Jay, Try address below. It is for the Dictionary Of Canadian Biography Online. Text mentions selection of Folly Lake railroad route through Cobequid Mountains in Nova Scotia rather than the Madison Brook route. Might need an 1870's era map to pinpoint. Hope this helps. Bill C. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7691&&PHPSESSID=0lvdpn7q4mi4bui8e5n0fh7nc2

HI LISTERS, Please note the message of frustration below. It is not necessary to post the total of all messages, of a subject line, when posting a comment. When you post a comment regarding a previous comment, the most that should be with it is the original comment/posting. All postings, on the subject, between the original and yours need not be posted ,in repetition. For anyone interested and following the the subject, they know or can check back to the various comments. It is frustrating to go thought feet of print to read 6 inches of new content. If anyone doesn't know how to get rid of repetitious content, let me know and I will advise how it is done. If I have offended anyone, that is not what is intended in this post. The intention is try to have the postings on this facility, more concise and more enjoyable reading, for all subscribers. Thank you for your attention. Malcolm Silver, Dartmouth, NS Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:38:06 EST From: [email protected] Subject: [NS-L] Herald Obits To: [email protected] 30 e-mails regarding Herald Obits?? Sorry, I can't handle it and so I must unsubscribe.. ------------------------------

30 e-mails regarding Herald Obits?? Sorry, I can't handle it and so I must unsubscribe..

I finally have some new items to post. Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, NS Tuesday, 20 Oct 1942: The Sinking of the Caribou It couldn't happen here, could it not? Oh yes it could, and it did in the case of the SS Caribou that maintained a ferry service between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. This stout steamer with 260 on board left Notrh Sydney on Wednesday night and when two-thirds across the Cabot Strait heading for Port au Basque, she was torpedoed and instantly sank beneath the cold waves of the Atlantic. One hundred and thirty-seven men, women and children were carried to their death. It was a horrible affair and the most shocking and bloodcurdling marine tragedy on the Canadian coast. The ship was under convoy and that helped to save a number of passengers but the death toll is terribly large. One young man from New Glasgow, Cpl. Curry, is posted as lost. A well known citizen of Cape Breton and prominent in industry, Hugh Gillis, was lost. His was one of the bodies recovered. Mr. Gillis was a mining engineer and in charge of the iron mining operations at Wabana for the Dominion Steel Company. He was well known in Pictou County and a brother of Mrs. D.H. McDougall of Montreal. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thursday, 22 Oct 1942: Funeral for Hugh B. Gillis Body of Hugh B. Gillis, Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation engineer, who lost his life in the Caribou torpedoing was landed at Sydney on Tuesday from Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland. The body was recovered Friday by one of the vessels which searched the area where the ferry-steamer went down in the pre-dawn Wednesday and was brought first to the Newfoundland port and identified. Funeral services were held Wednesday from Scared Heart Roman Catholic Church. Arriving for the obsequies were the victim's sister and brother-in-law, Mrs. D.H. MacDougall and Colonel MacDougall, Montreal. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Carolyn Wallace

Most of the Funeral Homes have a website and if one is listed in the obituary on Chronicle Herald site, go to the funeral home site and cut it from there. I know it is a nuisance to have to do it but it has got to be faster than using OCR programs and then correcting it's output. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Christie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [nsroots] [NS-L] Obituaries I just renewed my subscription to the Herald a few days ago, and today I also voiced my objections on behalf of everyone who is unhappy with the Obituary situation. I think we should all do this. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] [nsroots] Obituaries > > I voiced my objection to this change at the following site: > [email protected] > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pamela Wile <[email protected]> > To: Avalon Lawlor <[email protected]>; [email protected]; DorothySelig > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: nsroots <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 3:37 pm > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > > > Hi Avalon, > > I haven't yet looked at the newest format, so I can't comment on that. > > I have emailed the Herald at least twice in regards to their obituary > index asking if there would ever be an update and then again recently in > regards to the new format on the website to ask if there would eventually > be an improvement in the search feature and would the publish date be > added to the obit. It seems that they tell me what I want to hear and then > nothing ever happens. Perhaps someone who is in the know about online > petitions could start one, but then we would have to determine exactly > what we want. However, it's not likely that the Herald will respond > favourably. If they do, it will probably be more empty promises. > > One time I receive a response from someone who said that people that copy > the obituaries from the website are stealing data from the Herald and that > they were working on a way to prevent that from happening :) Well, they're > certainly working on making it more difficult, aren't they? > > Regards, > > Pamela Wile > Halifax, NS > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avalon Lawlor" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Dorothy Selig" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: "nsroots" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:43 PM > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > >> Do you think there's any chance a "squeaky wheel" could help our cause > >> any, if >> we were all to email the Herald as to our unhappiness with this 'new and >> improved' format? This is the life blood of research sourcing for we > >> addicts >> and I certainly don't relish scanning or retyping every obit that I would >> > like >> to include in person's file! Any chance that they may take pity on us and >> reconsider? Thoughts?? >> Avalon >> >>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> CC: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> >>> Hi Dorothy, >>> >>> Depending on your OCR software, you shouldn't have to go >>> through such a complicated process. Just save the JPEG file to >>> your computer, as you said, then open it (the image file) in >>> the OCR program to deal with it. Of course it's likely that >>> some manual editing will then be required to tidy things up. >>> If your only OCR program is somehow dependent on the scanner >>> running then that may require the procedure you describe. >>> >>> John >>> >>> On [2010-03-11 at 04:25pm] Dorothy Selig <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Frank, you can right click on the obit (in Windows, don't know about >>> > >> > Mac), >> and save as a jpg picture, but you can't save >>> > it as straight text that I can see. You can copy and paste onto a word >> document as well but it's still a picture. Other >>> > then printing it, putting it back on my scanner and scanning with the >> Optical Text reader (OCR), I'm not sure how you >>> > would convert it to text just on your desktop. Anyone have a >>> > suggestion >> > on >> how to do this without using paper? >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Taylor" >> <[email protected]> >>> > To: "nsroots" <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:58 PM >>> > Subject: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> > >>> > >Is anyone having trouble cutting and pasting from the obituaries from >> the >>> > >Halifax Herald? Or is something wrong with my Computer> >>> ___________________________________________ >>> nsroots mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Check your Hotmail from your phone. >> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957 >> ___________________________________________ >> nsroots mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> ___________________________________________ > nsroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pamela Wile <[email protected]> > To: Avalon Lawlor <[email protected]>; [email protected]; DorothySelig > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: nsroots <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 3:37 pm > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > > > Hi Avalon, > > I haven't yet looked at the newest format, so I can't comment on that. > > I have emailed the Herald at least twice in regards to their obituary > index asking if there would ever be an update and then again recently in > regards to the new format on the website to ask if there would eventually > be an improvement in the search feature and would the publish date be > added to the obit. It seems that they tell me what I want to hear and then > nothing ever happens. Perhaps someone who is in the know about online > petitions could start one, but then we would have to determine exactly > what we want. However, it's not likely that the Herald will respond > favourably. If they do, it will probably be more empty promises. > > One time I receive a response from someone who said that people that copy > the obituaries from the website are stealing data from the Herald and that > they were working on a way to prevent that from happening :) Well, they're > certainly working on making it more difficult, aren't they? > > Regards, > > Pamela Wile > Halifax, NS > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avalon Lawlor" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Dorothy Selig" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: "nsroots" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:43 PM > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > >> Do you think there's any chance a "squeaky wheel" could help our cause > >> any, if >> we were all to email the Herald as to our unhappiness with this 'new and >> improved' format? This is the life blood of research sourcing for we > >> addicts >> and I certainly don't relish scanning or retyping every obit that I would >> > like >> to include in person's file! Any chance that they may take pity on us and >> reconsider? Thoughts?? >> Avalon >> >>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> CC: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> >>> Hi Dorothy, >>> >>> Depending on your OCR software, you shouldn't have to go >>> through such a complicated process. Just save the JPEG file to >>> your computer, as you said, then open it (the image file) in >>> the OCR program to deal with it. Of course it's likely that >>> some manual editing will then be required to tidy things up. >>> If your only OCR program is somehow dependent on the scanner >>> running then that may require the procedure you describe. >>> >>> John >>> >>> On [2010-03-11 at 04:25pm] Dorothy Selig <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Frank, you can right click on the obit (in Windows, don't know about >>> > >> > Mac), >> and save as a jpg picture, but you can't save >>> > it as straight text that I can see. You can copy and paste onto a word >> document as well but it's still a picture. Other >>> > then printing it, putting it back on my scanner and scanning with the >> Optical Text reader (OCR), I'm not sure how you >>> > would convert it to text just on your desktop. Anyone have a >>> > suggestion >> > on >> how to do this without using paper? >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Taylor" >> <[email protected]> >>> > To: "nsroots" <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:58 PM >>> > Subject: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> > >>> > >Is anyone having trouble cutting and pasting from the obituaries from >> the >>> > >Halifax Herald? Or is something wrong with my Computer> >>> ___________________________________________ >>> nsroots mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Check your Hotmail from your phone. >> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957 >> ___________________________________________ >> nsroots mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> ___________________________________________ > nsroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. 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I just renewed my subscription to the Herald a few days ago, and today I also voiced my objections on behalf of everyone who is unhappy with the Obituary situation. I think we should all do this. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] [nsroots] Obituaries > > I voiced my objection to this change at the following site: > [email protected] > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pamela Wile <[email protected]> > To: Avalon Lawlor <[email protected]>; [email protected]; DorothySelig > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: nsroots <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 3:37 pm > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > > > Hi Avalon, > > I haven't yet looked at the newest format, so I can't comment on that. > > I have emailed the Herald at least twice in regards to their obituary > index asking if there would ever be an update and then again recently in > regards to the new format on the website to ask if there would eventually > be an improvement in the search feature and would the publish date be > added to the obit. It seems that they tell me what I want to hear and then > nothing ever happens. Perhaps someone who is in the know about online > petitions could start one, but then we would have to determine exactly > what we want. However, it's not likely that the Herald will respond > favourably. If they do, it will probably be more empty promises. > > One time I receive a response from someone who said that people that copy > the obituaries from the website are stealing data from the Herald and that > they were working on a way to prevent that from happening :) Well, they're > certainly working on making it more difficult, aren't they? > > Regards, > > Pamela Wile > Halifax, NS > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avalon Lawlor" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Dorothy Selig" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: "nsroots" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:43 PM > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > >> Do you think there's any chance a "squeaky wheel" could help our cause > >> any, if >> we were all to email the Herald as to our unhappiness with this 'new and >> improved' format? This is the life blood of research sourcing for we > >> addicts >> and I certainly don't relish scanning or retyping every obit that I would >> > like >> to include in person's file! Any chance that they may take pity on us and >> reconsider? Thoughts?? >> Avalon >> >>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> CC: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> >>> Hi Dorothy, >>> >>> Depending on your OCR software, you shouldn't have to go >>> through such a complicated process. Just save the JPEG file to >>> your computer, as you said, then open it (the image file) in >>> the OCR program to deal with it. Of course it's likely that >>> some manual editing will then be required to tidy things up. >>> If your only OCR program is somehow dependent on the scanner >>> running then that may require the procedure you describe. >>> >>> John >>> >>> On [2010-03-11 at 04:25pm] Dorothy Selig <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Frank, you can right click on the obit (in Windows, don't know about >>> > >> > Mac), >> and save as a jpg picture, but you can't save >>> > it as straight text that I can see. You can copy and paste onto a word >> document as well but it's still a picture. Other >>> > then printing it, putting it back on my scanner and scanning with the >> Optical Text reader (OCR), I'm not sure how you >>> > would convert it to text just on your desktop. Anyone have a >>> > suggestion >> > on >> how to do this without using paper? >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Taylor" >> <[email protected]> >>> > To: "nsroots" <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:58 PM >>> > Subject: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> > >>> > >Is anyone having trouble cutting and pasting from the obituaries from >> the >>> > >Halifax Herald? Or is something wrong with my Computer> >>> ___________________________________________ >>> nsroots mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Check your Hotmail from your phone. >> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957 >> ___________________________________________ >> nsroots mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> ___________________________________________ > nsroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pamela Wile <[email protected]> > To: Avalon Lawlor <[email protected]>; [email protected]; DorothySelig > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: nsroots <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 3:37 pm > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > > > Hi Avalon, > > I haven't yet looked at the newest format, so I can't comment on that. > > I have emailed the Herald at least twice in regards to their obituary > index asking if there would ever be an update and then again recently in > regards to the new format on the website to ask if there would eventually > be an improvement in the search feature and would the publish date be > added to the obit. It seems that they tell me what I want to hear and then > nothing ever happens. Perhaps someone who is in the know about online > petitions could start one, but then we would have to determine exactly > what we want. However, it's not likely that the Herald will respond > favourably. If they do, it will probably be more empty promises. > > One time I receive a response from someone who said that people that copy > the obituaries from the website are stealing data from the Herald and that > they were working on a way to prevent that from happening :) Well, they're > certainly working on making it more difficult, aren't they? > > Regards, > > Pamela Wile > Halifax, NS > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avalon Lawlor" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Dorothy Selig" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: "nsroots" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:43 PM > Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > >> Do you think there's any chance a "squeaky wheel" could help our cause > >> any, if >> we were all to email the Herald as to our unhappiness with this 'new and >> improved' format? This is the life blood of research sourcing for we > >> addicts >> and I certainly don't relish scanning or retyping every obit that I would >> > like >> to include in person's file! Any chance that they may take pity on us and >> reconsider? Thoughts?? >> Avalon >> >>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> CC: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> >>> Hi Dorothy, >>> >>> Depending on your OCR software, you shouldn't have to go >>> through such a complicated process. Just save the JPEG file to >>> your computer, as you said, then open it (the image file) in >>> the OCR program to deal with it. Of course it's likely that >>> some manual editing will then be required to tidy things up. >>> If your only OCR program is somehow dependent on the scanner >>> running then that may require the procedure you describe. >>> >>> John >>> >>> On [2010-03-11 at 04:25pm] Dorothy Selig <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Frank, you can right click on the obit (in Windows, don't know about >>> > >> > Mac), >> and save as a jpg picture, but you can't save >>> > it as straight text that I can see. You can copy and paste onto a word >> document as well but it's still a picture. Other >>> > then printing it, putting it back on my scanner and scanning with the >> Optical Text reader (OCR), I'm not sure how you >>> > would convert it to text just on your desktop. Anyone have a >>> > suggestion >> > on >> how to do this without using paper? >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Taylor" >> <[email protected]> >>> > To: "nsroots" <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:58 PM >>> > Subject: [nsroots] Obituaries >>> > >>> > >Is anyone having trouble cutting and pasting from the obituaries from >> the >>> > >Halifax Herald? Or is something wrong with my Computer> >>> ___________________________________________ >>> nsroots mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Check your Hotmail from your phone. >> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957 >> ___________________________________________ >> nsroots mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots >> ___________________________________________ > nsroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I voiced my objection to this change at the following site: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Pamela Wile <[email protected]> To: Avalon Lawlor <[email protected]>; [email protected]; DorothySelig <[email protected]>; [email protected] Cc: nsroots <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 3:37 pm Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries Hi Avalon, I haven't yet looked at the newest format, so I can't comment on that. I have emailed the Herald at least twice in regards to their obituary index asking if there would ever be an update and then again recently in regards to the new format on the website to ask if there would eventually be an improvement in the search feature and would the publish date be added to the obit. It seems that they tell me what I want to hear and then nothing ever happens. Perhaps someone who is in the know about online petitions could start one, but then we would have to determine exactly what we want. However, it's not likely that the Herald will respond favourably. If they do, it will probably be more empty promises. One time I receive a response from someone who said that people that copy the obituaries from the website are stealing data from the Herald and that they were working on a way to prevent that from happening :) Well, they're certainly working on making it more difficult, aren't they? Regards, Pamela Wile Halifax, NS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avalon Lawlor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Dorothy Selig" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: "nsroots" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > Do you think there's any chance a "squeaky wheel" could help our cause > any, if > we were all to email the Herald as to our unhappiness with this 'new and > improved' format? This is the life blood of research sourcing for we > addicts > and I certainly don't relish scanning or retyping every obit that I would > like > to include in person's file! Any chance that they may take pity on us and > reconsider? Thoughts?? > Avalon > >> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries >> >> Hi Dorothy, >> >> Depending on your OCR software, you shouldn't have to go >> through such a complicated process. Just save the JPEG file to >> your computer, as you said, then open it (the image file) in >> the OCR program to deal with it. Of course it's likely that >> some manual editing will then be required to tidy things up. >> If your only OCR program is somehow dependent on the scanner >> running then that may require the procedure you describe. >> >> John >> >> On [2010-03-11 at 04:25pm] Dorothy Selig <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Frank, you can right click on the obit (in Windows, don't know about >> > Mac), > and save as a jpg picture, but you can't save >> > it as straight text that I can see. You can copy and paste onto a word > document as well but it's still a picture. Other >> > then printing it, putting it back on my scanner and scanning with the > Optical Text reader (OCR), I'm not sure how you >> > would convert it to text just on your desktop. Anyone have a suggestion >> > on > how to do this without using paper? >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Taylor" > <[email protected]> >> > To: "nsroots" <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:58 PM >> > Subject: [nsroots] Obituaries >> > >> > >Is anyone having trouble cutting and pasting from the obituaries from > the >> > >Halifax Herald? Or is something wrong with my Computer> >> ___________________________________________ >> nsroots mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check your Hotmail from your phone. > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957 > ___________________________________________ > nsroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots ___________________________________________ nsroots mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots -----Original Message----- From: Pamela Wile <[email protected]> To: Avalon Lawlor <[email protected]>; [email protected]; DorothySelig <[email protected]>; [email protected] Cc: nsroots <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 3:37 pm Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries Hi Avalon, I haven't yet looked at the newest format, so I can't comment on that. I have emailed the Herald at least twice in regards to their obituary index asking if there would ever be an update and then again recently in regards to the new format on the website to ask if there would eventually be an improvement in the search feature and would the publish date be added to the obit. It seems that they tell me what I want to hear and then nothing ever happens. Perhaps someone who is in the know about online petitions could start one, but then we would have to determine exactly what we want. However, it's not likely that the Herald will respond favourably. If they do, it will probably be more empty promises. One time I receive a response from someone who said that people that copy the obituaries from the website are stealing data from the Herald and that they were working on a way to prevent that from happening :) Well, they're certainly working on making it more difficult, aren't they? Regards, Pamela Wile Halifax, NS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avalon Lawlor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Dorothy Selig" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: "nsroots" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries > Do you think there's any chance a "squeaky wheel" could help our cause > any, if > we were all to email the Herald as to our unhappiness with this 'new and > improved' format? This is the life blood of research sourcing for we > addicts > and I certainly don't relish scanning or retyping every obit that I would > like > to include in person's file! Any chance that they may take pity on us and > reconsider? Thoughts?? > Avalon > >> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [nsroots] Obituaries >> >> Hi Dorothy, >> >> Depending on your OCR software, you shouldn't have to go >> through such a complicated process. Just save the JPEG file to >> your computer, as you said, then open it (the image file) in >> the OCR program to deal with it. Of course it's likely that >> some manual editing will then be required to tidy things up. >> If your only OCR program is somehow dependent on the scanner >> running then that may require the procedure you describe. >> >> John >> >> On [2010-03-11 at 04:25pm] Dorothy Selig <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Frank, you can right click on the obit (in Windows, don't know about >> > Mac), > and save as a jpg picture, but you can't save >> > it as straight text that I can see. You can copy and paste onto a word > document as well but it's still a picture. Other >> > then printing it, putting it back on my scanner and scanning with the > Optical Text reader (OCR), I'm not sure how you >> > would convert it to text just on your desktop. Anyone have a suggestion >> > on > how to do this without using paper? >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Taylor" > <[email protected]> >> > To: "nsroots" <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:58 PM >> > Subject: [nsroots] Obituaries >> > >> > >Is anyone having trouble cutting and pasting from the obituaries from > the >> > >Halifax Herald? 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Until recently the obits included a picture of the obit and the text. The text is no longer there. Does anyone know if it is going to be coming back? Linda Dallas, TX

Carolyn, While researching another topic, I came across the following which may explain why some of your families are missing from the 1871 New Brunswick census on Ancestry (in addition to names that are illegible or too faded to be indexed): >From the Source Information for the 1871 Census on Ancestry.ca: "We are currently missing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll number C-10389. This roll covers the following sub-districts in the district of Northumberland (no. 184) in New Brunswick: c-1 (Northesk, from schedule 4) to c-3 (Northesk); d-1 to d-2 (Ludlow); e-1 to e-2 (Blissfield); f-1 to f-2 (Blackville); g (Derby); h-1 to h-2 (Nelson); i-1 to i-3 (Chatham, to schedule 7). These records will be added to the database in a future update." Regards, Deborah Ottawa carolyn mcgrath wrote: > So sorry - I'm so focused on the research that I forgot to include the year - it's 1871. I did accidentally find one family in 1871 on ancestry.com but haven't had any luck with others. >

Here are two sites I find helpful. The first is off the NB Genweb page. The 2nd is a pilot project of LDS - If I can be of help - I have both the Westmorland and Albert County for 1871 Good Luck with your search http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cannb/NB_Census.htm http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Carolyn Message: 6 Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:49:32 -0800 (PST) From: carolyn mcgrath <[email protected]> Subject: [NS-L] New Brunswick question To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Does anyone know whether the NB census has been transcribed and where it might be?? I have a real brick wall in some research I'm doing for a friend. Thanks. carolyn

Jay: Just a quick oddball reply to your 'oddball query' regarding 'Maddison Brook' from a possibility that just came to mind. To check it out, just in case: Bill Hamilton does not have "Maddison Brook" or Maddison anything in his "Place Names of Atlantic Canada", Nova Scotia section. Also, it's not in Google for Nova Scotia, although it is a surname. So, I'm suggesting there is no place name in Nova Scotia or Colchester County having that word, 'Maddison' or even 'Madison' [excluding street name, or whatever, of course]. I'm interested re where you came up with / saw that 'Maddison' / 'Maddison Brook'? SO, even if the above is not correct, my thought is this, as a simple explanation: [1] your 'Maddison Brook' of 'Londonderry area of Colchester Co' could be 'Matheson Brook'; 'Maddison' being a phonetic mispronounciated spelling of the surname "Matheson", i.e., if you say 'Matheson' quickly, you get 'Maddison' phonetically. I've been passing the road sign 'Matheson Brook Road' for years now on my way from Truro to Tatamagouche, Colchester Co [just past Earltown along Highway 311]. Lots of Mathesons there and about. [2] Also, Londonderry, Colchester Co, west of Truro, is the old village of several Matheson and allied families over the years; in fact, Trueman [Truemie] Matheson, deceased, founded and operated [in Londonderry] the well-known museum [deceased] of the old Acadia Iron Works [deceased]. The railway ran up into Londonderry to the Iron Works, of course. There are many branches of that Matheson surname in the Truro and north Colchester Co area. I have a few contacts re that Matheson family, the genealogy, and the railway connections, etc., if you want to email me off-list. Also, the 'Colchester Museum and Archives' in Truro has many genealogies of those early families in the Tatamagouche, Portapique, and Earltown areas, as you know. Note: the Tatamagouche / Londonderry area is not 'close' to the Portapique area, genealogically speaking., i.e., these places have different immigrant founding families. Here's an excerpt from a source I have re 'Matheson Brook': "Balmoral Grist Mill Museum 660 Matheson Brook Road, Tatamagouche, NS This wonderful grist mill near Tatamagouche has been in production since 1874. It is located in a picturesque gorge on Matheson's Brook. The mill boasts a Scottish kiln where oats are toasted using maple wood as fuel, giving the oats a flavour that guarantees the best Scottish oatcakes." Cheers, Jerry Byers Truro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Underwood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 9:24 AM Subject: [NS-L] MADDISON > Another odball query. > Is anyone researching the name Maddison, especially from the > Portapique-Londonderry area of Colchester County? > I am interested in knowing the family roots in that area, and finding > Maddison Brook...it's a railway thing! :-) > Jay Underwood > Elmsdale

Hello Carolyn, I have a web page set up with some links to census records for Atlantic Canada: http://www.thefamilyattic.info/RCanCensus.html Diana Tibert Deborah Baillie wrote: > Which census year are you looking for? > > Deborah > > > carolyn mcgrath wrote: > >> Does anyone know whether the NB census has been transcribed and where it might be? I have a real brick wall in some research I'm doing for a friend

Carolyn, Try Family Search Record Search: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1203475699890#p=0 If you browse the collections, you'll see the 1871 Canada Census which you can search separately. And you can specify New Brunswick as a location. Unfortunately, it is only an index; there are no images, but since you have Ancestry, you can always view the original pages there, once you identify the correct entries. Regards, Deborah carolyn mcgrath wrote: > So sorry - I'm so focused on the research that I forgot to include the year - it's 1871. I did accidentally find one family in 1871 on ancestry.com but haven't had any luck with others. >

Which census year are you looking for? Deborah carolyn mcgrath wrote: > Does anyone know whether the NB census has been transcribed and where it might be? I have a real brick wall in some research I'm doing for a friend.

So sorry - I'm so focused on the research that I forgot to include the year - it's 1871.  I did accidentally find one family in 1871 on ancestry.com but haven't had any luck with others. Thanks to everyone for their replies. carolyn

In 1926 Miss EmmaLouise Cunningham - born 1867 to William, a tailor, and Annie - returned to her native Nova Scotia after 20 years in Picton, Ontario. She had been a member of the Tennyson Club there for 15 years, and was its secretary for the last 10 years. Unfortunately, when she left she took her minute book with her. One year later her sister, Mrs. Margaret Silver, provided the information required for her death certificate. Her only known occupation was as deacon at the Picton Methodist church. Perhaps she didn't need a job, as her father became a clothing manufacturer. Now we are writing a history of the Club ? it was founded in 1902 ? but of course there is a yawning gap in the records. We would dearly love to have that minute book back. If anyone knows anything AT ALL about this lady or the book (even that it was destroyed), PLEASE contact John Moore at 613-393-5771 or [email protected] or 489 Island Road, RR1, Picton, Ontario K0K 2T0. Regards, John Moore

Does anyone know whether the NB census has been transcribed and where it might be?  I have a real brick wall in some research I'm doing for a friend. Thanks. carolyn

Hi Bob, No *what*? Are you responding to: "Does that mean for sure they were going there to live" or to "Does that mean ... could just be a visit" Or perhaps you mean that no, nobody knows, which is perhaps the most likely answer. John On [2010-03-08 at 10:50am] bob gillis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 3/7/2010 6:05 PM, Christy wrote: > > > I have a copy of a ship list my ancestor is on going from Horton Nova Scotia > > to Boston on the Albatros. The year is about 1860. > > > > It says the country they belong to is NS and where they intend to inhabit is > > U.S. Does that mean for sure they were going there to live or still could > > just be a visit does anyone know? > No.

On 3/7/2010 6:05 PM, Christy wrote: > I have a copy of a ship list my ancestor is on going from Horton Nova Scotia > to Boston on the Albatros. The year is about 1860. > > It says the country they belong to is NS and where they intend to inhabit is > U.S. Does that mean for sure they were going there to live or still could > just be a visit does anyone know? No. bob gillis

Another odball query. Is anyone researching the name Maddison, especially from the Portapique-Londonderry area of Colchester County? I am interested in knowing the family roots in that area, and finding Maddison Brook...it's a railway thing! :-) Jay Underwood Elmsdale >From Jay Underwood and Railfare*DC Books "Ghost Tracks": http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html "From Folly to Fortune": http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html "Built for War": http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html