What province would Canada west be? anyone know?Thanks,Bud ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry F. Friend" <niidji@mchsi.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:00 AM Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Canadian Roots > Elaine > > A good place to start is with posting the names, dates, locations, > sibllings and any family stories that may go with these individuals. > > Records and locations vary a great deal depending on when and where. > Even the time period makes a great difference. Ontario today, for the > most part was upper Canada as was a good portion of Quebec. Before Upper > and Lower Canada you had New France and Acadia. Some Acadians migrated > west to the Quebec region and some people just settled in Quebec on > arrival from the Old World. Many possibilities, many records and about > 400 years to choose from. > > Never know! You may have relatives right on this list. > > Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) > niidji@mchsi.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: E. Boyer [mailto:elaine.mick@shaw.ca] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:55 PM > To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Interesting articles > > > I'm looking for Canadian roots, can anyone direct me to such sites? > elaine > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005

Bud In the mid 1800's this would have been Ontario. Today it seems to be more the western half of Canada. Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) niidji@mchsi.com -----Original Message----- From: bud [mailto:bud@alliancecom.net] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 6:18 AM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Canadian Roots What province would Canada west be? anyone know?Thanks,Bud

Upper Canada, (present day Ontario), was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791, which divided the former Province of Quebec into two parts: Upper Canada and Lower Canada. These two provinces joined to form the Province of Canada in 1840 and were then referred to as Canada West (Upper Canada, or Ontario) and Canada East (Lower Canada, or Quebec). The terms "Upper Canada" and "Lower Canada" refer to the period between 1791 and 1840. Canada East & Canada West are between 1841 and 1867. Canada West ceased to exist as of 1867 but I imagine there were many who still used the name. Canada West would have been present day Southern Ontario... Comprising the area between the Province of Quebec and Windsor, Ontario (across from Detroit), and the area south of Algonquin Provincial Park and south of Lake Huron. At that time, Northern Ontario was part of the North West Territories. Many areas of Northern Ontario and Northern Quebec were still unofficially being called the North West Territories into the 1920's. My father was born in 1929 in Sudbury, Ontario and his birth certificate states that he was born in the North West Territories. My mother was born in the same hospital in 1931 and hers is Ontario. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bud" <bud@alliancecom.net> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 5:17 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Canadian Roots > What province would Canada west be? anyone know?Thanks,Bud > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry F. Friend" <niidji@mchsi.com> > To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:00 AM > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Canadian Roots > > > > Elaine > > > > A good place to start is with posting the names, dates, locations, > > sibllings and any family stories that may go with these individuals. > > > > Records and locations vary a great deal depending on when and where. > > Even the time period makes a great difference. Ontario today, for the > > most part was upper Canada as was a good portion of Quebec. Before Upper > > and Lower Canada you had New France and Acadia. Some Acadians migrated > > west to the Quebec region and some people just settled in Quebec on > > arrival from the Old World. Many possibilities, many records and about > > 400 years to choose from. > > > > Never know! You may have relatives right on this list. > > > > Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) > > niidji@mchsi.com > > ------- Snipped to save our database --------