Good site. It's a keeper for info/resource. Robert Vanidour London, Ont., ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorelei F. Rockwell" <Lorelei@kennedy-rockwell.com> To: <MIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 4:36 PM Subject: RE: [MIGEN] [Fwd: Murdoch MacQueen, Ore boat captain] > I think I just posted this for someone else, but just in case: > Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping List of Links > The main site is www.glmi.org and this is their genealogy link: > > http://www.boatnerd.com/links.htm#gene > > Hope this will be some help. Lorelei > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward A. Black, Sr. <w6uyf@earthlink.net> > [mailto:w6uyf@earthlink.net] > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 9:28 AM > To: MIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MIGEN] [Fwd: Murdoch MacQueen, Ore boat captain] > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Murdoch MacQueen, Ore boat captain > Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:35:40 -0700 > From: "Russell Johnson" <seanair@comcast.net> > To: <MIGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> > > Hello all, > I am new to this list and I am seeking information on Murdoch D. > MacQueen > born, May 8, 1897 at North River, Victoria County, (Cape Breton) Nova > Scotia. It is said he moved to Detroit, MI and was an ore boat captain. > It > is unknown if he ever married. > His brother Angus MacQueen, born Feb 7, 1900, died December 1974 in > Alpena, MI. He may have been a captain or Great Lakes sailor also. > Angus, > (spouse unknown) had two sons, Raymond and Clarence. Clarence married > Lenora > Mercer, she died in July 1996. > Murdoch and Angus' parents were Alexander MacQueen, born Oct 4, > 1858, > North Shore, Cape Breton,died 1921, and Christy MacDonald, born Dec 25, > 1863, French River, Cape Breton, died Feb 20, 1911. > Can anyone direct me to a site, or do lookups, where I might learn > more > about these men. I am assuming that these two men would have been > licensed > seaman, and some records should exist. > For anyone doing research on ancestor's from Cape Breton, I have a > data > base of over 32,000 individual's, mostly emigrants from the Outer Isles > of > Scotland, Skye, Lewis and Harris, etc. I would be happy to share any > information I have. Quite a few of these emigrants later moved (about > 1850) > to Bruce and Huron County, Ontario and then on to Michigan, Ohio, and > Minnesota. > Russell > Johnson > Eugene, > Oregon > > seanair@comcast.net > > > > This is my genealogy homepage. > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Russell-W-Johnson/ > > > > >