Hello Listers I am searching for a Stinson family who were in the 1861 Census for Cavan Twp. Catherine died and David married Martha Morton. I am interested in finding out if anyone is related to or knows anything about the David and Catherine Stinson family. The family were the following: 1861 Census Cavan Twp., Durham Co., Ontario Archives, Toronto - Stinson David farmer, b. Ire., Religion United Pres., age 33, Stinson Catherine b. U.C., Religion U. Pres., age 25 Stinson William J. b. U.C., Rleigion U. Pres., age 11 Stinson David b. U.C., Religion U. Pres., age 7 Stinson John b. U.C., Religion U. Pres., age 5 Stinson Eliza b. U.C., Religion U. Pres., age 1 Stinson (female) age 1 (possibly Eliza's twin sister) Obtained from the 1861 Census. David & Catherine had a son David A. Stinson who with help I have traced. Will be glad to exchange information. Don

Hello Rita Unless someone is faster than me, I can do lookup for you but it won't be until Sat or Sun. Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Chernoff" <ritachernoff@xplornet.ca> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:57 AM Subject: [ONTARIO] MALCOLM - looking for obituaries >I am looking for obituaries for the following people who resided in > Blackstock, ON are buried in the Cartwright Union Cemetery. > > Norman William MALCOLM - died 8 December 1978 > > Norma Winnifred Malcolm VAN CAMP - died 24 June 1989 (nee MALCOLM) > > Merrill Wright VAN CAMP - died 30 January 2003 > > I do not know what newspapers are in the area and I doubt that their > online archives would go back that far. Is there a library in the area > that would have back issues of newspapers and do they do long distance > look-ups? Or is there someone living in the area could could do look > ups for me? > > Thank you. > > Rita Chernoff > in Saskatchewan > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > 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 am looking for obituaries for the following people who resided in Blackstock, ON are buried in the Cartwright Union Cemetery. Norman William MALCOLM - died 8 December 1978 Norma Winnifred Malcolm VAN CAMP - died 24 June 1989 (nee MALCOLM) Merrill Wright VAN CAMP - died 30 January 2003 I do not know what newspapers are in the area and I doubt that their online archives would go back that far. Is there a library in the area that would have back issues of newspapers and do they do long distance look-ups? Or is there someone living in the area could could do look ups for me? Thank you. Rita Chernoff in Saskatchewan

Ed Janzen of Canadian Stories magazine is looking for more Home Children stories. His magazine published bimonthly now has a Home Child page. Since the Anthology is now published he needs more stories. In fact, he says if he got more than enough he'd be willing to publish another Home Child Anthology (which is separate and apart from the magazine). So for those of you who missed out and wished you had sent him a story, now is another chance for you. You don't get paid for you story. If you want a copy you have to buy the book. I subscribe to the magazine and thoroughly enjoy it. It brings back a lot of forgotten memories of days long ago. You write about anything that hits your fancy. All provinces are covered in the magazine. So send Ed your Home Child stories. http://www.canadianstories.net/contact.html Ed Janzen CANADIAN STORIES P.O. Box 232 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W8 E-mail: ejanzen345@sympatico.ca

Do you believe that the Government of Canada should apologize for the Home Children/Child Migrant Immigration Scheme 1869 - 1960's for any misfortune or abuse/neglect thesa children experienced? If so, following this link you will find the Petition to print off with instructions. http://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/apology-petition.html Only residents of Canada may sign this petition and their is no age restriction although there should be a basic understanding of the Home Children and the reasons for this petition. We hope that you will print these sheets off and obtain signaures. You don't have to be a descendant to sign - anyone can sign. Show it to your family, friends and colleagues at work. Copy this email to other mailing lists you may be on to help spread the word. Contact me if you have any questions or Lori Oschefski lori.oschefski@gmail.com thru her webpage. Thank you so very much GAIL Maria Rye Home Children Database Gail Collins 1869 - 1879 gcollen@sympatico.ca Chris Sanham 1880 - 1896 chris@sanham.co.uk PS There is an online Petition regarding access to records Please take a minute to add you name - thank you This petition aims to gain your support to lobby the Government of Canada to, at the very least, offer a grant to the relatives of Home Children to enable them to pay Barnardo's and other agencies in England for their family information. http://www.change.org/petitions/minister-of-citizenship-immigration-and-multiculturalism-canada-government-help-and-justice-for-the-british-home-children PSS PLEASE feel free to pass this email to other descendants, other mailing lists or others with a vested interest eg Museum, Library, OGS, etc

Will let you know if I come up with anything. Jon On 3/7/2012 6:58 PM, bill.stratton@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Still looking for Entry point into Canada Prior to 1916 for Llewellyn > Lyndsie STRETTON STRATTON who on his Marriage Certificate Claims he was born > Malta 29 Feb 1880 Baletta Malta Father Claude STRETTON STRATTON Mother > Bertha HOLT both born Chichester England > Married 22 Aug 1916 Toronto Ontario > Wife Mary Jane Britton born 1881 Delahunt Cottage Isle of Bute Scotland > On 1940 War Census he stated Bugler for Royal Sussex Regiment for prior > service > > On Marriage Certificate stated he was a Widow > There is a Marriage for him in 1906 ,but that is a different story for birth > and I don't know if that's him > > Any help would be of great value > > Bill Stratton > Cole Harbour NS Canada > Oldest Grandson > > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > 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 > >

Still looking for Entry point into Canada Prior to 1916 for Llewellyn Lyndsie STRETTON STRATTON who on his Marriage Certificate Claims he was born Malta 29 Feb 1880 Baletta Malta Father Claude STRETTON STRATTON Mother Bertha HOLT both born Chichester England Married 22 Aug 1916 Toronto Ontario Wife Mary Jane Britton born 1881 Delahunt Cottage Isle of Bute Scotland On 1940 War Census he stated Bugler for Royal Sussex Regiment for prior service On Marriage Certificate stated he was a Widow There is a Marriage for him in 1906 ,but that is a different story for birth and I don't know if that's him Any help would be of great value Bill Stratton Cole Harbour NS Canada Oldest Grandson

Marg: Thanks for the reply. I don't have any info on this family of Christina's. I was searching the McMillan children and happened to find where one of the girls was married to N. R. Morrison in Cobalt. The 1911 had them in Ajax with no children. Kenneth was the first. I haven't been doing any research in Ontario so don't know what one can access, i.e. vital stats or obits. Really appreciate the help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg McFarlane" <margmcfarlane1951@gmail.com> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Searching MORRISON, Neil R. Hi Evelyn: Could you please be more specific as to what records you already have, ie, birth, marriage, death, burial, kids, too, and what records it is that you would like us to take a look for?

Hello: I have Neil R. MORRISON, born 1875 in Nova Scotia, married Christina McMillan born 1883, Brandon, Manitoba. They are on the 1911 census living in Ontario. Neil was a contractor. They lived in Cobalt, Ontario in 1934 as stated on immigration papers for Christina's sister who visited from Minneapolis, Minn. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Evelyn in snowy Cape Breton

Hi Evelyn: Could you please be more specific as to what records you already have, ie, birth, marriage, death, burial, kids, too, and what records it is that you would like us to take a look for? Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913 District of Nipissing, Division of James Twp. Name: Kenneth John Norman Morrison Date of Birth: 25 Oct 1911 Gender: Male Birth Place: Elk Lake, Nipissing District Father's Name: Neil Morrison, mine manager, married in Toronto, May 26, 1909 Mother's name: Christina Anna Mcmillan Physician: Dr. Ellis Certified by: Mrs. Neil Morrison, mother of the child, Elk Lake, Ontario Reg. #033942 Registered December 13, 1911 Marg in Sunny Alberta On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM, R & E Wells <hannahsfans@syd.eastlink.ca> wrote: > Hello: > > I have Neil R. MORRISON, born 1875 in Nova Scotia, married Christina > McMillan born 1883, Brandon, Manitoba. > They are on the 1911 census living in Ontario. Neil was a contractor. They > lived in Cobalt, Ontario in 1934 as stated > on immigration papers for Christina's sister who visited from Minneapolis, > Minn. > > Any information  would be greatly appreciated. > > Evelyn in snowy Cape Breton > > > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > 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

Folks, I've not been following this thread, but noticed on www.findmypast.com that they are also releasing the 1940 US census in about a month. They have a clock ticking down on their home page. I don't know if anyone has mentioned FMP having this census too, so sorry if it's a duplicate message. Cheers, Jon

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Hi Maureen, You would like to find your Ancestors - In the 1940 US Census ? or ? What time frame would you be researching. What are the names of persons you would be searching for. For best results - Perhaps posting a request - with your research interests to the Mail list - or message boards - Surnames of Interest in Capital Letters on the Subject Line [ Cheers, Stella At 03:00 PM 29/02/2012, you wrote: >Love to know how to find my ancestors > >Maureen Albano >Petfriends of DUPLIN County >Transport Coordinator >Visit us at www.Petfriends-online.org >And Facebook >Sent from my iPad > >On Feb 28, 2012, at 1:49 PM, "Karin 'Casey' Corbeil" ><corbeil@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > You don't need an Ancestry.com subscription to see the 1940 census on > > April 2. You will be able to access it directly through the National > > Archives and through Familysearch.org > > > > And since it won't be indexed initially, there are ways to find who you > > are looking for without going through every single record. If anyone is > > interested on how to do this, please let me know and I can post here. > > You will, at the very least, need a street name or better yet a complete > > address. > > > > Karin Corbeil > > > > On 2/28/2012 11:34 AM, ontario-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> Message: 4 > >> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:55:31 -0500 > >> From: "Dawn Hicks"<smyttie_b1875@primus.ca> > >> Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] 1940 US Census > >> To:<ontario@rootsweb.com> > >> Message-ID:<001f01ccf629$04763710$0d62a530$@ca> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> > >> Ancestry is advertising that it will be on there on April 2 so if you > >> subscribe you will be able to access it. > >> Dawn > > > > *********** > > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > > > 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 > > >*********** >Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: >http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > >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

You can look at the 1922 City Directory at http://evendon.com/PGHLookups/Toronto190022M.htm Doug* *On 02/29/12 7:44 PM, S & P Darcey wrote: > Hi Listers > I am looking at a passenger list for 1920 where the relative said they were > going to Toronto to W.A. or W. H. MacDonell or Mac Donald who lived at 197 > or 192 Front St (no East or West) in Toronto. I am hoping to find out > exactly who this was and possibly this is a sibling or other relative to the > people on the ship. If anyone has a city directory for that time could > they let me know who lived there. > Thanks in advance > Sharon in London Ontario > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > 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 > >

Hi Listers I am looking at a passenger list for 1920 where the relative said they were going to Toronto to W.A. or W. H. MacDonell or Mac Donald who lived at 197 or 192 Front St (no East or West) in Toronto. I am hoping to find out exactly who this was and possibly this is a sibling or other relative to the people on the ship. If anyone has a city directory for that time could they let me know who lived there. Thanks in advance Sharon in London Ontario

Here's a start, particularly if your ancestors came from Ontario: http://www.ogs.on.ca/services/conducting_research.php Mike More mikemore@rogers.com -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maureen Albano Sent: February 29, 2012 6:01 PM To: ontario@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] 1940 US Census Love to know how to find my ancestors Maureen Albano

Love to know how to find my ancestors Maureen Albano Petfriends of DUPLIN County Transport Coordinator Visit us at www.Petfriends-online.org And Facebook Sent from my iPad On Feb 28, 2012, at 1:49 PM, "Karin 'Casey' Corbeil" <corbeil@bellsouth.net> wrote: > You don't need an Ancestry.com subscription to see the 1940 census on > April 2. You will be able to access it directly through the National > Archives and through Familysearch.org > > And since it won't be indexed initially, there are ways to find who you > are looking for without going through every single record. If anyone is > interested on how to do this, please let me know and I can post here. > You will, at the very least, need a street name or better yet a complete > address. > > Karin Corbeil > > On 2/28/2012 11:34 AM, ontario-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:55:31 -0500 >> From: "Dawn Hicks"<smyttie_b1875@primus.ca> >> Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] 1940 US Census >> To:<ontario@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID:<001f01ccf629$04763710$0d62a530$@ca> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Ancestry is advertising that it will be on there on April 2 so if you >> subscribe you will be able to access it. >> Dawn > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > 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've noticed several people question how they can search the 1940 census when it becomes available on April 2. It will not be indexed probably for several months but if want to try and find someone there is a way. Over the last few days I finished putting together the following - suggestions on how to search....FREE...once it is available on April 2, 2012. You don't need to use Ancestry.com. These images will come from the National Archives. You will need at the very least a street name, better yet, a complete address, whether it be from the 1930 census, a directory, or an address closer to the 1940 date such as from World War 2 draft registrations of 1942. Or if you know the ED from the 1930 census you can go here to get the corresponding ED for the 1940 census. http://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html Once you have the address you want to search, go here: http://stevemorse.org/census/ (Steve Morse has produced many handy tools when it comes to census searching....thank you Steve and Joel Weintraub! You can also go through his tutorial at http://stevemorse.org/census/quiz.php) From the drop down lists choose the state and then the city. Then select the street. (Unfortunately I don't think all cities will be available here but currently those with a population of 25,000 or more will be. If your city isn't listed you can still find the ED by going here to see a map of the ED districts http://stevemorse.org/census/xml1940edmaps.html.) If more than one Enumeration District shows, go to the bottom where it says "View present day map" and put in the street number and click on your choice of Google maps, Yahoo or Mapquest. Note the nearest cross streets. Go back to the "street" drop down box and enter each cross street until you have only one Enumeration District showing. It will say in red "The ED you want is....". Right next to it will be "View microfilm". Click on that. This will take you to the National Archive's free access to the 1940 census and the full roll for that census area will be scrollable. Once the census is released on April 2, I will try it and post any changes to these instructions. In the meantime, you can already get prepared by making a list of the addresses that you want to search. Only 33 days to go! Karin Corbeil P.S. As someone else mentioned Kimberly Powell has also put up similar instructions here: http://genealogy.about.com/b/2012/02/28/how-to-find-granddad-in-the-1940-u-s-census.htm And another page with lots of info is Joel Weintraub's https://sites.google.com/site/census1940/ On 2/29/2012 3:00 AM, ontario-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: Ellen Murray<ellen.murray@sympatico.ca> > Subject: [ONTARIO] 1940 Census - Karin Corbeil > To:<ontario@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<BLU0-SMTP35C1E4CCE56C8822A27BEEF16F0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Karin, am also interested in what you have to say about searching the 1940 Census > > Ellen

Karin, am also interested in what you have to say about searching the 1940 Census Ellen

You don't need an Ancestry.com subscription to see the 1940 census on April 2. You will be able to access it directly through the National Archives and through Familysearch.org And since it won't be indexed initially, there are ways to find who you are looking for without going through every single record. If anyone is interested on how to do this, please let me know and I can post here. You will, at the very least, need a street name or better yet a complete address. Karin Corbeil On 2/28/2012 11:34 AM, ontario-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:55:31 -0500 > From: "Dawn Hicks"<smyttie_b1875@primus.ca> > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] 1940 US Census > To:<ontario@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<001f01ccf629$04763710$0d62a530$@ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Ancestry is advertising that it will be on there on April 2 so if you > subscribe you will be able to access it. > Dawn