Hi All Jan asked me a very good question and I thought I should pass along my answer since I should have explained the breakdown of the Dictionary more fully. One of the projects I have been working on is a collection of Native and Fur Trade biographies and the availability of the on-line dictionary has made this project a lot easier. The HBC Reunion in 2005 will be in Winnipeg and I rather hope that U of T or the Manitoba Archives will publish a book of biographies for those connected with the Fur trade which should include those that worked for the NWC, HBC, the assortment of other fur trade companies and the native population. The Dictionary has hundreds of bios that would be appropriate and I believe there would be market for such a publication particularly with the growing interest in history and genealogy. Have a great weekend. Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: Stanley Hulme To: Nimrodkiss@aol.com Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Nishnawbe info Hi Jan The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is a completely separate publication by the University of Toronto. If you ask at the library I am sure they will have the set in their reference section. U of T has been publishing the volumes since the mid 80s and 13 to 15 have only come out in the past year or two. I have not got 13 to 15 as they are biographies on people since 1900 and my interest is pre 1900 so I stopped buying them at volume 12. There are also two Index volumes - the original was an Index for Volumes 1 to 4 (years 1000 to 1800) and the next was for Volume 1 to 12 (1000 to 1900). In the back of each volume there is a breakdown of the people whose biographies are published in the volume - the breakdown is by profession and they list "Native peoples" and "Fur trade" as separate categories so you can quickly see whose bios have been published in the book. Hope this helps. Take care Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: Nimrodkiss@aol.com To: nanitort@shaw.ca Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:24 PM Subject: Nishnawbe info Hi Stan I got the website up for the Dictionary's. Thanks for putting out the info on them. I think they are the ones commonly called the Red Books? Am I right? If so my Gouin name was not listed at all. When I went to the library in Windsor and checked the Red Books they were there. I am wonder if some names were missed. Just wondering if I am remembering the right books. Thanks Jan Gouin