I don't have personal experience of this, but have heard that one can NOW order a microfilm electronically at the www.familysearch.org web page. Would be nice if we could read it the same way!!! Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Johnson" <dancer1@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed > Here it is, almost a year later, and still no 1917 entries in the Ontario > marriages. > > My answer to Sher's question (see below) is as follows. > > I used to order microfilms before I got my Ancestry subscription. First, > you order the index for the year you want (I think the charge is about $15 > at our local FHC). After a considerable wait, the film comes in. I found > that the call usually came just as I was about to go on vacation. The FHC > is only open about one day a week, so it takes some time to find your > entries. However, I would usually come away with a long list of > possibilities. > > Then, it's back to ordering the actual register films, again at $15 each. > Usually, nearly a year went by before getting one or two dates. > > I have even gone to Ontario specifically to research. You need at least 3 > days - one to get there, one to research, and one to return home (I > usually > make it several days) Three tends to cost in the vicinity of $1000 for > air > fare and hotel stays. My sister and I went to Ontario in 2003 to try to > take advantage of the somewhat reduced rates resulting from the Norwalk > virus. In 2005, we were back to the United Church archives on the day > that > the Air France crash occurred at Toronto airport. That was only the > second > time in my life that the intensity of the rainstorm caused me to stop at > the > side of the road (The previous time was also in Ontario). > > I can only conclude that I could subscribe to Ancestry for the rest of my > life (I expect 30 years, thank you) and never use it again and the cost of > that subscription would not come close to what I have already saved in > travel or film costs. > > -- > > Glen Johnson > > Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wmjohnson1832 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Sher Leetooze > Sent: March 3, 2011 3:57 PM > To: ontario@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed > > > Hello All: > Remember one thing when you run into errors - ancestry is there to make > money, not spend it fixing errors. AND they continue to make money > because > people like your good selves keep paying them for the privilege of looking > up their errors! Why not order in the microfilms to your local library > and > leave ancestry to stew in their own mistakes??? > Sher > > > At 08:16 PM 02/03/2011 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Heather: >> >>Yes, I told them that as well. Suggested that they not put anything >>at all into the search boxes except the year, 1917, and they'd >>discover that not one marriage comes up. Told them that it was >>impossible that there were no marriages at all in Ontario in 1917 and >>that they have a problem! Anyway, we'll see what happens. >> >>Marg >> >>On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Heather Bertram <aaron@bmts.com> wrote: >> > I noted that if you tried to "browse" by year, 1917 does not exist. I >> > pointed this out to them. >> > >> > Heather >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On >> > Behalf Of Marg McFarlane >> > Sent: March 2, 2011 9:50 PM >> > To: ontario@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly > indexed >> > >> > That's assuming they ever correct them all! As I said in my letter to >> > them and if you look at the originals for 1917, the dates, and in fact >> > the entire registrations, on almost all of them are very blurry. In >> > some cases the Registrar General's stamp at the top is the clearest, >> > but in others, it's really bad, too. I guess this problem must have >> > originated when the originals were microfilmed, 'way back when. >> > >> > Guess we'll just have to wait to see if they ever get fixed and if >> > they fix all of them. Another year that I have noticed has some >> > indexed incorrectly is 1909, indexed as 1907, but not all of them >> > like 1917! >> > >> > Take care, >> > >> > Marg >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:44 AM, D O' <devaney2004@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Good for you Marg - many, many people will appreciate the correction > but >> > never know it came from your eagle eyes. >> >> >> >> Huge thanks to you. >> >> >> >> Doreen >> >> >> >> * >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:59:13 -0700 >> >>> From: margmcfarlane1951@gmail.com >> >>> To: Ontario@rootsweb.com >> >>> Subject: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed >> >>> >> >>> Hi List: >> >>> >> >>> Last week, or the week before, we were discussing the fact that all >> >>> Ontario marriage reg's for 1917 have been indexed on Ancestry as >> >>> 1907. >> >>> I emailed them abt this and sent them examples and this is the reply >> >>> that I received today: >> >>> >> >>> Dear Marg, >> >>> >> >>> We appreciate your message. Thank you for the additional information. >> >>> We were able to duplicate the error described. The problem has been >> >>> reported to our developers and hopefully will be corrected shortly. >> >>> Feedback from you, our valued customer, helps us correct errors and >> >>> improve the website. Your patience and efforts to assist us in this >> >>> matter are appreciated. >> >>> >> >>> If there is anything else with which we might assist you, please let > us >> > know. >> >>> >> >>> Amber >> >>> Member Solutions >> >>> Ancestry.com >> >>> >> >>> Marg in Sunny Alberta >> >>> > > > > *********** > 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
It is interesting to note that if the people were married in Ontario in 1917 and then became naturalized in Florida their marriage will show up. I found a 5th cousin who was married in 1917 according to the Ontario Marriages by Clergy and on the same day in 1907 according to the Ontario Marriage Register. Arnold Weirmeir, UE arnoldvw@bell.net Home page http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/i/Arnold-Weirmeir-ON/index.ht ml#edit Last updated 15 Jan 2012 38009 individuals -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dee's Genealogy Sent: January-21-12 4:21 PM To: ontario@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed I don't have personal experience of this, but have heard that one can NOW order a microfilm electronically at the www.familysearch.org web page. Would be nice if we could read it the same way!!! Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Johnson" <dancer1@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed > Here it is, almost a year later, and still no 1917 entries in the Ontario > marriages. > > My answer to Sher's question (see below) is as follows. > > I used to order microfilms before I got my Ancestry subscription. First, > you order the index for the year you want (I think the charge is about $15 > at our local FHC). After a considerable wait, the film comes in. I found > that the call usually came just as I was about to go on vacation. The FHC > is only open about one day a week, so it takes some time to find your > entries. However, I would usually come away with a long list of > possibilities. > > Then, it's back to ordering the actual register films, again at $15 each. > Usually, nearly a year went by before getting one or two dates. > > I have even gone to Ontario specifically to research. You need at least 3 > days - one to get there, one to research, and one to return home (I > usually > make it several days) Three tends to cost in the vicinity of $1000 for > air > fare and hotel stays. My sister and I went to Ontario in 2003 to try to > take advantage of the somewhat reduced rates resulting from the Norwalk > virus. In 2005, we were back to the United Church archives on the day > that > the Air France crash occurred at Toronto airport. That was only the > second > time in my life that the intensity of the rainstorm caused me to stop at > the > side of the road (The previous time was also in Ontario). > > I can only conclude that I could subscribe to Ancestry for the rest of my > life (I expect 30 years, thank you) and never use it again and the cost of > that subscription would not come close to what I have already saved in > travel or film costs. > > -- > > Glen Johnson > > Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wmjohnson1832 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Sher Leetooze > Sent: March 3, 2011 3:57 PM > To: ontario@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed > > > Hello All: > Remember one thing when you run into errors - ancestry is there to make > money, not spend it fixing errors. AND they continue to make money > because > people like your good selves keep paying them for the privilege of looking > up their errors! Why not order in the microfilms to your local library > and > leave ancestry to stew in their own mistakes??? > Sher > > > At 08:16 PM 02/03/2011 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Heather: >> >>Yes, I told them that as well. Suggested that they not put anything >>at all into the search boxes except the year, 1917, and they'd >>discover that not one marriage comes up. Told them that it was >>impossible that there were no marriages at all in Ontario in 1917 and >>that they have a problem! Anyway, we'll see what happens. >> >>Marg >> >>On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Heather Bertram <aaron@bmts.com> wrote: >> > I noted that if you tried to "browse" by year, 1917 does not exist. I >> > pointed this out to them. >> > >> > Heather >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On >> > Behalf Of Marg McFarlane >> > Sent: March 2, 2011 9:50 PM >> > To: ontario@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly > indexed >> > >> > That's assuming they ever correct them all! As I said in my letter to >> > them and if you look at the originals for 1917, the dates, and in fact >> > the entire registrations, on almost all of them are very blurry. In >> > some cases the Registrar General's stamp at the top is the clearest, >> > but in others, it's really bad, too. I guess this problem must have >> > originated when the originals were microfilmed, 'way back when. >> > >> > Guess we'll just have to wait to see if they ever get fixed and if >> > they fix all of them. Another year that I have noticed has some >> > indexed incorrectly is 1909, indexed as 1907, but not all of them >> > like 1917! >> > >> > Take care, >> > >> > Marg >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:44 AM, D O' <devaney2004@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Good for you Marg - many, many people will appreciate the correction > but >> > never know it came from your eagle eyes. >> >> >> >> Huge thanks to you. >> >> >> >> Doreen >> >> >> >> * >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:59:13 -0700 >> >>> From: margmcfarlane1951@gmail.com >> >>> To: Ontario@rootsweb.com >> >>> Subject: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed >> >>> >> >>> Hi List: >> >>> >> >>> Last week, or the week before, we were discussing the fact that all >> >>> Ontario marriage reg's for 1917 have been indexed on Ancestry as >> >>> 1907. >> >>> I emailed them abt this and sent them examples and this is the reply >> >>> that I received today: >> >>> >> >>> Dear Marg, >> >>> >> >>> We appreciate your message. Thank you for the additional information. >> >>> We were able to duplicate the error described. The problem has been >> >>> reported to our developers and hopefully will be corrected shortly. >> >>> Feedback from you, our valued customer, helps us correct errors and >> >>> improve the website. Your patience and efforts to assist us in this >> >>> matter are appreciated. >> >>> >> >>> If there is anything else with which we might assist you, please let > us >> > know. >> >>> >> >>> Amber >> >>> Member Solutions >> >>> Ancestry.com >> >>> >> >>> Marg in Sunny Alberta >> >>> > > > > *********** > 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
Family name Simon by any chance? -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Weirmeir Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:23 PM To: ontario@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed It is interesting to note that if the people were married in Ontario in 1917 and then became naturalized in Florida their marriage will show up. I found a 5th cousin who was married in 1917 according to the Ontario Marriages by Clergy and on the same day in 1907 according to the Ontario Marriage Register. Arnold Weirmeir, UE arnoldvw@bell.net Home page http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/i/Arnold-Weirmeir-ON/index.ht ml#edit Last updated 15 Jan 2012 38009 individuals -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dee's Genealogy Sent: January-21-12 4:21 PM To: ontario@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed I don't have personal experience of this, but have heard that one can NOW order a microfilm electronically at the www.familysearch.org web page. Would be nice if we could read it the same way!!! Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Johnson" <dancer1@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed > Here it is, almost a year later, and still no 1917 entries in the Ontario > marriages. > > My answer to Sher's question (see below) is as follows. > > I used to order microfilms before I got my Ancestry subscription. First, > you order the index for the year you want (I think the charge is about $15 > at our local FHC). After a considerable wait, the film comes in. I found > that the call usually came just as I was about to go on vacation. The FHC > is only open about one day a week, so it takes some time to find your > entries. However, I would usually come away with a long list of > possibilities. > > Then, it's back to ordering the actual register films, again at $15 each. > Usually, nearly a year went by before getting one or two dates. > > I have even gone to Ontario specifically to research. You need at least 3 > days - one to get there, one to research, and one to return home (I > usually > make it several days) Three tends to cost in the vicinity of $1000 for > air > fare and hotel stays. My sister and I went to Ontario in 2003 to try to > take advantage of the somewhat reduced rates resulting from the Norwalk > virus. In 2005, we were back to the United Church archives on the day > that > the Air France crash occurred at Toronto airport. That was only the > second > time in my life that the intensity of the rainstorm caused me to stop at > the > side of the road (The previous time was also in Ontario). > > I can only conclude that I could subscribe to Ancestry for the rest of my > life (I expect 30 years, thank you) and never use it again and the cost of > that subscription would not come close to what I have already saved in > travel or film costs. > > -- > > Glen Johnson > > Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wmjohnson1832 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Sher Leetooze > Sent: March 3, 2011 3:57 PM > To: ontario@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed > > > Hello All: > Remember one thing when you run into errors - ancestry is there to make > money, not spend it fixing errors. AND they continue to make money > because > people like your good selves keep paying them for the privilege of looking > up their errors! Why not order in the microfilms to your local library > and > leave ancestry to stew in their own mistakes??? > Sher > > > At 08:16 PM 02/03/2011 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Heather: >> >>Yes, I told them that as well. Suggested that they not put anything >>at all into the search boxes except the year, 1917, and they'd >>discover that not one marriage comes up. Told them that it was >>impossible that there were no marriages at all in Ontario in 1917 and >>that they have a problem! Anyway, we'll see what happens. >> >>Marg >> >>On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Heather Bertram <aaron@bmts.com> wrote: >> > I noted that if you tried to "browse" by year, 1917 does not exist. I >> > pointed this out to them. >> > >> > Heather >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On >> > Behalf Of Marg McFarlane >> > Sent: March 2, 2011 9:50 PM >> > To: ontario@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly > indexed >> > >> > That's assuming they ever correct them all! As I said in my letter to >> > them and if you look at the originals for 1917, the dates, and in fact >> > the entire registrations, on almost all of them are very blurry. In >> > some cases the Registrar General's stamp at the top is the clearest, >> > but in others, it's really bad, too. I guess this problem must have >> > originated when the originals were microfilmed, 'way back when. >> > >> > Guess we'll just have to wait to see if they ever get fixed and if >> > they fix all of them. Another year that I have noticed has some >> > indexed incorrectly is 1909, indexed as 1907, but not all of them >> > like 1917! >> > >> > Take care, >> > >> > Marg >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:44 AM, D O' <devaney2004@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Good for you Marg - many, many people will appreciate the correction > but >> > never know it came from your eagle eyes. >> >> >> >> Huge thanks to you. >> >> >> >> Doreen >> >> >> >> * >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:59:13 -0700 >> >>> From: margmcfarlane1951@gmail.com >> >>> To: Ontario@rootsweb.com >> >>> Subject: [ONTARIO] Ancestry - 1917 marriage reg's incorrectly indexed >> >>> >> >>> Hi List: >> >>> >> >>> Last week, or the week before, we were discussing the fact that all >> >>> Ontario marriage reg's for 1917 have been indexed on Ancestry as >> >>> 1907. >> >>> I emailed them abt this and sent them examples and this is the reply >> >>> that I received today: >> >>> >> >>> Dear Marg, >> >>> >> >>> We appreciate your message. Thank you for the additional information. >> >>> We were able to duplicate the error described. The problem has been >> >>> reported to our developers and hopefully will be corrected shortly. >> >>> Feedback from you, our valued customer, helps us correct errors and >> >>> improve the website. Your patience and efforts to assist us in this >> >>> matter are appreciated. >> >>> >> >>> If there is anything else with which we might assist you, please let > us >> > know. >> >>> >> >>> Amber >> >>> Member Solutions >> >>> Ancestry.com >> >>> >> >>> Marg in Sunny Alberta >> >>> > > > > *********** > 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 *********** 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