Hi Nancy, if this is the wife it shows her married at time of death and it would be after 1914 Name: Mary Helen Young Death Date: 12 Feb 1926 Death Location: Ontario Gender: Female, Irish, Married Estimated Birth Year: Oct 8 1857 Birth Location: Brock Place of Death: 30 year....Ontario all life Father: Ulick McDonald, Ireland Mother: Jane Ruan, Ireland Informant: John Young, Sunderland, son Place of Buriel: West Brock Cemetery Prinary Cause: Diabetes Contributory: Gangrene Name: Lois Bertha Mureal Young Date of Birth: 27 Mar 1899 (I think this is 1898) Gender: Female Birth County: Ontario Father's Name: William Young Mother's Name: Mary Elen McDonald Roll Number: MS929_147 Name: Lois Bertha Murial Young Death Date: Feb 7 1899 10 months Brain fever 7 days Death Location: Ontario Gender: Female Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899 Birth Location: Brock , father William Young Births: Cora Lilia Young 7 Jun 1886 Female Ontario William F Young Mary Ealnor McDonald Herbert Stanley Young 17 Apr 1893 Male Ontario William Young Ellen McDonald Lois Bertha Mureal Young 27 Mar 1899 Female Ontario William Young Mary Elen McDonald Norma Hay Young 13 Jul 1889 Female Ontario William Young Hellen McDonald (This one looks too old) Name: William Young Death Date: 4 Feb 1914 Death Location: Beaverton, Ontario Gender: Male, Married Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840 74 years Birth Location: Darlington,Ont Father: James Alexander Young Mother: Jane Stewart Hope some of this helps. Jackie (Canada) Kevin & Nancy Caldwell wrote: >Hello list, > >Could someone be able to lookup a death for William Young(b. 1859) in Brock >township, Ontario County for me in 1914. I think he died August 14, 1914, >but can't be sure. There are so many William Youngs I can't narrow it down >at the archives. I'm also needing to verify his wife Mary Ellen 'Helen' >Young (b.1857) who died Feb 12, 1926 in Ontario County. > >The 1901 & 1911 censuses have different information for his wife, so am >trying to narrow it down, and the cemetery confirms the 1926 information. > >Any help is appreciated. > >Nancy > > >*********** >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

Hello list, Could someone be able to lookup a death for William Young(b. 1859) in Brock township, Ontario County for me in 1914. I think he died August 14, 1914, but can't be sure. There are so many William Youngs I can't narrow it down at the archives. I'm also needing to verify his wife Mary Ellen 'Helen' Young (b.1857) who died Feb 12, 1926 in Ontario County. The 1901 & 1911 censuses have different information for his wife, so am trying to narrow it down, and the cemetery confirms the 1926 information. Any help is appreciated. Nancy

Hi: I searched for Wm dying after 1926 but found none born within 5 years + or - 1857, deaths up to and including 1934 who had parents Thomas and Susanna (according to his marriage reg). Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 County of Ontario, Division of Brock Name: Mary Helen Young --Middle name of Ellen was first written and then Helen was substituted Death Date: 12 Feb 1926 Death Location: Sunderland, Ontario County Length of residence at place of death: 30 years; In Ontario: Life Gender: Female Occupation: Housewife Marital: Married ---Yes, it says married Born: October 8, 1857 Birth Location: Brock Parents: Ulick McDonald amd Jane Ruau/Ruan??, both born Ireland Physician: J. J. Paul, Sunderland Cause: Diabetes for 2 years, gangrene for 2 months Informant: John Young, Sunderland, son Burial: West Brock cemetery, Feb14 1926 Undertaker: L. M. Ruckhaus, Sunderland Reg. #025305 Marg in Sunny Alberta Kevin & Nancy Caldwell wrote: >Hello list, > >Could someone be able to lookup a death for William Young(b. 1859) in Brock >township, Ontario County for me in 1914. I think he died August 14, 1914, >but can't be sure. There are so many William Youngs I can't narrow it down >at the archives. I'm also needing to verify his wife Mary Ellen 'Helen' >Young (b.1857) who died Feb 12, 1926 in Ontario County. > >The 1901 & 1911 censuses have different information for his wife, so am >trying to narrow it down, and the cemetery confirms the 1926 information. > >Any help is appreciated. > >Nancy > > >*********** >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >__________ NOD32 2681 (20071123) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > > > >

Hi Marg, Thank you for taking the time to answer my query. Primarily I was hoping to obtain photos of those ministers to include in our church historical records. So my approach was to see if any living relatives would respond. No luck so far except I have some names to phone and see what results. When doing my own family search I made good use of census records that you suggested and it may be they will be useful in this exercise. (I've enjoyed the friendly people of Alberta several times when visiting relatives in Edmonton). With best regards. Dave.

Following is a list of pastors who ministered in the United (Methodist) Church, Markdale, Ontario in the years listed. I would like additional information on these men to update our church historical records. Is anyone searching these names? Rev. Robert Lougheed 1871-1872 Rev. Joseph Galloway 1876-1879 Rev. James Anderson 1879-1880 Rev. Robert Davey 1890-1893 Rev. William Walker Wallace 1913-1917 Rev. Austin Perry Stanley 1917-1921 Thank you. Dave.

We give up! We need help. My cousin has looked at what we have been told are the correct films and cannot find any reference to this Crown Land Grant/Patent. The land is Concession 8 lots 27 and 28 in Alice Twp., Renfrew County We know that John Roe is listed on the 1861 census and agricultural census for this parcel of land. We know that John Roe is listed on this land in the record book found at Armprior Archives, where the Renfrew Cty. land books are now located. John was on this land until he died in 1907. We know that John Roe is listed as the first name in the books for this land. It says - Patent 4/17/1873 Grantor "Crown" to John Roe So it took at least 12 years to "prove" this land. What we can't find is how to locate the application for the Crown land grant and the subsequent patent. We contacted the archives in Ottawa. They said to look at the films. We have looked at the films we think apply. Can someone please help us out? My cousin is in BC and has access to Cloverdale genealogical center which has most of the land films. I am in California and can order films from LDS. Bonnie in California **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Hi Dave: Are you looking for things like their marriages, children's births, family deaths from Ontario registrations, as well as census, etc? I have an Ancestry membership and would be glad to help you out if this is the type of info you are looking for. As I'm sure you know, the 1881 census is at www.familysearch.org and the 1901 & 1911 are at www.automatedgenealogy.com . Marg in Sunny Alberta Dave Dixon wrote: >Following is a list of pastors who ministered in the United (Methodist) >Church, Markdale, Ontario in the years listed. I would like additional >information on these men to update our church historical records. Is anyone >searching these names? > > Rev. Robert Lougheed 1871-1872 > Rev. Joseph Galloway 1876-1879 > Rev. James Anderson 1879-1880 > Rev. Robert Davey 1890-1893 > Rev. William Walker Wallace 1913-1917 > Rev. Austin Perry Stanley 1917-1921 > >Thank you. >Dave. > > > > >*********** >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >__________ NOD32 2676 (20071121) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > > > >

* NEW CEMETERIES ADDED. ******************** * 1. Renfrew County, Killaloe Immanuel Baptist, Killaloe-Hagarty-Richards Township. * 2. Renfrew County, Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C., Tramor, Killaloe-Hagarty-Richards Township. * 3. Renfrew County, Killaloe Calvary Baptist, Killaloe-Hagarty-Richards Township. * 4. Renfrew County, Lyndoch Evangelical, Brudenell-Lyndoch-Raglan Township. * 5. Cochrane District, Tisdale Cemetery, South Porcupine, Tisdale Township. * 6. Timiskaming District, Pioneer Cemetery, New Liskeard, Dymond Township. * 7. Algoma District, Sands Cemetery, Plummer Township. * SPOUSAL DUPLICATED CEMETERIES. (Photos with spouse's name duplicated & searchable).[1] ***************************** * 1. Thunder Bay District, Terrace Bay Cemetery, Terrace Bay Township. * 2. Quebec, Temiscaming Public Cemetery, Temiscamingue County. * IN PROGRESS. *********** * 1. We have completed photographing all Renfrew County Cemeteries. Processing photos is ongoing. * 2. Work is continuing in Sudbury District. The huge Park Lawn Cemetery in Sudbury is done and online. * 3. More volunteers have joined the effort to photograph all cemeteries in Cochrane District. * 4. More work is being done on Muskoka District Cemeteries. * 5. Volunteers are starting work on Rainy River and Thunder Bay Districts. * * BREAKING NEWS. ************* * 1. Over the past 7 years I have been asked by Out-Of-Province folks, "If I photographed local cemeteries, can I send the pictures to you and have them placed online?" At the time, I told these folks that I was concentrating only on Northern Ontario. * 2. However, I have now started building a website: http://gravemarkers.ca .....! On this new site I can accommodate photographs of complete cemeteries from anywhere in Canada. * 3. If you have family or friends across Canada who may be interested in photographing their local cemeteries, please pass on this information. * 4. If you are interested in your local cemeteries going online, please contact me at: mailto:murray@gravemarkers.ca * * ****************************************************** * Northern Ontario Gravemarker Gallery: * http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~murrayp * To Subscribe to this Newsletter please go to the Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~murrayp and click on the "Join Updates Newsletter" button located just above the weather row. * ****************************************************** * * NOTES: ***** 1. Cemeteries photographed early in the project were not "spousal-duplicated". This means a photo which has the spouse's maiden name showing, is duplicated and when one searches for a surname, the spouse's name will be a search "hit". * 2. The majority of cemeteries are spousal duplicated now and thanks to the help of kind volunteers, we are working away to make sure the entire project is "spousal-duplicated". * 3. The speed at which cemeteries are photographed depends mostly on the price of gas for our cars to reach distant cemeteries. Should you wish to help out with this ongoing huge project, please contact Murray at mailto:murray@gravemarkers.ca * Bye for now...Murray * Canadian Gravemarker Gallery - http://gravemarkers.ca * NorOnt Gravemarker Gallery - http://301url.com/gravemarkers * NorOnt Nostalgia Gallery - http://nocggh.org

The index to YORK REGION ANCESTORS has now been updated to include 1996 through to 2007. http://www.rootsweb.com/~onyrbogs/York_Region_Ancestors_Index.htm The transcriptions from the MARKHAM ECONOMIST newspaper are now available from July 1856 through to June 1858. http://www.rootsweb.com/~onyrbogs/Index_Markham_Economist_02.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~onyrbogs/Index_Markham_Economist.htm Steve Marshall

...... 1881 Canada Census - Household: MOYLE Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion William MOYLE M Male English 60 England Farmer Baptist Martha MOYLE M Female English 47 England Baptist Joseph MOYLE Male English 24 O Farmer Baptist Minny MOYLE Female English 21 O Baptist Charless MOYLE Male English 19 O Miller Baptist James MOYLE Male English 10 O Baptist Mary HORAN Female Irish 21 Ireland Servant Roman Catholic - Source Information: Census Place Brantford East, Brant North, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375900 NA Film Number C-13264 District 160 Sub-district A Division 2 Page Number 43 Household Number 183 ......... Birth registration of James Moyle shows mother's maiden name as Randall. ..... Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 - Registration No. 028313 about Martha Moyle Name: Martha Moyle (Widow) Death Date: 17 Apr 1921 (age 92 years, 6 months, 1 day) Death Location: Victoria (Front Street, Bobcaygeon) Gender: Female Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 (Oct 15, 1928) Birth Location: Dytchet Dorsetshire,Eng Father: Joseph Randall, b. England Mother: Sarah Workman, b. " Informant: J.R. Moyle, son, of Bobcaygeon Cause of death; old age Burial: Brantford, April 19, 1921 ....... Doreen ________________________________ From: crandall@andrewswireless.net To: devaney2004@hotmail.com Subject: Death Reg. Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:50:30 -0500 Hi Doreen: Oh wise one once again!! I'm trying to locate burials of the Moyle family from the Brantford/Paris area. Specifically Martha Randall (Mrs. Wm. Moyle) b. 1829. I can find deaths of Mrs. Wm. Moyle Nov. 1870 and Mrs. Martha Moyle Apr. 1921. I suspect she's one of these found on the Brantford Library site. I'm hoping the burial site will be noted on the death. Any help, as usual, most appreciated. Cheers, Catherine _________________________________________________________________ Send a smile, make someone laugh, have some fun! Start now! http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122

Hello I would like to search the 1891 and 1901 census for Simcoe Co. Would you please advise what email address I should use to search for relatives in Nottawasaga Twp. Thank you for your help. Don

Don: For 1901 and 1911, go to www.automatedgenealogy.com and type in the surname and choose an initial. From the results you will have to then keep refining you search using, for example, a first name and a birth month. Or you can go here http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/District.jsp?id=114 and type in the surname. I assume you are certain they were in Nottawasaga Tp at that time. Or click on the first letter of the surname and scroll down, looking for the surname, possible variations on it, etc. The 1891 and other gene records are indexed here: http://www.simcoebogs.com/ Click on Settler's database and type in your surname leaving the boxes to the left as they appear now. If you find someone and you want to see the whole family, copy the 1891 census citation, which, in the far right column will look something like this Tay Dist L3 Pg 1 Line 10 so in the search box at the top, don't put a surname but rather copy and paste this Tay Dist L3 Pg 1 delete the line number, and click search. Everyone who is on that page of the Tay census for District L3 will come up. If you need more help send me the names of the people you are looking for as well as any other info you have already, like birthdate and place of birth, even approximate and I will try to help you. Marg in Sunny Alberta Don & Carol Graham wrote: >Hello >I would like to search the 1891 and 1901 census for Simcoe Co. Would you please advise what email address I should use to search for relatives in Nottawasaga Twp. Thank you for your help. >Don > >*********** >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >__________ NOD32 2664 (20071116) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > > > >

Greetings All. The initial meeting of the Library and Archives Services Advisory Board has been set for 9:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m., Friday 30 November 2007, in Library and Archives at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa. Please note that this is not an open meeting, but is for only those who have been invited to participate on the Board. I have indicated my intention to attend in person. I have not yet received the full agenda of the meeting, however it is known that one subject to be discussed will be manned hours of service at Library and Archives Canada. This is an issue that, at least in part, was likely responsible for the formation of the Services Advisory Board. If you have been a visitor to the LAC in Ottawa, or expect to visit in the future, and have concerns regarding manned hours of service that you would like to see expressed to the Board, please send an email to my address below, with a subject line of 'LAC SAB'. Please advise also if you would like to see other subjects, relating to LAC, addressed at future meetings of the Service Advisory Board. Thank you. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm

If you would give me the person's name, location I could look it up for you in Ontario registrations. Doreen . > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:05:06 -0500 > From: shrshe@rogers.com > To: ontario@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Cemeteries & the Privacy Act > > so if I am the deceased family member could not I have it????????? The people I am looking for is my great grandmothers family. Thanks for your help > > D O' wrote: > > I could be mistaken but I am under the impression that a cemetery can give information regarding a burial because that is their business whereas giving information regarding a death date is the business of the deceased and his/her survivors and therefore falls under the Privacy Act. > > See: http://www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_07_01_e.asp > > Cheers! > Doreen > =================== > >> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:54:43 -0500 >> To: ONTARIO@rootsweb.com >> From: genealogy@geneofun.on.ca >> Subject: [ONTARIO] Cemeteries & the Privacy Act >> >> >> I called a cemetery today hoping to get a death date for someone born in >> 1864. They refused to give birth or death dates due to the "Privacy Act" >> but did tell me what date this person was buried and who they were buried with. >> >> I've run into this a couple times before, usually with the large city >> cemeteries. >> >> What exactly does the Privacy Act cover with regards to cemeteries? If the >> information being sought is on the headstone or in a cemetery transcript why >> the secrecy? >> >> And if the Privacy Act is trying to help prevent identity theft (a reason >> given by one cemetery I called), how does that work when you're seeking >> persons who were born well over 100 years ago? >> >> >> *********** >> Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send a smile, make someone laugh, have some fun! Start now! > http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122 > > *********** > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *********** > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Get them today! http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122

I could be mistaken but I am under the impression that a cemetery can give information regarding a burial because that is their business whereas giving information regarding a death date is the business of the deceased and his/her survivors and therefore falls under the Privacy Act. See: http://www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_07_01_e.asp Cheers! Doreen =================== > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:54:43 -0500 > To: ONTARIO@rootsweb.com > From: genealogy@geneofun.on.ca > Subject: [ONTARIO] Cemeteries & the Privacy Act > > > I called a cemetery today hoping to get a death date for someone born in > 1864. They refused to give birth or death dates due to the "Privacy Act" > but did tell me what date this person was buried and who they were buried with. > > I've run into this a couple times before, usually with the large city > cemeteries. > > What exactly does the Privacy Act cover with regards to cemeteries? If the > information being sought is on the headstone or in a cemetery transcript why > the secrecy? > > And if the Privacy Act is trying to help prevent identity theft (a reason > given by one cemetery I called), how does that work when you're seeking > persons who were born well over 100 years ago? > > > *********** > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Send a smile, make someone laugh, have some fun! Start now! http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122

so if I am the deceased family member could not I have it????????? The people I am looking for is my great grandmothers family. Thanks for your help D O' <devaney2004@hotmail.com> wrote: I could be mistaken but I am under the impression that a cemetery can give information regarding a burial because that is their business whereas giving information regarding a death date is the business of the deceased and his/her survivors and therefore falls under the Privacy Act. See: http://www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_07_01_e.asp Cheers! Doreen =================== > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:54:43 -0500 > To: ONTARIO@rootsweb.com > From: genealogy@geneofun.on.ca > Subject: [ONTARIO] Cemeteries & the Privacy Act > > > I called a cemetery today hoping to get a death date for someone born in > 1864. They refused to give birth or death dates due to the "Privacy Act" > but did tell me what date this person was buried and who they were buried with. > > I've run into this a couple times before, usually with the large city > cemeteries. > > What exactly does the Privacy Act cover with regards to cemeteries? If the > information being sought is on the headstone or in a cemetery transcript why > the secrecy? > > And if the Privacy Act is trying to help prevent identity theft (a reason > given by one cemetery I called), how does that work when you're seeking > persons who were born well over 100 years ago? > > > *********** > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Send a smile, make someone laugh, have some fun! Start now! http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122 *********** Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm no expert but - the Privacy Act is referred to as PIPEDA http://www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_06_01_01_e.asp and one thing it says is this: Disclosure without knowledge or consent 7(3) For the purpose of clause 4.3 of Schedule 1, and despite the note that accompanies that clause, an organization may disclose personal information without the knowledge or consent of the individual only if the disclosure is (h) made after the earlier of (i) one hundred years after the record containing the information was created, and (ii) twenty years after the death of the individual whom the information is about; So the cemetery may be misinterpreting the Act, or being overly careful, but it says "may disclose" not "has to disclose". You might also want to read this http://www.rootsweb.com/~onapg/meetings.html (click the link at the end) Robin -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sherri Sent: November 14, 2007 4:55 PM To: ONTARIO@rootsweb.com Subject: [ONTARIO] Cemeteries & the Privacy Act I called a cemetery today hoping to get a death date for someone born in 1864. They refused to give birth or death dates due to the "Privacy Act" but did tell me what date this person was buried and who they were buried with. I've run into this a couple times before, usually with the large city cemeteries. What exactly does the Privacy Act cover with regards to cemeteries? If the information being sought is on the headstone or in a cemetery transcript why the secrecy? And if the Privacy Act is trying to help prevent identity theft (a reason given by one cemetery I called), how does that work when you're seeking persons who were born well over 100 years ago?

I called a cemetery today hoping to get a death date for someone born in 1864. They refused to give birth or death dates due to the "Privacy Act" but did tell me what date this person was buried and who they were buried with. I've run into this a couple times before, usually with the large city cemeteries. What exactly does the Privacy Act cover with regards to cemeteries? If the information being sought is on the headstone or in a cemetery transcript why the secrecy? And if the Privacy Act is trying to help prevent identity theft (a reason given by one cemetery I called), how does that work when you're seeking persons who were born well over 100 years ago?

Hello The Massachusetts Genealogical Council has created a rootsweb mailing list. This email list is for Massachusetts Genealogical Council announcements and discussions. The Massachusetts Genealogical Council is an umbrella organization for genealogical and historical societies and libraries, as well as individuals who are interested in records access and legislation alerts, and genealogy education resources. Subscribing instructions Individual message mode To join MASSGENCOUNCIL-L, send mail to MASSGENCOUNCIL-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. Digest mode To join MASSGENCOUNCIL-D, send mail to MASSGENCOUNCIL-D-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. The Massachusetts Genealogical Council was founded in 1980 and has dedicated itself to serving the interests of the state’s genealogical community.MGC’s stated purposes are to act as advocates in monitoring legislative and administrative activities of governmental agencies which affect genealogists; to sponsor and present legislation and programs designed to expand the resources and accessibility of services; to develop and promote the growth, education, and exchange of ideas among persons and organizations interested in the pursuit of genealogy; and to provide other activities to advance genealogy. Sharon Sergeant www.massgencouncil.org