Backing up to "D" hard drive on your computer is not always the best option. In actual fact, (unless you physically added a hard drive), "D" is just a partitioned section of "C". So if one goes that means both are usually gone. I am now using 2 external hard drives (USB connected), mostly for my photos & family history files. They are a lot easier to do searches on than all my cds/dvds, esp for my many photos. Marilyn www.marilynleland.piczo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ However, my backup procedure is to back up my C: Drive to a Backup\ folder on my D: Drive. Similarly, I backup D: Drive to C: Drive. If one crashes, I have the alternate.

This is admittedly off topic, but may provide an answer to those who need a good data backup program. An online backup arrangement is far superior to any backup you might do using CDs, tapes, or external hard drives, partly because it is always "off site." With an online backup you don't have to remember to grab any external drives, disks, or tapes in the event of a disaster. One that I can definitely recommend is MOZY online backup storage. It comes in both free and paid-for editions. The free account gives you 2GB of storage (very generous for a free version). If you need more storage, you can have an unlimited amount for about $5.00 a month. The first time you run it, Mozy does a complete backup of your entire hard drive that can take several hours, depending on the nature and speed of your internet connection. After that Mozy runs at selected intervals (hourly, daily, weekly, etc. -- your choice) to backup only any files that have changed. Once the program is set up and running you can be confident that a recent, secure backup is always available to restore any of your files which might be corrupted or lost for whatever reason. Check it out at <http://mozy.com/?ref=0811cfe9&gclid=CIOs7tqky4oCFSRQgAod2TOUcg> CBK

People who are subscribers to Ancestry.com can access this database. Here's what Ancestry.com has to say about it: Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry. About Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s Containing more than two million records referencing individuals from all regions of Canada, this index helps locate an individual in a specific time and place. The vast majority of the records fall between 1600 and the mid-to-late 1900s, although some records date before the 1500s. Included are names, dates, places, and events about individuals gleaned from numerous types of sources such as city directories, marriage records, land records, and census records. The information found in this index can be used to locate your ancestor in the original record and gives you the title, volume/page number, and location of those records, which generally contain more information. Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry.

I will keep this super brief, since I seem to recall that discussions of computer issues are "off topic," but in case you are interested, there are also services being offered on the Internet now, which store copies of your data remotely. A new angle to think about

If you send $7.00 to the PANB, you can obtain a copy of the full marriage record & if you are lucky, it will include the parents' names. Personally, I think it's better to spend the money & be sure, rather than guess or speculate. I've been surprised more than once that a marriage record I found turned out not to be for the person I was expecting it to be! > >-----Original Message----- > >From: newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wayne DeLong > >Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:51 AM > >To: NewBrunswick-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [ NB ] re Fox/ Stairs > > > >Leaves > > > >Does anyone know the parents of the following :?? > > > > > >Index to New Brunswick Marriages > > > > > >Name FOX, IDA M. > >Married STAIRS, ALFRED > >Date 1897 | 09 | 15 (Y-M-D) > >County CARLETON > >Parish ---- > >Number 2778 > >Reference B4/1897 > >Microfilm F15584 > > > > > >Thanks Wayne DeLong > >

I have used the St. Albans Lists on microfilm at my local LDS library & found them to be a real wealth of info. The entries give the physical description of the person crossing the border. I was even able to learn that one person on my research tree had a gold tooth! The entries also give the purpose of the trip, how much currency the person was carrying with them, & whether they had travelled into the USA previously. I even enjoyed one fabulous stroke of luck when I found an entry for someone whose place on the family tree I was quite certain of. She stated that her purpose in entering the USA was to visit " her cousin," whose name & street address she gave, in Somerville, Massachusetts. Well, I had seen a US census entry for that cousin, living at that street address, but had not been totally sure that he belonged to our tree since he had a common surname & since the census entry had screwed up by failing to mention his Canadian place of birth. But the ages, names, etc. were right. Well, when I found his known cousin stating in the St. Albans record that he lived at that address, it cinched it, and it changed a "probably moved to Massachusetts" note to a definite fact. I just wish the coverage of the St. Albans records started earlier, but they are invaluable. Especially when you think of how many New Brunswickers moved to the US.

The three day ended up being 4 days for me, and the World as well :) So I decided to take a year at 299+ and two days later it went on sale for 199+ what a great deal. I phoned them up and they gave it to me at the sale price. So for everyone's information they now have a sale on the World. Hope this helps Tammy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra" <scroft@nbnet.nb.ca> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Free Access at Ancestry.ca >I dunno. I just signed up for it and I used it last time, too. I'm not sure > how much use it is, but that's another story. > > Sandra >

Hello Sara, I have some info on a James Miller family from Sunbury, though I don't think it is the one you are looking for. Here goes anyway: 40. Mary3 Eliza Fisher (Michael2, Lewis1) was born about 1833, the daughter of Michael and Nancy Ann (Merritt) Fisher. Miss Mary E. Fisher of Indiantown married James H. Miller, Esq. of Burlington, Maine on 24 May 1855 in St. Luke’s Anglican Church in Portland. Mary Eliza Miller died 26 May 1896, according to the diary of Alexander Haining of New Maryland. The diary also records that James Miller died 16 October 1904. The baptisms of their children born between 1856 and 1866 show James Henry and Mary Eliza Miller as residents of Indiantown but they next appear in the Parish of Lancaster census for 1871. Six children are listed with the family as is the widow Ann Peters Fisher--probably Mary Eliza Miller’s mother. The census shows that James Henry Miller was aged 40 and born in the United States. He was an engineer, and his religion was Anglican. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Sunbury County and towards the end of the century the family lived near Fredericton Junction on a farm on the Back Tracy Road. The farm fronted on the North Oromocto River and an island known as “Miller's Island” was a popular place “for picnics and baseball games”. Miller, according to a local history, was a First Class Engineer, qualified to operate seagoing steamships. By this time he was the engineer of “the Fredericton” a railway locomotive running between Fredericton and Fredericton Junction on the main line of the railway. The farm was acquired by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1909 through Henry Webb who had purchased it in the meantime. Henry Miller also figures prominently in local railway history as the co-inventor of the “Miller flanger”, a device which attached to a railway locomotive’s “cowcatcher” to scrape away snow and ice from the tops of the rails. Some sources hold that John Hamilton, a person of colour, and a blacksmith at the Devon roundhouse invented the flanger but Miller patented it, however. It seems probable that both of their skills and expertise as an engineer and a blacksmith were required to conceive and create this device. The New Brunswick Reporter announced in October 1873 that Miller’s patented “Ice and Snow Flanger for Locomotives” would be on display at the Fredericton Exhibition. The device is shown in a George Taylor photograph which dates from between 1870 and 1877 of “Old No. 2”, the locomotive of the Fredericton branch railway. Local notables Alexander “Boss” Gibson and Fred B. Edgecombe stand beside the steam engine in the photograph. Perhaps Miller and Hamilton are the two unidentified men standing inside the locomotive? The flanger continued in use on branch locomotives until the introduction of automated stop signals, with whose use it interfered. The Miller family appears in the census of 1891 for Gladstone with three of their children, but does not appear in the census of 1901 for that parish. Mary had since died so James Henry Miller had probably moved in with one of his children. Children of James Henry and Mary Eliza (Fisher) Miller: i Charles Henry, b. 17 Mar 1856, d. young? ii William E., b. 21 Oct 1857 iii Ada Byron, b. 12 Dec 1859 iv Mary Ann, b. 24 May 1862 v Eliza Flewelling, b. 9 Jan 1864, m. Peleg J. Smith, 10 Sep 1902, in Sunbury Co. vi Henry J., b. 10 Aug 1866 vii Amanda Fitzallen, b. 21 Aug 1870 at Lancaster; d. 1952; m. Sterling L. Alexander, 9 Mar or Nov 1898 at Fredericton Junction. He was born 3 Oct 1875, the son of Thomas and Mary (Merrithew) Alexander, and in died 1954. They are buried in Gladstone Cemetery, Fredericton Junction. They had six children: Thomas H., Dorothy E., Frank C., Jean, Arnold, and Ralph. viii Ella M., b. 1872, d. aft. 1881, bef. 1891? ix Minnie A., b. 1875 Cheers, Rob Fisher _______________________________ www.familyheritage.ca -----Original Message----- From: newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of sara5d Sent: February 25, 2007 6:03 AM To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com Subject: [ NB ] 1891 Sunbury Look Up - James Miller Hi Bill Yep, you are so right. I was incomplete in my request. I had worked several hours on this family, and in frustration and being tired, just thought I'd ask if someone on the board had that census information. It is James, wife Sarah, Miller. But Sarah might be widowed. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Tufts To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [ NB ] 1891 Sunbury Census --> A posting suggestion ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/697 - Release Date: 22/02/2007 11:55 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/697 - Release Date: 22/02/2007 11:55 AM

I am looking for gggrandparents John and Margaret Carmichael in Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.

I dunno. I just signed up for it and I used it last time, too. I'm not sure how much use it is, but that's another story. Sandra -------Original Message------- From: Thelma Perry Date: 02/25/07 19:29:50 To: mcleo01@Shaw.ca; newbrunswick@rootsweb.Com Subject: Re: [ NB ] Free Access at Ancestry.ca Diane, This offer is no longer available or at least not available if you have already used one of their free offers recently. Thelma Diane McLeod <mcleo01@Shaw.ca> wrote: Hi List. If anyone is interested, I've received a message from Ancestry that 3 free days' access to all of their records is available by going to: http://landing.ancestry.ca/intl/Canada/3day.aspx I haven't tried it but you apparently don't need to provide a credit card number so thought I'd pass the info along. They've also advised of this (although they don't say when): Coming Soon to Ancestry.ca: Drouin Collection This collection of records, acquired from the Drouin Institute in Canada with cooperation from the University of Montreal, is considered to be the best genealogical resource for French-Canadian research. It contains the names of 37 million people collected on church records in Quebec, Ontario, and other U.S. French regions from the late 1600s to the 1940s. Churches, not the government, were the main record keepers during this period. Hope this helps somebody out down the road. Di Diane McLeod mcleo01@Shaw.ca http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.Com/~dimcl (Designed and Built by D. McLeod) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.Com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.Com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Actually, I just checked and my external HD is 160 gigs too. Y'know, Bob, I have two HDs on my computer (80 gigs apiece)--don't ask why--but I hadn't thought of doing the backup of the C drive to the D drive. Good idea. But, if I ever get my many projects done, I plan to store a lot more photos and I really need the space. If I were ever to lose the data I have on my CPU I would have to give up genealogy; there is no way to retrieve what I have on there. You didn't say how you are using the external HD and how often. -- polly shaw Bob Geldart wrote: > > I agree with Polly. I've started using an external 160gig HD for my > image files--they take up too much of my fixed drives. > > However, my backup procedure is to back up my C: Drive to a Backup\ > folder on my D: Drive. Similarly, I backup D: Drive to C: Drive. If one > crashes, I have the alternate. > > Once a month I copy the segmented files to CD-Rs and store offsite. > > I stopped using re-writable CDs long ago--too many problems. If you need > CD's, just get the write-once types; In bulk, they're only about 50 > cents each. > > By the way, I've been working with computers for 20 plus years--both as > part of a small network or 25 or so, and as a personal PC user. I have > had only one HD crash on me in all that time, and that was an early > 20meg PC. They usually get upgraded before they get broken. I know HDs > crash. I know backups are worthwhile insurance. Just saying that be > safe, but don't be paranoid. > > Bob > > At 2/25/2007 02:02 PM, Polly wrote: > >> You might want to consider using an external hard drive. I am >> extremely careless about doing backups but recently started to do a >> complete backup to CD's and realized it would take way too many to do >> the kind of backup I wanted. I opted to get an external HD; I think it >> is 40+ gigs. It is much more practical than doing multiple CD backups. >> I have it all planned that if a fire breaks out I grab the external HD >> off my desk and I won't worry about the computer, printer, etc -they can >> all be replaced. -- polly > > > Bob Geldart BGeldart@verizon.net > Maynard, MA >

Diane, This offer is no longer available or at least not available if you have already used one of their free offers recently. Thelma Diane McLeod <mcleo01@shaw.ca> wrote: Hi List. If anyone is interested, I've received a message from Ancestry that 3 free days' access to all of their records is available by going to: http://landing.ancestry.ca/intl/canada/3day.aspx I haven't tried it but you apparently don't need to provide a credit card number so thought I'd pass the info along. They've also advised of this (although they don't say when): Coming Soon to Ancestry.ca: Drouin Collection This collection of records, acquired from the Drouin Institute in Canada with cooperation from the University of Montreal, is considered to be the best genealogical resource for French-Canadian research. It contains the names of 37 million people collected on church records in Quebec, Ontario, and other U.S. French regions from the late 1600s to the 1940s. Churches, not the government, were the main record keepers during this period. Hope this helps somebody out down the road. Di Diane McLeod mcleo01@shaw.ca http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dimcl (Designed and Built by D. McLeod) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I copied all my genealogy files several years ago...sending one to my brother in Colorado and one to my son in Belfair. I kept a copy...but on a Maxtor One Touch. It is small enough that I can carry it with me (we live in a tsunami zone) when I leave the house and can copy newer files or information to it. I have moved all my notebooks out of Ocean Shores to a safer place "in case". I plan to get a couple more of these Maxtors, as cd's will deteriorate. I can get a lot of files on them. Anne

Jean and List - A few weeks ago I ordered an incorrect death cert from the UK. This gentleman died from "a Visitation of God", he was 86 and died 1845. This was the first time I had seen this cause of death. I was curious and googled it to find it could mean either unknown causes or old age. I researched this gentleman with the same name as my ancestor and found he was not only elderly but lived alone. I assume they found him dead so this term was used. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Darnall" <jdarnall@ix.netcom.com> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: [ NB ] Cause of Death Descriptions > Lisa and List- > > It would be both informative and interesting if list members would share > phrases used as causes of death for their NB ancestors. While "sugar > poisoning" referred to a specific event, most others would have > reflected the descriptive language of the time used for specific causes > of death. For example, two of my ancestors, of roughly the same time > frame who died in their 80s in the Southern U.S. states, were listed > as, "old age worn out." I've always assumed that the phrase was used to > indicate that the individual simply died of old age. I wonder if this > phrase was ever used in reporting NB deaths-or was some other phrase > used for the death of an elderly person with no evident other cause of > death, instead? How old was the individual who died as a result of > "Visitation from God?" > > Jean > ___________________________________________ > Lisa Zajkowski wrote: > >>Jean, and List, >> >>I have no additional info on "sugar poisoning," but I am wondering if >>anyone >>else out there has >> >>heard of the following cause of death - "Visitation from God." Does it >>simply mean died of natural causes? >> >>This one kills me. >> >>Lisa Z >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Folks, There could be a LOOOONG thread about what the best choices are for storage types that are best for your backup files. Whether or not they are genealogical in nature (this one HOPES those aren't the ONLY files you're backing up), there are NUMEROUS options out there, are a wide range of prices. There is, of course, the CD disk, or even the DVD disk (holds more data) that are usually sufficient enough to hold the average number of genealogical files. I'd suggest DVDs if you have a lot of graphic files (pictures) in your genealogical database, or WITH it. There are also tape backups (a bit slower than the above), that can be less expensive, but also more prone to damage. There are, as already mentioned, either additional hard drives, or external hard drives. One of the faster options, but suffers (usually) in the "ease of portability" arena. Thumb drives and similar devices are getting faster, cheaper, and holding greater amounts of files these days. For those with two computers or a PC and a laptop, or similar configurations, these sorts of devices offer the greatest flexibility. In MY case, and I'm only sharing my experience, I've found a "new" combination, which uses a Secure Digital (SD) card (4Gb) which fits snuggly into a USB "cradle", that is, itself, portable. This allows me to load my files onto it by either using my SD port, or the USB port, and can easily be loaded onto my laptop, or shared with other computers. It is still not large enough to hold ALL my genealogical files, but I have several databases and about 2Gb of photographic files for just ONE of those. Nice thing is, I can have two or three SD cards and just the one "cradle", which is, itself, quite small... and just label the SD cards with WHICH database it contains. This cradle is about 2 inches long, an inch or a bit more wide, and about 3/8 inch thick. They're becoming more popular, now. Doesn't mean a simple USB Thumb or Jump Drive isn't itself a good option, this "combination" for me, merely provides greater flexibility. I can use the card in my camera, or as a backup drive. Just my six (sick?) cents (sense)... :-) Jared Jared "Jed" Handspicker jedh@jedh.com ------------------------ One Less E-mail To Answer!

I agree with Polly. I've started using an external 160gig HD for my image files--they take up too much of my fixed drives. However, my backup procedure is to back up my C: Drive to a Backup\ folder on my D: Drive. Similarly, I backup D: Drive to C: Drive. If one crashes, I have the alternate. Once a month I copy the segmented files to CD-Rs and store offsite. I stopped using re-writable CDs long ago--too many problems. If you need CD's, just get the write-once types; In bulk, they're only about 50 cents each. By the way, I've been working with computers for 20 plus years--both as part of a small network or 25 or so, and as a personal PC user. I have had only one HD crash on me in all that time, and that was an early 20meg PC. They usually get upgraded before they get broken. I know HDs crash. I know backups are worthwhile insurance. Just saying that be safe, but don't be paranoid. Bob At 2/25/2007 02:02 PM, Polly wrote: >You might want to consider using an external hard drive. I am >extremely careless about doing backups but recently started to do a >complete backup to CD's and realized it would take way too many to do >the kind of backup I wanted. I opted to get an external HD; I think it >is 40+ gigs. It is much more practical than doing multiple CD backups. >I have it all planned that if a fire breaks out I grab the external HD >off my desk and I won't worry about the computer, printer, etc -they can >all be replaced. -- polly Bob Geldart BGeldart@verizon.net Maynard, MA

Lisa, Let's hope it DOESN'T! :-) It is interesting, though! In fact, in "the old days" it WAS generally the term for dying from old age. However, if the cause was listed as a "sudden visitation from God", it usually meant something along the lines of a heart attack, or cause of similar nature. Basically, if there was not a way to determine a specific cause, this "visitation from God" was used quite freely, especially in God-fearing areas... :-) Jared > Jean, and List, > > I have no additional info on "sugar poisoning," but I am wondering if > anyone > else out there has > > heard of the following cause of death - "Visitation from God." Does it > simply mean died of natural causes? > > This one kills me. > > Lisa Z > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Jared "Jed" Handspicker jedh@jedh.com ------------------------ One Less E-mail To Answer!

You might want to consider using an external hard drive. I am extremely careless about doing backups but recently started to do a complete backup to CD's and realized it would take way too many to do the kind of backup I wanted. I opted to get an external HD; I think it is 40+ gigs. It is much more practical than doing multiple CD backups. I have it all planned that if a fire breaks out I grab the external HD off my desk and I won't worry about the computer, printer, etc -they can all be replaced. -- polly

Hi List. If anyone is interested, I've received a message from Ancestry that 3 free days' access to all of their records is available by going to: http://landing.ancestry.ca/intl/canada/3day.aspx I haven't tried it but you apparently don't need to provide a credit card number so thought I'd pass the info along. They've also advised of this (although they don't say when): Coming Soon to Ancestry.ca: Drouin Collection This collection of records, acquired from the Drouin Institute in Canada with cooperation from the University of Montreal, is considered to be the best genealogical resource for French-Canadian research. It contains the names of 37 million people collected on church records in Quebec, Ontario, and other U.S. French regions from the late 1600s to the 1940s. Churches, not the government, were the main record keepers during this period. Hope this helps somebody out down the road. Di Diane McLeod mcleo01@shaw.ca http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dimcl (Designed and Built by D. McLeod)

You are correct. I meant 1 gig. Thanks, In a message dated 2/25/2007 11:21:41 A.M. Central Standard Time, cknox@gwi.net writes: A 1 MG (megabyte?) flash- (jump-, thumb-) drive wouldn't have enough capacity for more than your initials (in lower case, size 8). Don't you mean 1 gigabyte? Flemminglinda@aol.com wrote: > Go get a thumb drive instead. It is cheaper, easier & safer. I use a Lexar > JumpDrive 1 MG. There are many brands and memory available, > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.