(Handwritten at the top of the clipping - January 2, 1933.) Mrs. J. M. Horncastle Dead. The death occurred last night about 10 o'clock of Mrs. Rachael Young Horncastle, wife of John M. Horncastle, at the age of 77 years following an illness of about two years. Mrs. Horncastle was born at New Maryland, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McKnight, and was the last member of the family. She had lived in Fredericton for a great many years and had many warm personal friends, who will regret her passing. She was active in the affairs of Christ Church Parish until her health began to fail and a friend to those in sorrow. She is survived by her husband, three sons, Frank and Martin C. Horncastle, Fredericton and Guy Horncastle, Prince Albert, Sask.; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The late Roy Horncastle, who with two other sons, served in tthe Great War, died in May last. The funeral will take place to- morrow afternoon with prayers at the house, 355 St. John street, at two o'clock and service at Christ Church Parish Church at 2.30 o'clock by Ven. Archdeacon Bate and interment at Rural Cemetery extension. (Handwritten at the bottom of the clipping - Jan'y 2nd 1883.) WAR VETERAN DIES. Wilfred M. Coveney Passes in East Saint John Hospital at Age of 43 Years. The death occurred this morning at 6.40 o'clock at East Saint John Hospital, Saint John, of Wilfred M. Coveney, at the age of 43 years. Deceased was born at Aldershot, England, and served with the Imperial Forces in the Royal Flying Corps. He was living in Fredericton at the outbreak of the Great War and went back to rejoin the Imperial Forces. After the Armistice he returned to Fredericton and took up residence at New Maryland and engaged in farming. He was upright and honest in all his dealing with his fellow men, of sterling character and made friends wherever he went and his passing will be regretted by his family and a large circle of friends. His wife died about nine years ago and surviving are two brothers, C. J. Coveney and James Coveney, Fredericton, and three sisters, Mrs. Fred Mazerall, North Devon; Mrs. A. C. Johnston, Saint John, and Mrs. W. Garahan, London, England. A sister, Mrs. John Mazerall, died in North Devon about three months ago. Funeral arrangements have not been completed and will be announced later. (Handwritten at the bottom of the clipping - Jan'y 13 1933.)

Hello, I have several questions as follows: 1. What are the hours for the above museum in August? 2. Does the museum have a genealogy research room and, if so, what records do they have there? 3. Does the museum have a website and/or e-mail address? Thank you very much. Gail

This is another set of the newspaper clippings that are in the "Secretary's Minutes" book of the Thistle Mission Band of Marysville, New Brunswick. There was no date on the first one in the set today, but is probably 1931 or 1932 going by the dates on the other clippings. I hope this helps someone smash a brick wall. Alta Many Were at Funeral At the funeral yesterday afternoon of the late Mrs. Charles Forbes many were present at the service held at the house by Rev. George Telford and Rev. Mr. Burns, including members of the choir of St. Paul's United Church, who sang several hymns. The body was taken by special train to Taymouth, accompanied by many from the city and Devon, and at Taymouth many old friends were present. Rev. Mr. Telford and Rev. Mr. Fytche, of Taymouth, conducted the service at the grave and the many beautiful floral tributes were placed upon the grave in Taymouth Cemetery. The pall bearers were Solomon Greer, William Horncastle, Robert Willett, T. W. Sansom, Harry Greer, Daniel Charters. The chief mourners were Alex. Forbes, James Forbes, John Forbes, Roy Forbes, Malcom Tait, Donald Tait, Charles Forbes, Perry Forbes, Ralph Forbes, Ivan Forbes, Ronald Forbes, Harry Greer, Archie Greer, Edward Horncastle, R. Bedford Green, James Greer, Donald Horncastle, Solomon Greer, Hedley Forbes, Robert Forbes, Angus Forbes, Robert Forbes, Nashwaak, William Horncastle, Andrew Perry, John Perry. James Fraser. (Next clipping pasted over bottom of this clipping and seems to be hiding another row of names ending with "Sandy" on the right side of the clipping.) (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Dec. 5, 1931.) Died at New Maryland. The death occurred at New Maryland this morning at 10 o'clock of Mrs. Elizabeth (Bessie) Doherty, widow of Henry Doherty, after a long and painful illness at the age of 47 years. Deceased was born in New Maryland and lived for some years in Fredericton before going to Portland, Me. to live. Being stricken with an incurable malady she came back to Fredericton and lived here for a few months before going to New Maryland to live with her brother, Wesley Fletcher, at whose home she died. She was a woman of exemplary habits, who made friends and kept them, and her death will be learned of with regret. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Fletcher, of New Maryland, and is survived by one daughter, Margaret, of this city; two brothers, Wesley Fletcher, of New Maryland, and Medley Fletcher, of this city, and one sister, Mrs. Everett Nason, of Providence, R. I. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon, leaving the house at three o'clock. Service will be conducted in the Anglican Church at New Maryland and interment made in the adjacent churchyard. DIED SMITH — At Beaverdam, York county, N. B., April 4th, 1935, Israel Smith, aged 88 years. Funeral to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock from the home of his son, Edward E. Smith. Service at the United Baptist Church, Nasonworth, at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Ricker and interment in Nasonworth cemetery.

UPDATE ON THE GRAY'S REUNION DATE: AUGUST 13-2000 PLACE : SEDGWICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROUTE 15,SEDGWICK,MAINE TIME:10:00 A.M. TO 5:00P.M. POT LUCK ABOUT NOON NEEDS OF THE COMMITTEE: A. -DOOR PRIZES. DOOR PRIZE TO BE GIVEN AWAY EVERT HOUR. B.- OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF GRAY RELATIVES. C.--GRAY FAMILY RECIPES D.--EXHIBITS OF OLD FAMILY THINGS AND HISTORY{COPIES} E.--INVENTIONS OR BOOKS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY GRAYS F.--COOKED FOOD FOR NOON TIME POT LUCK G. DONATIONS TO HELP WITH COST IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MEMBERS: SUZANNE BLACK -326-4721 NORMAN KEEFE 359 -2341 MARGARET PERT 326--4412 PHYLLIS PEMBERTON 374--5698 SUMNER LYMBURNER 326--2047 MURRAY GRAY 374--2217 WE HAVE ORGANIZED THIS REUNION FOR SEVERAL REASONS. ONE IS TO GATTHER INFORMATION TO ALLOW THE 1987 GRAY FAMILY OF HANCOCK COUNTY TO BE UPDATED. A SECOND IS TO REFRESH AND MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. A THIRD IS TO USE THE WISDOM OF OUR OLDER RELATIVES TO HELP IDENTIFY RELATIVES IN FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS. A FORURTH IS TO SHOW THE YOUNGER GRAYS HOW THEIR GRADPARENTS LIVED AND WORKED. THE MAIN REASON IS FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE FUN. GRAY REUNION 2000 COMMITTEE The plans are coming along very well and very fast. this week Iva Chatto Gray joined us, she is planing the music. also Mark Honey joined us ,He will be there to help with the qestion on genealogy. He also will have his work on the Leach family and other things on hand . Come join us we would love to see you. Suzanne Gray Black

Looking for info about Edward Fickett.Born July 22,1844,Died:unknown. Married Philena ? May have lived in Milbridge or Harrington. only know of 1 child Ora B. Fickett, my Grandmothers father. Thanks to all who may be able to help. Don Edes

(Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Jan'y 13, 1932.) Marysville Man Dies in Hospital. The death occurred at a late hour last night at Victoria Public Hospital of Amos Allen Pond, of Marysville, at the age of 69 years. Deceased had been in failing health for some time and a few days ago was taken to the hospital for treatment. He was well known and highly respected in the community in which he lived and his death will be learned of with regret. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Archie, of Marysville and Howard; one daughter, Mrs. Wilmot Lyons of Marysville; four brothers and three sisters, John H., and Ludlow, of Marysville; Hazen and Charles of Newburyport, Mass.; Mrs. John McMorris, Marysville; Mrs. J. Darling, of Salem, Mass., and Mrs. Morrell, of Newburyport. The funeral will take place on Friday afternoon with service at his late home at 3.30 o'clock by Rev. Mr. McWilliams and interment in the Baptist Cemetery, Marysville. (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Feb 6th, 1932.) Died at Marysville. The death occurred at Marysville last night of Mrs. Grace Eva Jones, wife of Randolph Jones, after a lingering illness at the age of 37 years. Deceased was a daughter of the late John Steeves and of Mrs. Steeves of Marysville, and before her marriage was a school teacher. After her marriage she went to Lower Hainesville to live where she formed many warm friendships by her genial disposition and Christian character. She had been in poor health for some time and a few months ago came to her mother's home in Marysville so that she would be near a doctor for medical treatment. She did not respond to the treatment and her death occurred last night and it will be learned of with regret by many friends. She is survived by her husband and four children, Russell, Stanley, Constance and Margaret; her mother, Mrs. John Steeves; one brother James O. Steeves, Oliver, B. C., and four sisters, Stella, Bessie and Pearl, of Marysville, and Mrs. J. S. Mavor, of Calgary. The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon from the home to the Reformed Baptist Church where service will be conducted by Rev. L. T. Sabine and interment made in the family plot in the Baptist Cemetery, Marysville. DIED GIBSON — At Lower St. Mary's, N. B. April 1st, 1935, James Gibson, son of the late Alexander Gibson, aged eighty years. Funeral from the United Church of Canada, Marysville, at 8.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Service by Rev. M. H. Manuel and interment made in the family plot in the United Church of Canada Cemetery, Marysville.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4A9886D41F39DA56B830803A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Everyone, Okay the new stuff is finally posted on the site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/new.htm As I had previously said, it includes: St. Croix Library Holdings (located in St.Stephen) New Brunswick Genealogical Society-Charlotte Branch - their holdings,(also located in the St. Croix Library) officers, committees & minutes Partial appendix to I.C. Knowlton's Annals of Calais, Maine & St. Stephen, NB 1785 Entire copy + index of surnames to MEMORIAL OF THE LOYALIST FAMILIES 1785 (Moore, Hitchings & Livingstone of St. David, NB) Care of Old Cemeteries. As always, if you find any broken links, let me know. Marilyn Maxwell Strout Charlotte Co. GenWeb --------------4A9886D41F39DA56B830803A Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="strout.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Marilyn Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="strout.vcf" begin:vcard n:; x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:strout@bigfoot.com title:Charlotte County, NB & Otisfield, ME GenWebs fn:Marilyn Maxwell Strout end:vcard --------------4A9886D41F39DA56B830803A--

The Charlotte Historical Society is holding a week long celebration of the 175th anniversary of the town. The celebration started today (July 14) and will end on July 22 with a genealogy fair featuring information from all parts of Washington County and some info from Charlotte County, NB. The genealogy fair will be at the Charlotte Elementary School on Route 214 on July 22 from 9-3. Lots and lots of unpublished information available for research.

I will be finding myself in Machias briefly late next week. My paternal forebears were from the Pembroke/Charlotte area. I am remembering that there is some stuff available at Machias, because it is the county seat, but I have absolutely no recollection of what or where. Can anyone help me? SandyP e-mail sproots@concentric.net.

(Handwritten at the bottom of the clipping - Died Dec 3rd, 1931.) Funeral Largely Attended. The funeral of the late Miss Elizabeth A. Gallimore took place yesterday afternoon from her late home at Marysville and was largely attended. All Saints' Church, where the service was held, not being large enough to hold all who wished to attend. Prayers were said at the house at 2.15 and service conducted at the church at 2.30 by Rev. C. LeRoi Mooera and interment made in the Methodist cemetery. There were many beautiful floral tributes. The pall-bearers were William Collett, Thomas McDowell, Harry Preese, Henry Pickard, John Pickard, Richard Hodges. The chief mourners were William Harris, Mr. And Mrs. Herbert Harris, Miss Clegg, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunbar, Ronald Burke, Edwin Burke. (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Jan'y 1932) The Late William L. McFarlane. The body of the late William L. McFarlane, who was found dead in his room at the Admiral Beatty Hotel, Saint John, yesterday morning arrived here last night accompanied by his two sons, Leslie McFarlane, of this city, and Stuart McFarlane of Saint John. Another son, G. Harold McFarlane, arrived from Worcester, Mass., at noon to-day to attend the funeral. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon with service at his late home at Nashwaaksis at 2 o'clock by Rev. George Telford, and interment at Rural Cemetery, Douglas. (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Aug 31, 1931.) Death of Young Woman, The death occurred this morning at her home in New Maryland of Laura M. Fletcher, wife of Clifford O. Fletcher, after three months illness at the age of 19 years. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Charters, New Maryland, and was respected by all who knew her, and her death at such an early age will be learned of with sincere regret. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Barbara D., her parents, four brothers and three sisters, Charles, John, James and Preston, at home, Mrs. Arthur Stewart, of Cole's Island, and Effie and Grace, at home. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon from the home of her parents, with prayers at 1.30. Service will be conducted at the United Baptist Church at Nasonworth at two o'clock by Rev. Mr. Corey and interment made in the Baptist Cemetery at Nasonworth. DIED. LOVE — At Victoria Public Hospital, Fredericton, N. B., December 11th, 1934, Margaret Beulah, beloved wife of Charles F. Love of Penniac, aged 51 years. Funeral from her late home on Thursday afternoon with service at 2 o'clock by Rev. W. S. Smith and interment in the Baptist Cemetery, Marysville.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0BD3ED089D758104FE32E937 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Listers, Well, this update is for real. . . <grin> St. Patrick Parish has a new images page . . . only 1 photo right now, more to come. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstpatr/stpa8.htm Links corrected on Historical page. West Isles Parish also has a new images page . . . 7 images from Deer Island http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbwestis/weis8.htm Sorry no data this month. If you find any broken links, please let me know. Enjoy, Marilyn --------------0BD3ED089D758104FE32E937 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="strout.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Marilyn Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="strout.vcf" begin:vcard n:; x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:strout@bigfoot.com title:Charlotte County, NB & Otisfield, ME GenWebs fn:Marilyn Maxwell Strout end:vcard --------------0BD3ED089D758104FE32E937--

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Hi Listers, Well, I'm finally caught up....... New to Charlotte County GenWeb this month are the following, 1 Care of Old Cemeteries (under Cemeteries) 2 St. Croix Library Holdings (under Archives) 3 Charlotte Branch of NBGS Holdings at St. Croix Library (under Archives) 4 Charlotte County Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society (under Archives) 5 Partial Appendix to Annals of Calais, ME and St. Stephen, NB by Rev. I.C.Knowlton, 1785 (under Bibliography) 6 Memorial of the Loyalist Families, 1785 (Moore, Hitchings & Livingstone of St. David, NB) (under Bibliography) These are scanned images of the entire book! (100 pages!) 7 Images of Cemetery Stones of the Loyalists 8 SURNAMES: Anderson,Barlow, Berry, Brockway,Cotterell/Cotteral/Cottrell, Creasey, Crockett, Denver, DeWade/DeWaide, Goss, Hagerman, Howland, Leland, Linton, Manuel, Matheson, Moores/Mooers, Mitchell, Nutter, Parent, Porter, Roy(e), Sinnett, Smith, Steen, Strong, Sullivan, Turner Driving directions to Baille Cemetery have been added to St. James Parish courtesy of John Gardner http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstjame/ Driving directions to Oak Bay Church of England Cemetery have been added to St. David Parish courtesy of Eric Cottrell http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/ Correction to St. Croix Island History in St. Croix Parish http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstcroi/ I had a wonderful trip to Charlotte County back in June. I was able to attend the Charlotte Branch Meeting of the NBGS and meet with some wonderful new people, as well as "old friends". In other words, I now have faces to go along with email names! Roamed throughout St. Stephen Cemeteries. . . Without their publication, St. Stephen Rural Cemetery Book, I surely would have been lost out there, but I managed to find all my "relatives". I did have some mail glitches during June, so if you sent me something and you don't see it on this update, please re-send it to me for inclusion in next month's update, which is scheduled for August 15. I'm going to update on the 15th of month so that there won't be so much lag time for the new links to get posted on Todd's Site. If you find any broken links, please let me know. Marilyn Maxwell Strout Charlotte County Coordinator

Dear Listers: Better late than never! The HCGS regular July Meeting is this Saturday, July 15th, at 2:30 PM in the Riverview Room of the Ellsworth Library. Everyone is welcome to attend, bring a friend, and listen to a talk by John Fernald about the history of the Mount Desert Island dairies. John Fernald has been collecting bottles from all these dairies over the years and has histories to tell. It should be quite interesting. Final plans will be made for the Hancock County Genealogy Fair to be held in Orland, at the Town Hall, August 19th also. Don't forget to get your Registrations in for the Maine Genealogical Society's meeting to be held in Ellsworth on October 7th, hosted by the Hancock County Genealogical Society. Any questions feel free to email me. Thanks again for letting me intrude upon this list with theseannouncements. Joyce Barr, Sec., HCGS

(Handwritten at the top of the clipping - March 11, 1931.) Died at Springhill To-day. The death occurred at her home at Springhill this morning of Miss Isabella Edgar in the 88thyear of her age. Deceased was a daughter of the late John and Isabella Edgar and was a life long resident of this community. She leaves to mourn one sister, Mrs. John C. Gilman of Kingsclear, and her nephew, John Edgar, with whom she made her home and a niece Mrs. Frank Pickard of Keswick, as well as several other nieces and nephews. She was a woman of splendid character and endeared herself to all with whom she made her acquaintance. Funeral notice will be announced later. (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Dec. 12, 1931.) AT MARYSVILLE (Special to The Daily Gleaner) Marysville, N. B. Dec. 14 — Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. E. J. Barass which occurred at a Montreal hospital Saturday evening. The deceased was well known here, her husband, Rev. E. J. Barass, was pastor of the Baptist Church here before he received a call to Truro, N. S. At the morning service in Canada (the clipping is cut off here.) (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Aug 8, 1931.) The Late Mrs. David Rice. The funeral of the late Mrs. Jessie M. Rice, wife of David H. Rice, will take place to- morrow afternoon from her late home in New Maryland, with prayers at the house at two o'clock and service in the Church of England at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. A. F. Bate and interment in the church-yard adjoining. Mrs. Rice passed away yesterday afternoon in Victoria Public Hospital at the age of 55 years. She had been ill for the past several months, but had been a patient at the hospital for only a few days. She was known to a large circle of friends for her kindness and generosity and her death will leave a gap in the community in which she lived. She is survived by her husband, four brothers, Richard Hartlin, of Great Falls, Mont., John and James Hartlin of Central Caribou, N. S., and William Hartlin, of Harrigan Cove, N. S., and two sisters, Mrs. H. M. Green of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. William Wilson, of Boston. DIED BUNKER — At Marysville, N. B. on February 4th, 1931, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Bunker, widow of Sherman Bunker, of Rusiagornis, aged 73 years. Service at the home of her son, Zellan Bunker, this evening at 8 o'clock by Rev. D. C. Kaine. The body will be taken to Rusiagornis to-morrow and the funeral take place to-morrow afternoon with service at 1.30 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Killiam and Rev. Mr. Kaine.

(Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Oct 28, 1930.) The Late James S. Inch. The funeral of the late James S. Inch took place this afternoon from his home at Marysville and was largely attended. People in all walks of life from Marysville, Devon, Fredericton and other places being in attendance, as a last mark of respect to one who was held in high esteem by all who knew him. It was under the auspices of Marysville Lodge, No. 19, Knights of Pythias, and the large number of members of the order preceded the hearse in the funeral cortege. Prayers at the house and service at the United Church of Canada were conducted by Rev. M. H. Manael, who also read the committal prayers at the grave after which the beautiful and solemn service of the Knights of Pythias was carried out. There were many beautiful floral tributes from friends and relatives in different parts of Canada and the United States and interment was made in the United Church of Canada cemetery. The pall bearers were all members of the Knights of Pythias, S. J. Hallett, William Cameron, John McInnis, Howard Dunbar, Frank Collings, Henry Pickard, while the chief mourners were G. Leonard Inch, James Inch, Jack Inch, Millen Christenson, G. C. Torrens, William Hawkins, Edward Inch, Walter Hoyt, Fred Hoyt, John Inch, Harold Inch, Howard Burtt, Harley Burtt, Roy W. Smith, Vernon Matthews, George Pugh, Jarvis Morehouse, Sylvester Jones, Albert Estey, Emerson Hawkins. In addition the family already mentioned Mrs. James Radcliffe of Winnipeg, is a daughter. (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Mar 6, 1931.) DIED CAMPBELL — At Kingsclear on March 6, 1931, John A. Campbell in his 95th year. Funeral from the First Kingsclear Baptist Church, on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Service at the church by Rev. J. A. Corey and Rev. H. T. Buckland and interment at Rural Cemetery. TRACY — Fell asleep at Victoria Public Hospital, Fredericton, on Saturday March 7th, 1931, Ruth M., beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Tracy, of Tracy, N. B. aged nine years. Funeral from the home of her parents, Tracy, on Tuesday afternoon with service at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. J. H. Westrup and interment at Tracy. DIED. COCHRANE — At Victoria Public Hospital, Fredericton, on January 23rd, 1931, Ethel M., beloved wife of Norman C. Cochrane, of Marysville. Funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon with prayers at the home in Marysville at 2 o'clock and service in the Reformed Baptist Church at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. L. T. Sabine and interment at Baptist cemetery extension.

(Handwritten at the top of the clipping - May 24, 1930.) BOY INSTANTLY KILLED AT NEW MARYLAND Allen Lipsett Fell Under Road Roller, Had Skull Crushed. Bert Allen Lipsett, aged 14, of New Maryland, was instantly killed on Saturday evening when he fell from a road roller he was driving and the heavy machine ran over him crushing his skull. It is believed he fell while trying to adjust the reins on the horses without stopping the team. The young boy, who was popular with his friends, had a kindly disposition and his tragic death is regretted by a large circle of friends. He was a son of the late Allen Lipsett and is survived by his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lipsett; two sisters, Margaret and Mary; three half-sisters and two half-brothers, Doris, Helen, Martha, Ivan and Earl. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon with service at his late home at three o'clock by Rev. J. F. Rowley and interment in the United Church cemetery at New Maryland. (Handwritten at the top of the clipping - Dec 24, 1930) DIES FROM INJURIES Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver T. Smith, Fatally Injured at West Saint John Mrs. Oliver T. Smith went to Saint John last night to attend the funeral of her granddaughter, Lois Butland, whose death occurred on Wednesday following injuries received when struck by an automobile. The little girl, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Butland, of West Saint John, was coasting down the yard of her home to the roadway. A car driven by L. T. Blackwell, of Lancaster Avenue, was climbing the steep incline of Duke street hill at the time and did not see the child or her sled until after it had struck the front wheel and thrown her to the roadway. She was picked up and taken to the hospital where she died. She was only five years of age and a general favorite and is survived by her parents and a sister. The funeral took place this afternoon with service by Rev. W. McN. Matthews and interment made at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2000 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. ========================================================== Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter A Weekly Summary of Events and Topics of Interest to Online Genealogists Vol. 5 No. 28 - July 8, 2000 ============================================================== - Entire 1790-1920 U.S. Census to be Available Online Soon One of the dreams of genealogists is about to come true: the ability to view any or all of the original census records by using a home computer. You no longer need to travel to a distant library or Family History Center during the hours they are open. Soon you will be able to view the same images at any hour of the day or night while comfortably seated at home. This isn't the first online census database. A few smaller such databases have already appeared. However, these were quite small in comparison, featuring only the 1790 records or census records of particular cities or counties for a few years. Now SierraHome and their rather newly acquired Heritage Quest division have announced that they will be placing all the U.S. Census records online, from 1790 through 1920. Best of all, this database will contain actual images of the original records in the enumerators' handwriting. Such records are much more accurate than the more error-prone transcriptions made by clerk typists. One fact about this new database that fascinates me is its size: It will be about 3.5 terabytes on the day it launches, making it the largest single database on the Internet. (A terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes or one million megabytes.) The database is expected to grow to 10 terabytes as more data is added. Here is an extract from the announcement from Generations and Heritage Quest: GenealogyDatabase.com The World's Largest Online Family History Resource Breaking News -- What's the Scoop? This fall, SierraHome's Generations brand and Heritage Quest will be launching GenealogyDatabase.com with the very first online collection of all U.S. Census images from 1790 - 1920. (1920 was the last year released to the public because of the 72-year waiting period. The 1930 census will be released on April 1, 2002.) Heritage Quest is also working on indexes for each year, and has already completed 1790, 1800 and 1870. This is a monumental step forward for online genealogy resources and will be of great interest to serious genealogy enthusiasts and newbies alike. The census is widely regarded as the most important primary source for tracing one's family heritage. GenealogyDatabase.com will be the largest collection of primary source documents on the Web, many of which will be searchable through Heritage Quest's painstaking efforts to extract the names into indexes which link directly to the digitally enhanced image pages. GenealogyDatabase.com will also be accessible through HeritageQuest.com and SierraHome.com. The site will be subscription-based, comparable to other genealogy sites currently online. We will update you on the pricing model when it becomes available. The most important thing to keep in mind is that GenealogyDatabase.com will be the ONLY site offering the entire collection of U.S. Federal Census images for people to access from the comfort of home. Just How Big is This? The sheer magnitude of the site is newsworthy in its own right; it will be the world's largest known web-enabled database. We will be posting approximately 3.5 terabytes of images and data at launch, with a goal of 10 terabytes of Heritage Quest resources being posted in the foreseeable future. To put things in perspective, Microsoft's famed Terrabase Server of spy satellite images is 1.5 terabytes. In July 1999, Nature Magazine estimated the basic data in the entire World Wide Web to constitute roughly 15 terabytes, so this site is breaking new ground both in terms of size and importance to family history enthusiasts everywhere. The Census data alone is the equivalent of 12,555 rolls of microfilm and sells for $250,000. There will be 10 million images of Census pages at launch, representing more than 500 million Americans. Heritage Quest is committed to indexing new names at the astounding rate of 500,000 per week! Anything else I should I know about? Furthermore, we intend to make this a living Web community. One feature we're working on for the site will be a "sticky note" technology where members can leave messages behind for others looking at the same page of the census. Keep in mind that census entries were done door-to-door, meaning that families listed on the same census page were neighbors. Many genealogists believe it's essential to research in clusters, since people simply didn't move as often or as far back in the 18th and 19th centuries. GenealogyDatabase.com members can leave behind messages requesting information, pictures, or even correct errors that they know to exist on that particular census page. NOTE: This "sticky note" technology will not be available at launch, so genealogists should check back because we will be adding new names and features each week once the site launches! With a site this huge, we will be introducing new innovations in stages. Give me the nitty gritty details. At launch, GenealogyDatabase.com will offer: * Digital images of the U.S. Census from 1790 - 1920. * The most accurate indexes for the years 1790, 1800, and 1870, which will let site members type in the names of ancestors and link directly to the digital images of handwritten census pages. (Keep in mind that these are fresh extractions of the census. It was determined that existing indexes were filled with errors, which was unacceptable to us. Heritage Quest has recently completed fresh extractions of these three census years. Other years are in the works.) * Approximately 3.5 Terabytes of images and data - possibly the largest single database on the Internet, and definitely the largest genealogy database in terms of size And much more to come. . . Heritage Quest is the world's largest private supplier of genealogical data and we fully intend to bring these resources online to aid people in their quest to discover their family heritage. Who's Creating this Monumental New Web Resource? Heritage Quest is the world's largest private commercial supplier of genealogy data. In 1999, Havas Interactive acquired Heritage Quest, which became a part of SierraHome and the Generations line of CD-ROM and online genealogy tools. Heritage Quest's vast collection of family history data includes more than 250,000 titles of books, CDs, microfilm and the nationally acclaimed Heritage Quest magazine. These can be ordered online at www.heritagequest.com or by phone at 800- 760-2455. The "sticky note" feature looks particularly appealing. Even the original census records had errors; now genealogists will be able to append notes containing corrections or comments to individual census entries. You might want to keep an eye on the Web site at: http://GenealogyDatabase.com. There's not much available at that URL today, but that will change sometime later this year. I expect to write more about this new U.S. Census database as the launch date draws near.

Thanks to Patricia Johnson for pointing me to an article in today's Portland Press Herald about the diary of one of the people who went from Jonesport to Jaffa in 1866. <http://www.portland.com/mondaymag/stories/000710jaffa.shtml> It's very interesting - a little different slant and a little more information. I also found a mistake I made in transcribing the tape of Reed Holmes' talk about George Jones Adams and his followers. The newspaper G. J. Adams published in Jonesport was "The Sword and Truth," not "The Sordid Truth" as I understood Mr. Holmes to say. Alta

The transcription of the Alexander-Crawford Historical Society tape (May 18, 1982)of Reed Holmes' talk about the trip from Jonesport to Jaffa in 1866 contained the following statement made by Mr. Holmes. "And to drool along with the rest of you at the chocolate cakes in back of me here." It didn't pertain to the story and didn't make much sense to me at the time. It made a lot of sense when I came across the following article in a back issue of Yankee Magazine. The article on page 100 of the May, 1983 issue of Yankee was written by Susan Mahnke Peery. Jim Collins, editor of Yankee, has given me permission to submit it to the genealogy mailing lists that have carried my condensations of the tapes. He also asked that I let you know about the genealogical information included on the Yankee web page at <http://www.NewEngland.com>. THE POCOMOONSHINE CHOCOLATE CAKEWALK You have to dance for dessert at this annual fund-raising event for the Alexander-Crawford (Maine) Historical Society, but for the lucky winner@ the effort is deliciously repaid. "Meet promptly at seven at the old Grange Hall, Bring your walking shoos, we 11 have a ball. Oh boy! Let the good times roll! Don't balk At the Pocomoonshine Chocolate Cakewalk. (To be sung in an upbeat talkin -blues style) When Jane Dudley, founder and president of the Alexander-Crawford (Maine) Historical Society, gavels the annual Community Meeting to order on May 17, all eyes will be on the cake table, where upwards of 20 chocolate cakes in sweet permutations - devil's food, fudge, and sour cream, cheesecake, pound cake, and upside-down cake - lure cakewalkers to dance the night away. As Jane plays a recording of the rollicking, multi-versed "Cakewalk Song" (composed and performed by her son, Richard Olson), the audience parades around the room, and when the music suddenly stops, the person standing on a cake-shaped circle on the floor gets to buy one of the dark, rich cakes. The cakewalk continues until all the cakes are spoken for, at which point the historical society members serve coffee and cookies (so the cakes can make it home intact), Alexander and Crawford are tiny Maine towns on "the Airline" (Route 9) not far from Pocomoonshine Lake and the New Brunswick border. Around here, store-bought cakes are not only undesirable, they're nonexistent, and every local cook has developed a favorite, sometimes secret, recipe for chocolate cake, the kind of cake you bake in layers, frost lavishly, put on a cake stand, and present to someone special. Some cooks use only butter as shortening, some add sour cream, some advocate lard; there is even a variation that incorporates sauerkraut to add moist ness. These cakes have been turning up at church suppers and Grange meetings for decades. Ethel Wallace, who was born in Crawford, remembers church suppers at which the desserts all were hidden in an anteroom, each fastened to a long string that came out the door and twined around the meeting room. Bidders for the desserts would have to follow the string of their choice into the other room to get the prize. So it was no accident that when Jane Dudley was thinking of a way to raise money for the fledgling historical society, her thoughts turned to chocolate cake. The Alexander-Crawford Historical Society, which grew out of a historical committee in the local Extension group, was loaded with culinary talent, and a cakewalk would be an attractive way to involve people in the community with the society. That first year (1980),18 chocolate cakes were gobbled up at $1 (!) each, and the society made $18. This year Jane's cakewalk committee may raise the price - to $3. Proceeds will go toward the society's efforts to preserve the history - the memory of a way of life - of the rural communities in the pine woods and blueberry barrens of Washington County. The society's membership of more than 400 (astounding when you realize that the combined population of Alexander and Crawford falls short of 500) is encouraged and cajoled by Jane's creative energy. She and her husband Jack live in a beautiful log cabin built by Jack's father in 1910 on the shore of Pocomoonshine Lake. The cabin, filled with the relics and mementos of north-woods life - everything from tree squeaks to sleigh bells - is the head-quarters for most winter meetings of the society, and is the genesis for most of Jane's dreams and schemes. She organizes nature programs and treasure hunts for children, convinces long-time residents to demonstrate crafts, and with her dedicated co-workers puts on fish fries and blueberry festivals and sends out a bimonthly newsletter filled with local news and historical tidbits. So far the cakewalk is her crowning achievement. If you can, show up at the Grange Hall at 7 P.M. on May 17 wearing your fanciest dancing shoes, and step lively - maybe you can go home with the Pocomoonshine Chocolate Cake. If you can't be there, be content to slowly, methodically, happily work your way through the following recipes. As Jane says, "They're all delicious. They're irresistible. They're sinfully good!"