Jay: Thanks for the suggestion. I'm in Dartmouth so I'll give Killam a try. Carolee. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Underwood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Family: MCDOUGALL > You might want to try the Sessional Papers of Parliament after 1876 (I > think > that's when Dorchester opened) especially the reports of the auditor > general, who issued occasional lengthy and detailed personnel lists for > various federal departments like the post office and Intercolonial > Railway. > > The Sessional Papers lasted until 1925-26 and "hard" copies may be > available > through your local university library (I use the Killam Library at > Dalhousie.) > > I hope this is helpful > > > Jay Underwood > Elmsdale NS > > Now available from Railfare-DC Books! > "Ghost Tracks" Supernatural stories from Nova Scotia's Railways. > Also by Jay Underwood: > http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html > http://railfare.net/builtforwar.html >> >Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Hall of Fame: >> >www.nsrwyhalloffame.com >> >Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society: >> >http://novascotiarailwayheritage.com/ >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolee Nichols" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:04 PM > Subject: [ NB ] Family: MCDOUGALL > > >> Is there anyone I can contact that has information concerning people who >> acted as prison guards at Dorchester Penitentiary? The surname of the >> family I'm interested is McDougall. These McDougalls are Nova Scotian in >> origin. Although I don't know when they began their work there, I know >> that their Nova Scotian relatives were visiting them in Dorchester as >> late >> as 1958 and that they were prison guards who supervised a Halifax jail >> before they went to Dorchester. One of the persons I am looking for was >> named "John" whose wife was called "Jane" on their marriage license. Two >> of their children were called James and Sarah(Sara, Sadie). >> >> I'm hoping that there is someone out there who has an interest in the >> history of the Penitentiary and has been collecting information about the >> people involved. That being said, I welcome any leads. >> >> Thanks, Carolee Nichols >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List Announcements can be found at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >