Hello all, Is there anyone there in Vancouver that would have access to the Vancouver newspapers for 1917? Looking for an obit for my great grandmother, Kate Logan MacDonald, died Sept. 16, 1917 in Vancouver. She was from Wallace area of Nova Scotia. Looking for any relatives mentioned in an obit at her death or after the funeral. Her mother Mary Jane Ross Logan was actually still alive in NS. I have Kate's death certificate and she is buried at Mountain View in Vancouver, but no actual newspaper obits etc. Thanks to all on this great list as always helping me move my family tree to completion. Cheers, Marilyn in Los Angeles

If you do not get a look up directly, I used to live in BC and did lots of research at one of the South Surrey branches, I think it was Cloverdale. Try contacting them and see if they will look it up for you. http://www.surreylibraries.ca/location-hours/4684.aspx Besides that, Mountain cemetery is in the main part of Vancouver (maybe east ..). If you contact M. Cem they may have more info for you in their record files, like location of the grave. Carol -------Original Message------- From: Marilyn Tusher Date: 07/07/2012 11:08:35 PM To: NovaScotiaList Subject: [NS-L] 1917 Vancouver BC Newspaper Hello all, Is there anyone there in Vancouver that would have access to the Vancouver newspapers for 1917? Looking for an obit for my great grandmother, Kate Logan MacDonald, died Sept. 16, 1917 in Vancouver. She was from Wallace area of Nova Scotia. Looking for any relatives mentioned in an obit at her death or after the funeral. Her mother Mary Jane Ross Logan was actually still alive in NS. I have Kate's death certificate and she is buried at Mountain View in Vancouver, but no actual newspaper obits etc. Thanks to all on this great list as always helping me move my family tree to completion. Cheers, Marilyn in Los Angeles ---------------------------------------- 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

Thanks so much Carol, someone in Vancouver has already offered to help me. Yes I do have the info from Mountain View Cemetery, and know where she is buried etc., but no newspaper obits. Yes, Cloverdale is a wonderful resource library, but unfortunately due to my husband's health I can't make my annual trip up that way this year to further the research. I have to say again that the NS list is the very best for help everywhere, including the US. Cheers, Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Harding" <cmh44@eastlink.ca> To: "Marilyn Tusher" <mltusher@att.net> Cc: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] 1917 Vancouver BC Newspaper > If you do not get a look up directly, I used to live in BC and did lots of > research at one of the South Surrey branches, I think it was Cloverdale. > Try > contacting them and see if they will look it up for you. > > http://www.surreylibraries.ca/location-hours/4684.aspx > > > > Besides that, Mountain cemetery is in the main part of Vancouver (maybe > east > ..). If you contact M. Cem they may have more info for you in their record > files, like location of the grave. > > > > Carol > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Marilyn Tusher > > Date: 07/07/2012 11:08:35 PM > > To: NovaScotiaList > > Subject: [NS-L] 1917 Vancouver BC Newspaper > > > > Hello all, > > Is there anyone there in Vancouver that would have access to the Vancouver > newspapers for 1917? > > Looking for an obit for my great grandmother, Kate Logan MacDonald, died > Sept. 16, 1917 in Vancouver. She was from Wallace area of Nova Scotia. > Looking for any relatives mentioned in an obit at her death or after the > funeral. Her mother Mary Jane Ross Logan was actually still alive in NS. I > have Kate's death certificate and she is buried at Mountain View in > Vancouver, but no actual newspaper obits etc. > > Thanks to all on this great list as always helping me move my family tree > to > completion. > > Cheers, > > Marilyn in Los Angeles > > ---------------------------------------- > > 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

Ann MacDonald Craigen supplied some MacDonald genealogy data for the book 'Rawdon and Douglas:two Nova Scotia Towns by V. Duncanson. She listed her home as Vancouver, BC. In it she refers to the genealogy of the family of 'Iain MacEoghain Oig (John McDonald) plus the lines to 4 sons and 4 daughters, all who originally settled in Pictou County, NS in 1784. (pages 331 - 343) That my GGGG-GF, John MacDonald was a "Glencoe MacDonald" was called into dispute by Dr William Matheson, head of the Gaelic Dept at the Univ of Edinburgh in a 1970 letter written to Ann MacDonald Craigen of Vancouver BC and agreed with by Margaret (Maggie) MacDonald, Clan Donald Archivist at Armadale in a letter she sent me a few years ago. My own DNA does not match with that of any Glencoe MacDonald On my visit to Skye in 2006, they had some some personal correspondence letters from Ann Craigen to another person in which Ann Craigen was herself doubting the validity of the Glencoe descent she put into Duncanson's book I would be interested to hear from anyone associated with her genealogy research. I am especially interested in her personal research notes Ben MacDonald Sun City AZ