Hi, everybody, I saw this message in the Alberta newsgroup: "At the National Archives of Canada, <http://www.archives.ca/> in the "Dominion Land Grants" database, I found my gg-grandfather's brother who immigrated about 1900 to Alberta, Canada." I remembered that since last I visited the NAC, they have put ArchiviaNet up. So I clicked over to the Dom. Land Grants, plugged in McBee, and came up with these results: Dominion Land Grants Search terms : " : 2=1 : 1=MCBEE.R100. : " References: 1 - 5 of 5 : Last update: October 13, 1998 Legal Land Description 1 NW 25 14 21 W3 Part Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Liber: 741 Folio: 12 File reel number: C-6529 Names: Ben McBee 2 LS 3 OF 36 14 21 W3 Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Liber: 757 Folio: 430 File reel number: C-6543 Names: Ben McBee 3 LS 4 OF 36 14 21 W3 Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Liber: 757 Folio: 430 File reel number: C-6543 Names: Ben McBee 4 LS 6 OF 36 14 21 W3 Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Liber: 757 Folio: 430 File reel number: C-6543 Names: Ben McBee 5 LS 5 OF 36 14 21 W3 Section Township Range Meridian Reference: Liber: 757 Folio: 430 File reel number: C-6543 Names: Ben McBee Remarks: S1/2 AND NE LS 5 OF 36 As it happens, I checked out these homesteading applications for Saskatchewan from the FHC a few years ago. I have no Ben McBee in my database, and don't know where his land might lie. Anywhere close to Fillmore, Sask., where my grandfather helped his brother settle in with his new family, in 1910? The King book excerpt that I posted last week indicates that Sydney McBee bought his land.....but maybe this Ben McBee was a relative I don't know about, and was part of the 'pull' to Canada? After all, they had just made the move north from Missouri to Warren Co., Iowa, and put down some roots. When they moved to Sask., they left *both* natal families behind.... Anyone know anything about this Ben McBee? (I can send you copies of MY copies....) Does anyone know where this land (described above) might lie? All the best, Valorie PS: ArchiviaNet is pretty neat. If you have any Canadian searching to do, visit the NAC again. Very easy to search. v