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There were Strums living in the North end of Dartmouth- members of Emmanuel Anglican Church on Windmill Road, in the 1950s. That church has now been de Anglicanized and sold, but the records should be kept somewhere- maybe at the Anglican Deanery Centre in halifax. - Lea

For what this is worth. Just my interpretation of the VS and census at a quick look. This James, census says born 1823, was a widower living in Bedford district in 1901. Married to Susan Emino in 1902 as you saw, married Baptist whereas the children seem to marry C of E. That may be a clue of some sort to possible records. His 2nd wife was younger, did they have more children? A number of Strums born early 1900's - I did not check. I agree he likely died before the 1911 census. They seemed to stay in the Dartmouth area, perhaps the Church of England there might have records. His first wife was MAry Ann ____. I would order the "long form" marriage certificate for James, may also be able to find the first marriage if in NS, though it is early. It should give more information than this "short form" - and perhaps (though not always) the maiden name of his mother and where the parents were born or living. You can order from the vital stats website and pay online. James and Mary Ann had at least 2 children: John H. has a brother, George who married in Dartmouth 1894 to Ellen W. Sibley. Census: 1901, 1911 http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SurnameSearch jsp?surname=Strum%3F&inames=Strom%3F&inames=Strum&inames=Strumm&inames=&distr ctId=45 1901; *12 3 Strum James M Head W Mar 21 1823 78 - WIDOWED, Living next house to son John and "Lovina" and family. However, his birth year given as 1823 (13 4 Strum John H.MHeadMOct 18186040 14 4 Strum "Lovina" FWifeMAug 8185941 15 4 Strum EdwardMSonSSep 14188218 16 4 Strum HarryMSonSDec 31188417 * 17 4 Strum Susan FDaughterSJul 311887 13 18 4 Strum FredrickMSonSNov 18188812 19 4 Strum ClydeMSonSMar 18189110 20 4 Strum DollieFDaughterSMar 2918938 21 4 Strum BerthaFDaughterSAug 218946 John and Melvina A Bailey married C of E in Dartmouth 1882. His Parents James and Mary Ann... I found 3 of their children: 1. Susanna E. Strum and James H. Craig married 1910 in Halifax County Registration Year: 1910 - Book: 1821 - Page: 74 - Number: 494 thus Susan, age 13 in 1901, would be listed in 1911 as Susanna CRAIG. 1911 census: NO JAMES 24 127Strum John MHeadMOct185358 25 127Strum "Vinie" FWifeMAug185852 26 127Strum Frederick MSonSSep188822 27 127Strum Clyde MSonSMar189120 28 127Strum Bertha FDaughterSAug189515 2. Bertha M married Robert CRAIG in 1916 (C of E) Deaths: Melvina Ann Strum died Apr 10, 1920 in Dartmouth, reported by John H., her husband. John Henry Strum, died 1934 in Tufts Cove, Halifax County Registration Year: 1934 - Book: 91 - Page: 21 Born: NS; Father: James and _____; Age matches John H of the 1901 census. Signed by Mrs ROBERT Graig, Albro Lake Rd (Dartmouth) daughter. ??? Bertha Craig above. 3. Son Clyde, born Dartmouth married C of E Nora Swinnamer 1917; they had a child Joyce __ died young 1929 on Albro Lake Rd. Albro Lake Rd is off Windmill Rd Near Suzuki dealership. So at least Susan, Clyde, and Bertha continued to live in Dartmouth and their parents died there. This is pretty recent times, there may be living family still around. Carol -------Original Message------- From: bob gillis Date: 24/02/2012 9:52:45 AM To: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NS-L] Help! Could someone please do a Strum Look up for me I cannot tell if anyone has replied to you the way this list is set up. PLEASE reply to this message to the list. Bob gillis On 2/22/2012 12:08 PM, Paula Jones wrote: > I have been searching for any info on a James Strum (b) Dartmouth ABT 1838 > Parents: Thomas& Elizabeth. According to novascotiagenealogy.com he was a > widower when he married my g grandmother in Sept. 1902. I have been unable > to find either him or his parents on any Census records before or after that > date. In the 1902 marriage record his parents are recorded as Thomas and Elizabeth In the 1881 Census I find: Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion James STRUM M Male 54 NS Labourer CE Mary A. STRUM M Female 50 NS CE John H. STRUM Male 20 NS Factory Hand CE Charles M. STRUM Male 19 NS Factory Hand CE Alexander STRUM Male 17 NS Factory Hand CE Christie A. STRUM Female 15 NS CE Elizabeth STRUM Female 14 NS CE George F. STRUM Male 8 NS CE Mary BECKWITH Female 19 NS CE Dartmouth, Halifax, NS Film FHL 1375805, NAC -13169 District 10 Sub-district N, Page 41, Household 190 > > > > There is a James A. Strum listed on the 1901 (b) 1934 (m) Mary but they can > be found together on the 1911 Census as Alfred and Catherine so I do not > believe this is the correct man I am looking for. Why do you think the Alfred and Catherine in Maders Cove, Lunenburg County are James and Mary in Dartmouth. If James married Susan Emino in 1902 the Mary had died before then and her death is in the 1877-1908 Time period when only marriages were recorded. I do not find a James or Susan Strum in the 1911 Census in NS. The earlier Census for many NS counties can be found at http://www.dwaynemeisner.com/census/novascotia/index.php You can find Strum Lunenburg records at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~downeast/1SPI.htm Bob gillis ---------------------------------------- Basic List Commands: 1. To post to the list Send a message to: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com 2. How to unsubscribe A. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word Unsubscribe b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word Unsubscribe 3. How to subscribe Send an email containing only the word Subscribe To NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com 4. How to change to Digest mode A. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. Above) B. 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> There were Strums living in the North end of Dartmouth- members of Emmanuel Anglican Church on Windmill Road, in the 1950s. That church has now been de Anglicanized and sold, but the records should be kept somewhere- maybe at the Anglican Deanery Centre in halifax. - Lea > On 2012-02-24, at 5:36 PM, Carol Harding wrote: > >> For what this is worth. Just my interpretation of the VS and census at a >> quick look. This James, census says born 1823, was a widower living in >> Bedford district in 1901. Married to Susan Emino in 1902 as you saw, >> married Baptist whereas the children seem to marry C of E. That may be a >> clue of some sort to possible records. >> >> >> >> His 2nd wife was younger, did they have more children? A number of Strums >> born early 1900's - I did not check. I agree he likely died before the 1911 >> census. They seemed to stay in the Dartmouth area, perhaps the Church of >> England there might have records. His first wife was MAry Ann ____. >> >> >> >> I would order the "long form" marriage certificate for James, may also be >> able to find the first marriage if in NS, though it is early. It should >> give more information than this "short form" - and perhaps (though not >> always) the maiden name of his mother and where the parents were born or >> living. You can order from the vital stats website and pay online. >> >> >> >> James and Mary Ann had at least 2 children: John H. has a brother, George >> who married in Dartmouth 1894 to Ellen W. Sibley. >> >> >> >> Census: 1901, 1911 >> >> >> >> http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SurnameSearch >> jsp?surname=Strum%3F&inames=Strom%3F&inames=Strum&inames=Strumm&inames=&distr >> ctId=45 >> >> >> >> 1901; >> >> *12 3 Strum James M Head W Mar 21 1823 78 >> >> - WIDOWED, Living next house to son John and "Lovina" and family. >> >> However, his birth year given as 1823 >> >> (13 4 Strum John H.MHeadMOct 18186040 >> >> 14 4 Strum "Lovina" FWifeMAug 8185941 >> >> 15 4 Strum EdwardMSonSSep 14188218 >> >> 16 4 Strum HarryMSonSDec 31188417 >> >> * 17 4 Strum Susan FDaughterSJul 311887 13 >> >> 18 4 Strum FredrickMSonSNov 18188812 >> >> 19 4 Strum ClydeMSonSMar 18189110 >> >> 20 4 Strum DollieFDaughterSMar 2918938 >> >> 21 4 Strum BerthaFDaughterSAug 218946 >> >> >> >> John and Melvina A Bailey married C of E in Dartmouth 1882. His Parents >> James and Mary Ann... I found 3 of their children: >> >> >> >> 1. Susanna E. Strum and James H. Craig married 1910 in Halifax County >> Registration Year: 1910 - Book: 1821 - Page: 74 - Number: 494 thus Susan, >> age 13 in 1901, would be listed in 1911 as Susanna CRAIG. >> >> >> >> 1911 census: >> >> NO JAMES >> >> 24 127Strum John MHeadMOct185358 >> >> 25 127Strum "Vinie" FWifeMAug185852 >> >> 26 127Strum Frederick MSonSSep188822 >> >> 27 127Strum Clyde MSonSMar189120 >> >> 28 127Strum Bertha FDaughterSAug189515 >> >> >> >> 2. Bertha M married Robert CRAIG in 1916 (C of E) >> >> >> >> Deaths: >> >> >> >> Melvina Ann Strum died Apr 10, 1920 in Dartmouth, reported by John H., her >> husband. >> >> >> >> John Henry Strum, died 1934 in Tufts Cove, Halifax County Registration Year: >> 1934 - Book: 91 - Page: 21 Born: NS; Father: James and _____; >> >> Age matches John H of the 1901 census. >> >> Signed by Mrs ROBERT Graig, Albro Lake Rd (Dartmouth) daughter. ??? Bertha >> Craig above. >> >> >> >> 3. Son Clyde, born Dartmouth married C of E Nora Swinnamer 1917; they had a >> child Joyce __ died young 1929 on Albro Lake Rd. Albro Lake Rd is off >> Windmill Rd Near Suzuki dealership. >> >> >> >> So at least Susan, Clyde, and Bertha continued to live in Dartmouth and >> their parents died there. This is pretty recent times, there may be living >> family still around. >> >> >> >> >> >> Carol >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------Original Message------- >> >> >> >> From: bob gillis >> >> Date: 24/02/2012 9:52:45 AM >> >> To: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com >> >> Subject: Re: [NS-L] Help! Could someone please do a Strum Look up for me >> >> >> >> I cannot tell if anyone has replied to you the way this list is set up. >> >> >> >> PLEASE reply to this message to the list. >> >> >> >> Bob gillis >> >> >> >> On 2/22/2012 12:08 PM, Paula Jones wrote: >> >> >> >>> I have been searching for any info on a James Strum (b) Dartmouth ABT 1838 >> >> >>> Parents: Thomas& Elizabeth. According to novascotiagenealogy.com he was a >> >>> widower when he married my g grandmother in Sept. 1902. I have been unable >> >> >>> to find either him or his parents on any Census records before or after >> that >> >>> date. >> >> >> >> In the 1902 marriage record his parents are recorded as Thomas and Elizabeth >> >> >> >> >> In the 1881 Census I find: >> >> >> >> >> >> Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace >> >> Occupation Religion >> >> James STRUM M Male 54 NS Labourer CE >> >> Mary A. STRUM M Female 50 NS CE >> >> John H. STRUM Male 20 NS Factory Hand CE >> >> Charles M. STRUM Male 19 NS Factory Hand CE >> >> Alexander STRUM Male 17 NS Factory Hand CE >> >> Christie A. STRUM Female 15 NS CE >> >> Elizabeth STRUM Female 14 NS CE >> >> George F. STRUM Male 8 NS CE >> >> Mary BECKWITH Female 19 NS CE >> >> >> >> Dartmouth, Halifax, NS >> >> Film FHL 1375805, NAC -13169 >> >> District 10 Sub-district N, Page 41, Household 190 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> There is a James A. Strum listed on the 1901 (b) 1934 (m) Mary but they >> can >> >>> be found together on the 1911 Census as Alfred and Catherine so I do not >> >>> believe this is the correct man I am looking for. >> >> >> >> Why do you think the Alfred and Catherine in Maders Cove, Lunenburg >> >> County are James and Mary in Dartmouth. If James married Susan Emino in >> >> 1902 the Mary had died before then and her death is in the 1877-1908 >> >> Time period when only marriages were recorded. >> >> >> >> I do not find a James or Susan Strum in the 1911 Census in NS. >> >> >> >> The earlier Census for many NS counties can be found at >> >> http://www.dwaynemeisner.com/census/novascotia/index.php >> >> >> >> You can find Strum Lunenburg records at >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~downeast/1SPI.htm >> >> >> >> Bob gillis >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> Basic List Commands: >> >> >> >> 1. To post to the list >> >> Send a message to: >> >> NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com >> >> >> >> 2. How to unsubscribe >> >> A. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >> >> request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >> >> Unsubscribe >> >> >> >> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >> >> request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >> >> Unsubscribe >> >> >> >> 3. 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I cannot tell if anyone has replied to you the way this list is set up. PLEASE reply to this message to the list. bob gillis On 2/22/2012 12:08 PM, Paula Jones wrote: > I have been searching for any info on a James Strum (b) Dartmouth abt 1838 > Parents: Thomas& Elizabeth. According to novascotiagenealogy.com he was a > widower when he married my g grandmother in Sept. 1902. I have been unable > to find either him or his parents on any Census records before or after that > date. In the 1902 marriage record his parents are recorded as Thomas and Elizabeth In the 1881 Census I find: Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion James STRUM M Male 54 NS Labourer CE Mary A. STRUM M Female 50 NS CE John H. STRUM Male 20 NS Factory Hand CE Charles M. STRUM Male 19 NS Factory Hand CE Alexander STRUM Male 17 NS Factory Hand CE Christie A. STRUM Female 15 NS CE Elizabeth STRUM Female 14 NS CE George F. STRUM Male 8 NS CE Mary BECKWITH Female 19 NS CE Dartmouth, Halifax, NS Film FHL 1375805, NAC -13169 District 10 Sub-district N, Page 41, Household 190 > > > > There is a James A. Strum listed on the 1901 (b) 1934 (m) Mary but they can > be found together on the 1911 Census as Alfred and Catherine so I do not > believe this is the correct man I am looking for. Why do you think the Alfred and Catherine in Maders Cove, Lunenburg County are James and Mary in Dartmouth. If James married Susan Emino in 1902 the Mary had died before then and her death is in the 1877-1908 time period when only marriages were recorded. I do not find a James or Susan Strum in the 1911 Census in NS. The earlier Census for many NS counties can be found at http://www.dwaynemeisner.com/census/novascotia/index.php You can find Strum Lunenburg records at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~downeast/1SPI.htm bob gillis

All very sensible advice, but it boils down to putting your references in, whatever they say, and wherever they have come from, even if it is a phone conversation with great aunt Maud, and then the interpretation is open to the reader.Then there are the wonderful skeletons in cupboards!  The human side of all this. I have one wonderful Death Certificate which has the deceased person buried 2 days before she died!Anne Maye.

Personally, when I encounter conflicting sources for a date for a vital stat for a person, I tend to follow the advice of Terry Punch, who suggests using the one closest to the event, as there is more of a chance of it being correct. However, I also mention any additional dates for the event, and where they occur (gravestone, e.g.). Lois Jenkins

Richard, Well said! And congratulations on making this point so effectively. Your dilemma, however, is not isolated to just the field of Family History but, in fact, covers all forms of documentation research. I used to be called on to do such research in technology and scientific fields from time to time and I found the "rule of thumb" was that:- a single source should only be considered as an "indication that …." Two differing sources gave "differing opinions that …." while two results the same gave "it is confirmed by X sources that …." (For more than two sources both phrases can apply in which case it becomes "a majority opinion holds that ….") The ideal situation seems to be at least three INDEPENDENT and agreeing sources at which point you can say, "It is generally agreed that …." Multiple sources disagreeing call for "The majority seem to consider that ….." Of course you MUST quote ALL sources as accurately as possible and "if legally available" a copy should be included with the report. A citation is the least you MUST record. I emphasized the word INDEPENDENT above because you frequently find that two reports are taken from the same original data (i.e., the indexing of census records!) so their agreeing is not an agreement of two sources, but simply a duplication of a single source. (Figuring the difference between INDEPENDENT reports and SOME-SOURCE reports out can be quite challenging but should always be considered.) You will realize from the above that it was rare that anything could be considered a "Sure Thing" and that is simply because all conclusions found in records are subject to the whims of human error, and interpretation, in some way or another. Always be on the lookout for another confirming, or differing, result. The more you find the more accurate your findings will be. At the same time even a single report is important as long as it is placed in the right "perspective." Malcolm Archive CD Books Canada Inc. President: Malcolm Moody PO Box 11 Manotick Ontario, K4M 1A2 Canada. (613) 692-2667 1-888-692-2660 - Toll-free WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca FACEBOOK: http://tinyurl.com/ACDB-Can-on-Facebook On 23 Feb, 2012, at 3:00 AM, nova-scotia-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:50:44 -0400 > From: Richard Noble <nobler@accesswave.ca> > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Verification of records .... > To: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <000701ccf168$f9824a20$012d8e18@ricocpv8lc3ftj> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > While we are considered to be genealogists, I often think family historian > might be a better name. > > One problem we run into is to verify all data. But realistically that might > not always be possible. > Thus, if I look on the 1901 census and it has a birth date, should I use it? > Those dates are well known to not be reliable, although often times the > dates are correct. > It is no different with names on census records.

How True! The abilty to prove/locate lost members is even more daunting when "Englishing" thier surnames. I have a Hammerschmidt who then went by Smith and I cannot tell you how many name spelling variants there are of Hammerschmidt and Smith. Dates are also a problem for some went by their "Baptism Date" as a birthdate and others "Fudge" wishing to be younger than their years. One member (a twin) was always known to falsify her birthdate by taking off at least 10 years; her twin on the other hand always saw it listed correctly. As frustrating as it can be one has to keep in perspective that as a Genealogist/Family Historian it is our hobby and hobbies should be fun. I'm just happy now that we have computers to record our findings (way easier to update) than the old way of "pen & paper". Thank you Richard - Well put! MJ MacNeil On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Richard Noble <nobler@accesswave.ca> wrote: > While we are considered to be genealogists, I often think family historian > might be a better name. > > One problem we run into is to verify all data. But realistically that might > not always be possible. > Thus, if I look on the 1901 census and it has a birth date, should I use > it? > Those dates are well known to not be reliable, although often times the > dates are correct. > It is no different with names on census records. > > To give an example, on the 1901 census, George and Agnes Pineo in Hants > County are shown with > a daughter Catherine, born 03 December 1899. Imagine my confusion when I > found a birth announcement > in the Hants Journal and it says a SON. > But then on the NS Vitals site, I now find a son Frank Lee Pineo, born 03 > December 1899. > Obviously the Catherine is a huge mistake. > But should we ignore the 1901 census because it has errors. Of course not. > Will we always be able to correct the errors, again the answer is no. > > Thus if the 1901 census gives me a birthdate, that I cannot find anywhere > else, I will use that date, just note where I got it. > > The one thing we all have to remmeber, is that in 1900, these people did > not > have a driver's license with their date of birth on it. > When the 1901 census was taken, when asked when they were born, they often > said, April 1, then they were asked how old they were. > They would then often tell the census taker that they were 73, and he would > then calculate the birth year. > Of course they often lost track of how old they were. > > What about a gravestone. Errors abound there also. On my great > grandmother's > stone the date of her death is given. > But they mistakenly used her birth date as her death date. And also got the > year wrong. > My grandfather's has the wrong year on it. > > But then what if the date of death on the gravestone is all you have. You > of > course still use it, but note where it came from. > > An Example of this is, on the 1901 census there is a Daniel Nolter. His > date > of birth is given as 03 August 1826. > As I can find no other record of his birth I use it. But I note that it > comes from the 1901 census. > He married 22 December 1857. But where did that date come from? From the > birth record of his son in 1868. > So I use that date and note where it came from. > Is it accurate? Who knows. I have seen marriage dates on birth records that > vary from child to child. > Daniel's wife died 26 July 1891. That date is from her gravestone. I can't > verify that date, so I use it and note where it came from. > > My great grandmother on my mother's side, has her date of birth in her > obituary. But of course it does not agree with her baptism record. > In my data base, I put in the obituary. Now you read my entry and it shows > her date of birth and baptism date, from the church record, and then the > obituary says something else. Kind of makes me look like I don't know what > I > am doing. > > But that is my message. We are historians and can only record what we know. > Will we have mistakes in our work? You can bet on that. > But our job is to report as acurately as we can. nothing more. > > Thus when I talked to my cousin and he showed me his birth certificate all > officially stamped by the Registrar, then he turns around and tells me, > that > the certificate is wrong, he was born on April 23, not April 24 as the > record says, I have to believe him. > > Go on the vitals site and look at records. My Grandfather William Henry > Noble on his death record is Henry William. Imagine the fun trying to find > him in the index under William, when he is recorded as Henry. Or my Uncle > Robert Henry, and on his marriage record he is Henry Robert. Good thing I > can search on Noble and Annapolis County, or I may never have found them. > > What if it was MacDonald? Would I find them? > > The other problem is the vitals site has errors also. Thus a Schnare > indexed > as SchMare. Two Dalrample deaths in Kings County in the 1930s not in the > index. > > Bottom line!! Do the best job you can. quote your sources, and have fun. > > It's never going to be 100% accurate. > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. 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Please do not forget that newspaper obits and grave stones are only as correct as the knowledge of the person giving the information to the newspaper or to the funeral director. Jeanne

Well said Richard..another thing to remember about census takers is that they were only paid for the one-time enumeration, so if people were not home at the time, they would ask neighbours, and use that material rather than go back again...many of the people who did the census also did the surveys for directories like McAlpine's etc., and used the same tactic. Family historians should proceed in the same manner as I used to tell my newspaper reporters..use the best information possible, but always take it with a grain of salt! Jay Underwood Elmsdale www.Pennydreadfulpublishing.com or join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pennydreadful-Publishing/229917090400650 ---- Richard Noble <nobler@accesswave.ca> wrote: > While we are considered to be genealogists, I often think family historian > might be a better name. > > One problem we run into is to verify all data. But realistically that might > not always be possible. > Thus, if I look on the 1901 census and it has a birth date, should I use it? > Those dates are well known to not be reliable, although often times the > dates are correct. > It is no different with names on census records. > > To give an example, on the 1901 census, George and Agnes Pineo in Hants > County are shown with > a daughter Catherine, born 03 December 1899. Imagine my confusion when I > found a birth announcement > in the Hants Journal and it says a SON. > But then on the NS Vitals site, I now find a son Frank Lee Pineo, born 03 > December 1899. > Obviously the Catherine is a huge mistake. > But should we ignore the 1901 census because it has errors. Of course not. > Will we always be able to correct the errors, again the answer is no. > > Thus if the 1901 census gives me a birthdate, that I cannot find anywhere > else, I will use that date, just note where I got it. > > The one thing we all have to remmeber, is that in 1900, these people did not > have a driver's license with their date of birth on it. > When the 1901 census was taken, when asked when they were born, they often > said, April 1, then they were asked how old they were. > They would then often tell the census taker that they were 73, and he would > then calculate the birth year. > Of course they often lost track of how old they were. > > What about a gravestone. Errors abound there also. On my great grandmother's > stone the date of her death is given. > But they mistakenly used her birth date as her death date. And also got the > year wrong. > My grandfather's has the wrong year on it. > > But then what if the date of death on the gravestone is all you have. You of > course still use it, but note where it came from. > > An Example of this is, on the 1901 census there is a Daniel Nolter. His date > of birth is given as 03 August 1826. > As I can find no other record of his birth I use it. But I note that it > comes from the 1901 census. > He married 22 December 1857. But where did that date come from? From the > birth record of his son in 1868. > So I use that date and note where it came from. > Is it accurate? Who knows. I have seen marriage dates on birth records that > vary from child to child. > Daniel's wife died 26 July 1891. That date is from her gravestone. I can't > verify that date, so I use it and note where it came from. > > My great grandmother on my mother's side, has her date of birth in her > obituary. But of course it does not agree with her baptism record. > In my data base, I put in the obituary. Now you read my entry and it shows > her date of birth and baptism date, from the church record, and then the > obituary says something else. Kind of makes me look like I don't know what I > am doing. > > But that is my message. We are historians and can only record what we know. > Will we have mistakes in our work? You can bet on that. > But our job is to report as acurately as we can. nothing more. > > Thus when I talked to my cousin and he showed me his birth certificate all > officially stamped by the Registrar, then he turns around and tells me, that > the certificate is wrong, he was born on April 23, not April 24 as the > record says, I have to believe him. > > Go on the vitals site and look at records. My Grandfather William Henry > Noble on his death record is Henry William. Imagine the fun trying to find > him in the index under William, when he is recorded as Henry. Or my Uncle > Robert Henry, and on his marriage record he is Henry Robert. Good thing I > can search on Noble and Annapolis County, or I may never have found them. > > What if it was MacDonald? Would I find them? > > The other problem is the vitals site has errors also. Thus a Schnare indexed > as SchMare. Two Dalrample deaths in Kings County in the 1930s not in the > index. > > Bottom line!! Do the best job you can. quote your sources, and have fun. > > It's never going to be 100% accurate. > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. 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Richard; It was indeed a pleasure to read this article to which I agree with whole heartly. I like most others have comes across this problem and especially if you are into the Scottish lists, where a Donald can mean Daniel, David or even Duncan. Headstone often contain as you mention mis-information and my own mothers headstone is incorrect as to year of birth. But my main purpose was to thank you for posting such an important article to the web site and I hope that many will read and understand that not all data received is assumed to be correct, so make you notes to reflect what you have received , from where and how you got the information. Again thank your for a most interesting article Don -----Original Message----- From: Richard Noble <nobler@accesswave.ca> To: NOVA-SCOTIA-L <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Feb 22, 2012 9:52 am Subject: Re: [NS-L] Verification of records .... While we are considered to be genealogists, I often think family historian might be a better name. One problem we run into is to verify all data. But realistically that might not always be possible. Thus, if I look on the 1901 census and it has a birth date, should I use it? Those dates are well known to not be reliable, although often times the dates are correct. It is no different with names on census records. To give an example, on the 1901 census, George and Agnes Pineo in Hants County are shown with a daughter Catherine, born 03 December 1899. Imagine my confusion when I found a birth announcement in the Hants Journal and it says a SON. But then on the NS Vitals site, I now find a son Frank Lee Pineo, born 03 December 1899. Obviously the Catherine is a huge mistake. But should we ignore the 1901 census because it has errors. Of course not. Will we always be able to correct the errors, again the answer is no. Thus if the 1901 census gives me a birthdate, that I cannot find anywhere else, I will use that date, just note where I got it. The one thing we all have to remmeber, is that in 1900, these people did not have a driver's license with their date of birth on it. When the 1901 census was taken, when asked when they were born, they often said, April 1, then they were asked how old they were. They would then often tell the census taker that they were 73, and he would then calculate the birth year. Of course they often lost track of how old they were. What about a gravestone. Errors abound there also. On my great grandmother's stone the date of her death is given. But they mistakenly used her birth date as her death date. And also got the year wrong. My grandfather's has the wrong year on it. But then what if the date of death on the gravestone is all you have. You of course still use it, but note where it came from. An Example of this is, on the 1901 census there is a Daniel Nolter. His date of birth is given as 03 August 1826. As I can find no other record of his birth I use it. But I note that it comes from the 1901 census. He married 22 December 1857. But where did that date come from? From the birth record of his son in 1868. So I use that date and note where it came from. Is it accurate? Who knows. I have seen marriage dates on birth records that vary from child to child. Daniel's wife died 26 July 1891. That date is from her gravestone. I can't verify that date, so I use it and note where it came from. My great grandmother on my mother's side, has her date of birth in her obituary. But of course it does not agree with her baptism record. In my data base, I put in the obituary. Now you read my entry and it shows her date of birth and baptism date, from the church record, and then the obituary says something else. Kind of makes me look like I don't know what I am doing. But that is my message. We are historians and can only record what we know. Will we have mistakes in our work? You can bet on that. But our job is to report as acurately as we can. nothing more. Thus when I talked to my cousin and he showed me his birth certificate all officially stamped by the Registrar, then he turns around and tells me, that the certificate is wrong, he was born on April 23, not April 24 as the record says, I have to believe him. Go on the vitals site and look at records. My Grandfather William Henry Noble on his death record is Henry William. Imagine the fun trying to find him in the index under William, when he is recorded as Henry. Or my Uncle Robert Henry, and on his marriage record he is Henry Robert. Good thing I can search on Noble and Annapolis County, or I may never have found them. What if it was MacDonald? Would I find them? The other problem is the vitals site has errors also. Thus a Schnare indexed as SchMare. Two Dalrample deaths in Kings County in the 1930s not in the index. Bottom line!! Do the best job you can. quote your sources, and have fun. It's never going to be 100% accurate. ---------------------------------------- Basic List Commands: 1. To post to the list Send a message to: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com 2. How to unsubscribe a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe 3. How to subscribe Send an email containing only the word subscribe to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com 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 NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

While we are considered to be genealogists, I often think family historian might be a better name. One problem we run into is to verify all data. But realistically that might not always be possible. Thus, if I look on the 1901 census and it has a birth date, should I use it? Those dates are well known to not be reliable, although often times the dates are correct. It is no different with names on census records. To give an example, on the 1901 census, George and Agnes Pineo in Hants County are shown with a daughter Catherine, born 03 December 1899. Imagine my confusion when I found a birth announcement in the Hants Journal and it says a SON. But then on the NS Vitals site, I now find a son Frank Lee Pineo, born 03 December 1899. Obviously the Catherine is a huge mistake. But should we ignore the 1901 census because it has errors. Of course not. Will we always be able to correct the errors, again the answer is no. Thus if the 1901 census gives me a birthdate, that I cannot find anywhere else, I will use that date, just note where I got it. The one thing we all have to remmeber, is that in 1900, these people did not have a driver's license with their date of birth on it. When the 1901 census was taken, when asked when they were born, they often said, April 1, then they were asked how old they were. They would then often tell the census taker that they were 73, and he would then calculate the birth year. Of course they often lost track of how old they were. What about a gravestone. Errors abound there also. On my great grandmother's stone the date of her death is given. But they mistakenly used her birth date as her death date. And also got the year wrong. My grandfather's has the wrong year on it. But then what if the date of death on the gravestone is all you have. You of course still use it, but note where it came from. An Example of this is, on the 1901 census there is a Daniel Nolter. His date of birth is given as 03 August 1826. As I can find no other record of his birth I use it. But I note that it comes from the 1901 census. He married 22 December 1857. But where did that date come from? From the birth record of his son in 1868. So I use that date and note where it came from. Is it accurate? Who knows. I have seen marriage dates on birth records that vary from child to child. Daniel's wife died 26 July 1891. That date is from her gravestone. I can't verify that date, so I use it and note where it came from. My great grandmother on my mother's side, has her date of birth in her obituary. But of course it does not agree with her baptism record. In my data base, I put in the obituary. Now you read my entry and it shows her date of birth and baptism date, from the church record, and then the obituary says something else. Kind of makes me look like I don't know what I am doing. But that is my message. We are historians and can only record what we know. Will we have mistakes in our work? You can bet on that. But our job is to report as acurately as we can. nothing more. Thus when I talked to my cousin and he showed me his birth certificate all officially stamped by the Registrar, then he turns around and tells me, that the certificate is wrong, he was born on April 23, not April 24 as the record says, I have to believe him. Go on the vitals site and look at records. My Grandfather William Henry Noble on his death record is Henry William. Imagine the fun trying to find him in the index under William, when he is recorded as Henry. Or my Uncle Robert Henry, and on his marriage record he is Henry Robert. Good thing I can search on Noble and Annapolis County, or I may never have found them. What if it was MacDonald? Would I find them? The other problem is the vitals site has errors also. Thus a Schnare indexed as SchMare. Two Dalrample deaths in Kings County in the 1930s not in the index. Bottom line!! Do the best job you can. quote your sources, and have fun. It's never going to be 100% accurate.

Hello I have been searching for any info on a James Strum (b) Dartmouth abt 1838 Parents: Thomas & Elizabeth. According to novascotiagenealogy.com he was a widower when he married my g grandmother in Sept. 1902. I have been unable to find either him or his parents on any Census records before or after that date. There is a James A. Strum listed on the 1901 (b) 1934 (m) Mary but they can be found together on the 1911 Census as Alfred and Catherine so I do not believe this is the correct man I am looking for. Any leads would be greatly appreciated, I have been searching for this connection for a long time. Paula Jones

Or a marriage record gets recorded as Peter B Cook....and all the census/ marriage records/obits etc in the states has him as Peter Cook Brooks...LOL  Can be fun at times trying to figure things out. ________________________________ From: "ds20065@aol.com" <ds20065@aol.com> To: nobler@accesswave.ca; NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:18:00 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Verification of records .... Richard; It was indeed a pleasure to read this article to which I agree with whole heartly. I like most others have comes across this problem and especially if you are into the Scottish lists, where a Donald can mean Daniel, David or even Duncan.   Headstone often contain as you mention mis-information and my own mothers headstone is incorrect as to year of birth.   But my main purpose was to thank you for posting such an important article to the web site and I hope that many will read and understand that not all data received is assumed to be correct, so make you notes to reflect what you have received , from where and how you got the information. Again thank your for a most interesting article Don -----Original Message----- From: Richard Noble <nobler@accesswave.ca> To: NOVA-SCOTIA-L <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Feb 22, 2012 9:52 am Subject: Re: [NS-L] Verification of records .... While we are considered to be genealogists, I often think family historian might be a better name. One problem we run into is to verify all data. But realistically that might not always be possible. Thus, if I look on the 1901 census and it has a birth date, should I use it? Those dates are well known to not be reliable, although often times the dates are correct. It is no different with names on census records. To give an example, on the 1901 census, George and Agnes Pineo in Hants County are shown with a daughter Catherine, born 03 December 1899. Imagine my confusion when I found a birth announcement in the Hants Journal and it says a SON. But then on the NS Vitals site, I now find a son Frank Lee Pineo, born 03 December 1899. Obviously the Catherine is a huge mistake. But should we ignore the 1901 census because it has errors. Of course not. Will we always be able to correct the errors, again the answer is no. Thus if the 1901 census gives me a birthdate, that I cannot find anywhere else, I will use that date, just note where I got it. The one thing we all have to remmeber, is that in 1900, these people did not have a driver's license with their date of birth on it. When the 1901 census was taken, when asked when they were born, they often said, April 1, then they were asked how old they were. They would then often tell the census taker that they were 73, and he would then calculate the birth year. Of course they often lost track of how old they were. What about a gravestone. Errors abound there also. On my great grandmother's stone the date of her death is given. But they mistakenly used her birth date as her death date. And also got the year wrong. My grandfather's has the wrong year on it. But then what if the date of death on the gravestone is all you have. You of course still use it, but note where it came from. An Example of this is, on the 1901 census there is a Daniel Nolter. His date of birth is given as 03 August 1826. As I can find no other record of his birth I use it. But I note that it comes from the 1901 census. He married 22 December 1857. But where did that date come from? From the birth record of his son in 1868. So I use that date and note where it came from. Is it accurate? Who knows. I have seen marriage dates on birth records that vary from child to child. Daniel's wife died 26 July 1891. That date is from her gravestone. I can't verify that date, so I use it and note where it came from. My great grandmother on my mother's side, has her date of birth in her obituary. But of course it does not agree with her baptism record. In my data base, I put in the obituary. Now you read my entry and it shows her date of birth and baptism date, from the church record, and then the obituary says something else. Kind of makes me look like I don't know what I am doing. But that is my message. We are historians and can only record what we know. Will we have mistakes in our work? You can bet on that. But our job is to report as acurately as we can. nothing more. Thus when I talked to my cousin and he showed me his birth certificate all officially stamped by the Registrar, then he turns around and tells me, that the certificate is wrong, he was born on April 23, not April 24 as the record says, I have to believe him. Go on the vitals site and look at records. My Grandfather William Henry Noble on his death record is Henry William. Imagine the fun trying to find him in the index under William, when he is recorded as Henry. Or my Uncle Robert Henry, and on his marriage record he is Henry Robert. Good thing I can search on Noble and Annapolis County, or I may never have found them. What if it was MacDonald? Would I find them? The other problem is the vitals site has errors also. Thus a Schnare indexed as SchMare. Two Dalrample deaths in Kings County in the 1930s not in the index. Bottom line!! Do the best job you can. quote your sources, and have fun. 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Greetings from Toronto: The easy answer to Don's question is if you are not looking at what seems to be an "original" document you have to verify, verify, verify ....even then it might not be right ... Two quick examples One: In St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery in Streetsville, Ontario there are three stones for three unrelated ladies who died within two weeks of one another ... one problem: all three of the tombstones have the wrong year on them (1867) .... they all died in 1866. How did I prove this? A local newspaper was indexed and I found an entry for one of the people I was interested in dated in 1866. When I read that item it was actually a news report about the three pioneer ladies having died within two weeks of one another and gave their names ... so the newspaper was published closer to the time of the event, and it predates the year inscribed on the tombstone. Two: I can cite numerous examples of where in marriage register the Priest (Minister or who-ever) wrote one name into the body of the register, and the person signed actually signed with a different name. Not many people check the signatures, i.e. the regieter entry said "James" Smith and he signed "Jonathan" Smith - which obviously the correct name to use. So if you do not have signatures to compare with your "James" Smith might become a deadend / roadblock in your research ... as you should be looking for a Jonathon Smith! Finally for those of you who participate may I say to you ... "Keep a good Lent" - and one last thing - genealogical wise - remember in days of yore you could not be married during Lent ... even though marriage is a Sacrament of The Church. Yours faithfully ... J. Brian Gilchrist ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don MacMillan" <donmac@accesscomm.ca> Subject: [NS-L] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 > Ancestry shows this on a lot of my US records and I wondered how much > stock people put into the info it provides. Is it somewhat like the IGI > where you still need to verify with other info?

Ancestry shows this on a lot of my US records and I wondered how much stock people put into the info it provides. Is it somewhat like the IGI where you still need to verify with other info? Don

I have been working with NSHVS the past couple of days with no problems. When I get the " missing plug in " notation I usually restart the computer and all is fine. Malcolm Silver ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:40:07 -0400 From: Kevin Podgursky <kpodgursky@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NS-L] [nsroots] Trouble looking at NSHVS To: Darlene MacPherson <darlene.macpherson@hotmail.com> Cc: NOVA-SCOTIA-L <nova-scotia-l@rootsweb.com>, ns roots <nsroots@ednet.ns.ca> I was using it this am without issue. Try another browser such as firefox or google chrome to see if the problem is still there. If the problem goes away, its your current browser. If the problem persists, its you computer system. I forget what plugin is used. Probably Flash or some such, which would then need to be reinstalled. Kevin http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~podgursky/ updated 09 Jul 2011 On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Darlene MacPherson <darlene.macpherson@hotmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone else have trouble viewing records? Everytime I try, I am told > "missing plug in".This just started yesterday and I can't figure it out as > I > had no problems before.Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks, Darlene MacPherson

Hi all, For the past several months, I have been working on redesigning my web site, www.dwaynemeisner.com . As most regular users know, over the last couple of years I added a lot of information to the original site. Unfortunately, the original site was never set up for this, which made things a lot harder to accomplish. The new site has entire new look. However, the original software that runs the family tree portion of the site was kept intact. It turned out to be a large undertaking, as there are over 1600 pages that make the site work... Some of the new features are: 1. A drop-down menu panel at the top edge of each page that allows access to the family tree search engine, the census search engine, and the new BMD search engine (see #3 below) no matter which page you are viewing. 2. The census and BMD pages now load one area at a time on demand, rather than loading all areas at once, which speeds up the loading process tremendously. 3. I have implemented a search engine for the BMD section. It works just like the census search engine you are already familiar with. 4. All census, BMD tables etc. have a new filtering feature. The new feature filters names rather than sorting the columns. This makes it much easier to quickly find the name you are looking for. 5. I have added several help files to make the site easier to use. 6. Our wedding photo album has been completely redesigned. 7. Our wedding DVD page has been completely redesigned to allow full screen viewing. 8. The vacation pages have a new slideshow viewer, with built in Twitter and Facebook buttons, so you can easily share the pictures. 9. The cemetery section has a new viewer as well. 10. I have taken advantage of the new CSS3 standards to make the pages have rounded corners, shadow boxes, transparency, etc. 11. The whole site now uses the whole screen, rather than the fixed size it was. This means it is easier on the eyes, and less scrolling. 12. I have incorporated a photo/document file upload section, so you can share your files you would like me to host on the site for you, similar to Steve Ilium's photos of Yarmouth County. 13. And much more.. I would appreciate any and all feedback about the new site. A lot of the new features that are here are because of the suggestions of you, the users. I am sure I may have missed a thing or two, but I will be fine tuning things on the live site over the next couple of days. If something isn't working right, please let me know. I have only posted this message to the Nova Scotia Request , NSROOTS, and Lunen-Links lists. I would appreciate it if you are a member of the other county lists here in Nova Scotia, please forward this message to the other lists so everyone will be aware of the changes. Thanks, as always, Dwayne

I had the same problem while using Google Chrome. I switch back to Internet Explorer and had no problem. Betty -----Original Message----- From: nova-scotia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nova-scotia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bob gillis Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:33 PM To: Nova scotia Subject: Re: [NS-L] Trouble looking at NSHVS I ahve not seen this message except in Kevin Podgursky's reply On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Darlene MacPherson <darlene.macpherson@hotmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone else have trouble viewing records? Every time I try, I am told > "missing plug in". This just started yesterday and I can't figure it out as I > had no problems before.Any help would be appreciated. What OS and browser are you using ? When did you last use NSHVS? What surname, given and county? I just tried searching for park, gilbert any county and found my GGPs marriage record which has an indexing error reported to NSHVS. bob gillis ---------------------------------------- Basic List Commands: 1. To post to the list Send a message to: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com 2. How to unsubscribe a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe 3. How to subscribe Send an email containing only the word subscribe to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com 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 NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message