow night! Shannah *************************************************** I am researching my Great TWISS Family all throughout this vast world. If you know of anyone who is researching this surname I would appreciate it very much if you would, please, forward my name and two address- es to them. Thank you. Shannah @: twiss_griggs@uniserve.com & twiss_griggs 74@hotmail.com. This last one is meant only as an emergency incase you can not get intouch with me through Uniserve. Thank you. ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 11:12 PM Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Post 1901 Census - ATI Requests and more Greetings All. On my return home from Calgary last Monday evening I arrived to find my fax machine literally buried with faxes from those who have submitted Access to Information requests for the 1906 Census of the Western Provinces to either Statistics Canada and/or the National Archives. Since that time I have received a few more by snail mail, and some as attachments to email. All told however, things have slowed down considerably. Submitting the ATI requests is an action that is intended to last for awhile, as is writing to the Privacy Commissioner to protest his opposition to public access of Historic Census records. For those who are not yet familiar with these latest efforts in our Census campaign, they are explained in my latest column, accessible at http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce83.htm By this time, many will be aware that the National Archives of Canada have placed images of Canada's 1901 Census schedules on line. There is no charge for access to these images, although it takes a little work to find the images you want, and many appear to have problems with the viewer that is required to be downloaded and installed before you can view and manipulate the images. Problems seem most prevalent for those using Netscape. Internet Explorer seems to work OK. Go to the following URL to access the images. http://www.archives.ca/02/020122_e.html I recommend reading the support information before trying to access the images. For those who have experienced problems using the Mr. Sid viewer required for viewing the images, Nelson Denton has started a mail list for those who wish to comment, ask questions, or get help related to the online Census. To subscribe to it send a message to CAN-CENSUS-1901-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word 'subscribe' in the subject line and body of the message. To subscribe in Digest mode, change the L in the address to a D. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send an email with "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) to either: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L-request@rootsweb.com (List Version) IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Version) You can also unsubscribe from the website: http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237