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My husband's grandmother was born in PEI, baptized in Charlottetown in 1883. Her name is Jemima Letitia /*McWade*/, dau of James Henry Thomas McQuade/McWade and Ann Elizabeth */Walsh/*. They were married in 1881. Ann is the dau of Capt. Michael /*Walsh*/ (poss born in PEI of Irish parents as per census) and Jemima /*Dawson*/ (born in Liverpool in about 1830) James HT McQuade, a carriage builder, was the son of James /*McQuade*/ and Letitia /*Doyle*/. James Sr. ran a hotel in Mt Stewart in the 1860's. He was also a farmer and ship builder. He was born in Ireland (census records) about 1820 and is buried at St Andrew's in 1885. His wife Letitia was born in PEI (as per census) and died in Mt. Stewart in 1881. They had one dau Elizabeth born in 1850 and at least 7 sons: James HT 1852 John Doyle 1854 Edmund 1856 Pius Bernard 1859 Timothy 1861 Arthur 1863 Peter P. 1865 I have information about the families of James HT, Arthur, and Peter, all of whom moved to the Boston area by the early 1900's. Seeking information about the other /*McQuade/McQuaid/McWade*/ children and any possible connections to the parents and grandparents (/*Doyle and Walsh*/). Plus I am also interested in history and times in that area in the mid 1800's. Glo Wellman Santa Rosa, CA

To all:- The political part of our campaign for release of our census records ended June 29, 2005 -- both Gordon and I will accept questions and also names and addresses of those who wish to be added to our special lists. We are not using regular mail lists except for special notices like Gordon's column. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON -- formerly Nova Scotia ======= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 4:25 PM Subject: Gordon Watts Reports Greetings All. The lastest of my e-columns for the Global Gazette has just been posted online. With this issue the name of the column has been changed from "Post 1901 Census News" to "Gordon Watts Reports". While I will continue to report on items relating to Census, the focus of the column has been expanded to include items of general or specific items of genealogical or historical interest. Items in this column include: An Anniversary, A change in direction, Message from Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Reporting errors to LAC, Census extraction forms, Transcribing or indexing Census records, and Announcements from LAC. Those interested may access my column at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0075.htm Your comments and suggestions regarding articles for future columns are welcome. Please send them directly to me at gordon_watts@telus.net Have a great day! Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

To all:- Although the 1901 census was released in 1993, and placed online at Automated Genealogy when the 1906 (three western provinces) census was released January 24, 2003 -- to date there are still needed transcriptions of all three. The AFHS (Alberta Family History Society) is doing a great amount of work, but even they report parts of 1901 and 1906 not finished. The images of the 1911 census have been made available at 1911 Census Images http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html Many report these are difficult to read -- no full date of birth. Hopefully the family has been in the same area for 10 years, so one can use 1901 Automated Genealogy to assist-- http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/ As the Automated Genealogy is still in a TEST mode and may be possibly connected to Library and Archives Canada (LAC), many who have been transcribing will find the work on GenWeb sites. However, I sincerely hope it will also be placed on Automated Genealogy as this has all of Canada on one site. [Gordon deals with this part of the census work]. Please note the many untranscribed areas to date for 1911 http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Test4.jsp I will be doing both transcribing but mainly proofreading in my home area of Nova Scotia as I know the family names. Something new has been added -- blank census forms for transcriptions!!! Janice Bolton and Dennis Sharpe are both from United States, California and Missouri respectively; I believe Pierre Godin is from Canada -- has a bilingual form and there is a new one added today. 1901 and 1911 Blank Census Forms http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/downloads.html Go to above site, scroll down until you see CANADIAN CENSUS BLANK FORMS. It will be perfectly alright if all are copied to webpages as we copied the Census Logo in 2000 -- but I request credit be given to the designers by keeping the names on the forms, regardless of whether you change the access address. Several forms are for the 1901 census and balance for 1911, in both WORD and EXCEL. To date, there have been over 3,000 downloads according to Malcolm of Archived Books. Check for the memo posted earlier by Gordon Watts about whom to complain to should names, places, be incorrect. If necessary, we will post both of these again next week, due to vacation periods -- or missing them -- at present, please PRINT. Other people have asked for forms prior to 1901 - questions at http://simmons.b2b2c.ca/CENSINFO.htm -- found on http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm Hopefully we will still have eyesight after staring at the images -- look forward to the next ones -- they might be better!!! Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census En Anglais et Francais

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <Victoria.Gebert@LAC-BAC.gc.ca>; "Gabrielle Blais" <gblais@archives.ca> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:07 PM Subject: Post 1901 Cenus - Reporting errors to LAC Greetings All. A number of people have posted messages to the mail lists reporting finding errors in the information provided by LAC for, in particular, the 1911 Census records. Many have asked who they might report these errors to. I am advised that the person in LAC to report such errors to is Victoria Gebert. She may be contacted at Victoria.Gebert@LAC-BAC.gc.ca PLEASE NOTE: Victoria is a contact to report obvious errors made by LAC personel in setting up the Census web pages. Errors such as wrong spelling; incorrect place names etc., that would cause problems for anyone doing a search for a specific location; links going to the wrong location, etc.; should be reported. Specific suggestions for improving the LAC Census pages (not the scanned images) might be funnelled through her as well. Victoria is NOT a person to complain to about the poor quality of some of the scanned images, or poor handwriting of the enumerators that make it difficult to read. There is little that LAC can do about such problems as they have had to work with microfilm that was produced in the 1950s and there is only so much they can do with them. If the quality of the original microfilm copy is poor, so will be the scanned images made from them. Likewise, Victoria is NOT someone to ask how to locate your ancestors in the Census schedules, or how to navigate through the various Districts, sub-districts, townships, sections and meridians. In most cases, any questions regarding these can be answered by taking the time to read the preliminary information provided by LAC on the Census pages. Please restrict your messages to Victoria to reporting PROBLEMS or ERRORS on the Census pages. Enjoy the Census! Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

The following is from Malcolm from ACDB-Canada, and explains about our new plain forms for transcribers of the 1901 and 1911 census records. We do have a good supply from which to choose, and all may be posted on personal or genealogical sites. There has also been a request for OLDER forms with questions on http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm 1825 to 1901 http://simmons.b2b2c.ca/CENSINFO.htm Later:- http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/censusq.htm [Apologies for not knowing who posted the last site] All forms are available at http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/downloads.html Gordon is on vacation -- but has his laptop [SHHH!] so may take advantage of the new forms -- more to follow to help all. Let's work to finish the 1901, 1906 and the 1911 and remember Automated Genealogy is still only in TEST format -- some places are missing, but this will be corrected. Sincerely hope all post transcriptions to their GenWeb and to Automated Genealogy. which is attached to Library and Archives Canada. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee -------Now on to the important message from Malcolm:- === Hi Again, There is now more choices on Canadian census forms thanks to Pierre Godin. Pierre has made an EXCEL format form which is a close copy of the actual census form. It has the headings in both English and French and there are 50 lines per page. Pierre also made a PDF format of his EXCEL form for those of you who would prefer to print out the form and fill it in by hand. Because the 50 line form was very cramped he cut the number of lines to 25 and it gives a little more room. It's still pretty compact though. There may be an MS Word version of David's EXCEL form coming but I'm still waiting on that. The forms are available from: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/downloads.html go to the bottom of the page. It was getting a little confusing as to what form was what , so we've renamed the download links with the originators name and the following is what's now available: 1901 Download(32KB) Janice's MSWord format - this is a short form (major headings only.) 1911 Download(29KB) Janice's MSWord format - this is a short form (major headings only.) 1911 Download(40KB) David's Excel format - this is a long form (most headings) and is "wrapped'" so it fits the top and bottom halves of a single page. 1911 Download(33KB) Pierre's Excel format - this is a long form (all headings) and is a close simulation of the actual census form. 1911 Download(178KB) Pierre's pdf format - - this is a long form (all headings) but with only 25 lines - for printing only. Malcolm Archive CD Books Canada Inc. Attn: Malcolm Moody - President P.O. Box 11, Manotick, Ontario, K4M 1A2, Canada. phone: (613) 692-2667 e-mail: malcolm@archivecdbooks.ca Canadian web site: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca Permission to repost this complete message onto other genealogy related newslists is granted.

For those transcribing the 1911 images, I would suggest the following be printed -- hopefully there will be an answer from Library and Archives Canada. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON -- formerly Nova Scotia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census - Question re 1911 Column 18 Greetings All. Many lists are receiving questions relating to the series of numbers included in Column 18 of the 1911 Census schedule. While some have offered suggestions as to their meaning, to date no one has come up with a definitive answer. Some have suggested they relate to acres of land etc. However, while there is information such as this in the Instructions to Enumerators, it relates to Column 18 in schedules other than Schedule 1, which is the one that has been scanned by LAC, and is the one we are concerned with. FYI. I copy below a message sent to a contact in LAC who, if they cannot answer the questions themself, should be able to find someone who can. I will post whatever response I receive from this query. Enjoy the Census. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:48 PM Subject: Questions re: Census Hi Gabrielle. I have a couple of questions for you regarding the 1911 online Census. Perhaps you can pass them on to someone else if you cannot answer them yourself. First of all, regarding column 18 of the 1911 Census. Instructions to Enumerators for Schedule 1 indicates column 18 is used to designate an occupation for which earnings are made supplemental to the primary occupation designated in Column 17. Where an occupation in written in Column 18 this is clear. Most frequently however, in Column 18, rather than stating a supplementary occupation there is a series of numbers for which no one seems to be able to find an explanation. I have gone through the Instructions for the 1911 Census and can find no explanation for these numbers. Any help you can provide in explaining the numbers would be appreciated. The second thing I am writing about is not so much a question, as it is a suggestion for improved access to the online schedules. As things are at present, many researchers find it difficult to find the specific schedules of interest to them. It is necessary to first find the Districts and subdistricts and once having done that to return to a search page to input this information to do a search for the schedules for that location. If the criteria for the search is not done in a specific manner, the result is a "No records match your request" response. Many researchers, including myself, have been frustrated by inputting what they believe to be the correct information only to repeatedly get this failure response. In seeking enumeration Districts and sub-districts it is relatively simply to access the various Districts within a Province through the links provided. Sub-districts are another matter altogether. One must first access the Province, and then the District desired, and then read through the descriptive information to determine which sub-district the location they seek might be in. Having found that they must then return to the search page, input the criteria (hoping they are using the correct format) and do a search. If the input criteria is correct, they will be linked to the pages from which they might access the "Associated Images" for the area they seek. My question relating to all this is -- Would it be possible, on the "District" pages whereon the various "sub-districts" are described, to include a hyperlink that when clicked would take one directly to the "Associated Images" for that sub-district? Such a provision would make the system much more "user-friendly" because it would bypass the need to find the information on sub-districts and to subsequently return to the "search" page to input that information. For the 1911 Census listings of sub-districts the hyperlink could be simply added to the existing number of the sub-district. While my query is essentially for the 1911 Census, I feel the 1901 and 1906 Census sites could be similarly improved. The 1906 listings of sub-districts currently have hyperlinks leading from their sub-district number to a MrSID map of the sub-district. I believe that most researchers would prefer to have the hyperlink lead to the "Associated Images" for the sub-district rather than to the map. The 1901 Census pages do not number the sub-districts. The sub-districts are not described as such -- they are simply named. As such the name of the sub-district could be made into a hyperlink leading to the "Associated Images" for that sub-district. Finally, I have noted some mail list postings wherein comments have been made about obvious errors between, for example, the names of places on the schedules and how they have been identified on the LAC website. Rather than my continuing to pass information such as this through you, can you give me the name and contact information of someone connected with the Census pages of LAC to which such errors might be directly passed on? Thank you. Gordon

To all:- I have read the column and suggest it be printed -- a great deal of information, including the 2006 census unwanted items. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:37 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census - New Column Posted Greetings All. The latest of my Post 1901 Census columns has now been posted. Topics include Bill S-18; 1911 Census of Canada; Canadian Directories added to LAC databases; Postage costs for Inter-Library Loans; A little humour. It is accessible at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazce/gazce118.htm Enjoy the Census. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

I have also checked the site -- have posted all 42 questions which form the column headings. If a reader does not receive this, please let me know. The images seem to be clearer and if that was the reason electrical work was done, let's say THANKS! Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON -- formerly Nova Scotia http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:57 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- LAC up and running Greetings All. Following a weekend during which power was cut to the LAC building housing the servers containing our Historic Census records, all has been restored and we are once again able to access the new online records of the 1911 (and other) Census records. In our haste to access the 1911 records that were made accessible online on 21 July, many researchers, including myself, missed the notice on the LAC website that gave advance notice that electrical power in the LAC building would be shut down on 24, 25 July. The result was many messages of frustration and complaint. Even though things have now been restored and may in fact be better than they were before, if sufficient researchers attempt to access the records at the same time, we can expect some possible delay in accessing the information we seek. Should that happen, the best we can suggest is to have a cup of coffee (or your beverage of choice), and try again later. Be patient. Things should settle down after the initial rush to access the records. As I suggested in an earlier post, before trying to access the records, everyone should read the information provided by LAC at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html Doing so may answer many of your questions before you ask them. Can't find the records for your area of interest? A search of the LAC database of Post Offices and Postmasters may be helpful in finding out what schedule to look for. This database is located at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020109_e.html Use the search engine to input the town and province of your place of interest. If it had a Post Office it will return information regarding the history of that office and the Postmasters that served in it. If your search makes a hit, at the bottom of the page, under the heading of "Additional Information" there will be information you may find helpful. In many cases it will tell you the Section, Township and Range information needed to assist in finding which Census schedule to seek. Bear in mind that the information in this database is based on Electoral Districts which may, or may not, correspond to the Census districts. It should however, give you a hint to what Census schedules you should be looking for. Enjoy the Census! Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

To all:- The following LONG message should be printed and I have combined two messages together, rather than post two different ones. Gordon and I have had many queries -- and although we want to find our people ASAP, let's get organized over the weekend -- let's just be thankful it is only electrical maintenance! Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 2:37 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- Accessing 1911 Census records of Canada Message No. 1!:- Greetings All. Library and Archives Canada, without any formal announcement or fanfare, made records of the 1911 National Census of Canada accessible online on 21 July 2005. Since posting to the mail lists regarding this Muriel and I have received many messages of thanks and congratulations, and stories of success in finding family that had until now eluded 'capture'. We look forward to hearing of many more successes. In the last 24 hours however, messages have changed to ones of complaint about being unable to access the LAC website, or once having accessed the website, being unable to access the schedules they want. The major reason for the problems of access people are having is that the servers housing these webpages are VERY, VERY BUSY!!! If you are getting responses that "The page connot be displayed", there is little point in sitting there continuing to try. The best advice we can give when this happens is to go away, give it some time, and try again later -- perhaps late in the evening or early in the morning. Remember that we are not dealing here with only people in Canada and the time zones they live in, but others from many other countries and time zones. It may be difficult to do after the long wait we have had, but I suggest having a little patience! One lister reported that servers were down because of power problems that were being worked on. I do not know where this information came from, but this morning I have been able to access the main pages of LAC without problem, although I have yet to successfully access any of the schedules that interest me. In my view this is due entirely to the large volume of people trying to access the records. Other questions are "How do I ......?"; "Where do I find......?"; "Why can't I.......?". In their haste to go straight to the scanned images and start searching for relatives, it would seem that most people are ignoring the very good information LAC has provided to assist those searching the records. Most of the questions we are being asked are answered in this information if only searchers take the time to read it. In my view, LAC has outdone themselves in the information they have provided to make it easy for us. On the main page for the 1911 Census at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html there is a link to "Introduction and Contextual Help". There is a wealth of information there to advise how to search the records, how to interpret the records (including an excellent explanation of the column headings), and a MrSid Help page. Before asking Muriel or myself "How do I.....?", we ask that you PLEASE read the information provided by LAC. MrSID vs PDF For the 1911 Census LAC has provided scans in both MrSID and PDF formats. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. While the images in both can be enlarged for easier viewing, many are complaining that when enlarging PDF images, they are not clear -- being fuzzy in appearance. Be aware that in PDF format, enlarging the image does only that -- it enlarges the image without changing the resolution. As a result, if the original image is fuzzy to start with, enlarging it does nothing to eliminate the fuzziness. On the other hand, MrSID changes the resolution when enlarging the image and so may on occasion be the better image to view. I can only suggest trying both, and use whichever image you find is better for you. Importing the image into a graphics/photographic program may allow you to enhance an otherwise poor quality image. Most of these programs will allow you to adjust the brightness, contrast and sharpness of an image and doing so may make it more readable. This is something that you are going to have to do for yourself -- do not expect LAC to do it -- it won't happen. INDEXING THE 1911 The 1911 Census records, as with the 1901 and 1906 records, are not searchable by name. They are searchable only by geographic locations. Nominal indexing is not something that will be done by LAC. A number of genealogy societies and groups have indicated intentions to compile nominal indexes for their area of interest. For example, the Alberta Family History Society ((http://www.afhs.ab.ca/) and the Alberta Genealogy Society (http://abgensoc.ca/) have indicated they will work together to index the 1911 Census for Alberta. While they have not announced it, I assume the British Columbia Genealogical Society (of which I am a member) will be indexing the BC records and very likely the OGS and/or its many chapters will be getting on board for Ontario. Others have indicated indexing/transcribing the records for their own area of interest. For the 1901 and 1906 Census records, the only place that I know of that did a nominal index of the ENTIRE Census was Automated Genealogy. As with other indexing projects this was accomplished by the use of a great many volunteers. I am aware that Automated Genealogy has indicated their intention to do the same for the 1911 Census, however as I write this I have not yet found any reference to getting started on their website at http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html For those interested in volunteering to do indexing/transcribing for their own specific area I would suggest contacting the genealogy society for your area of interest. Message #2:- Subsequent to my earlier post regarding online access to 1911 Census records I have been contacted by the lister who stated that there were power problems at LAC and that is why there has been difficulty accessing these records. Vivian advises that she made a telephone call to Library and Archives Canada and was told by staff there that electricity in the building housing the Census servers would be turned off on 23 and 24 July and as a result none of the online Census records will be available on those days. It will likely affect other databases as well. My suggestion to all is to take the time to enjoy the weekend -- go to the beach, have a picnic, go for a drive in the country -- and try again on Monday. Once again in closing -- have a little patience -- you will eventually get connected to the records you seek. Enjoy the Census! Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

To all:- Gordon's memo is terrific news! It could not be sent on a better date -- my father's birthdate was July 13, 1891 and I am looking forward to viewing my FARQUHAR family, as are all researchers of any family. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm Permission to forward is granted herewith -- we cannot reach all! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:15 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census -1911 Census microfilm availability Greetings All I copy here FYI a message just received from Gabrielle Blais of Library and Archives Canada. It is self-explanatory. Enjoy the Census! Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted ----- Original Message ----- From: Blais Gabrielle To: Gordon A. Watts Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:34 AM Subject: RE: 1911 Census microfilm availability Hi Gordon, I can now give you a quick update on the microform situation. As part of making the 1911 census available, we are planning to have inter-library loan services as well as make the microform available for purchase. Overall, the process for loan and purchase will be similar to what we did for the 1906 census. Our expectation is that the microform copies will be available sometime after the launch of the online version as there are a number of processing procedures that need to be completed. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to contact us. We should be able to provide more precise information in the coming weeks. I hope that you are having a nice summer, Gabrielle.

Forwarded by Muriel M. Davidson - muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:25 AM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- Others to thank Greetings All. For the past 36 hours or so, with a few hours out to sleep and eat, I have spent the better part of my time reading messages of 'congratulations' and 'thank you' regarding finally having achieved a law that will ensure all Historic Census records will be turned over to Library and Archives Canada, for subsequent public access, 92 years after collection. Without having made an accurate count of the messages that have come in, I would estimate that there have been some 600 to 700 or more of them so far. I suspect that Muriel has received a similar number. Some of them have only two words. i.e. 'Thank you.' while others have been fairly expansive in their praise. While a handful of us have been the major recipient of those 'thanks' and 'congratulations', there are some others that we should not fail to thank as well. I refer to those who, in the final days and hours, listened to our pleas to finally see Bill S-18 deemed to have passed Third Reading without further debate, and some others who obviously helped 'behind the scenes' to bring our campaign to a successful end. Those that immediately come to mind are the following: Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, Prime Minister pm@pm.gc.ca Hon. Tony Valeri - Government House Leader Valeri.T@parl.gc.ca Hon. Stephen Harper, Leader - Leader of the Opposition OLO@parl.gc.ca Hon. Jay Hill - Opposition House Leader Hill.J@parl.gc.ca Hon. Gilles Duceppe, Leader - Bloc Québécois Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca Hon. Michel Gauthier - Bloc Québécois House Leader Gauthier.M@parl.gc.ca Hon. Jack Layton, Leader - New Democratic Party Layton.J@parl.gc.ca Hon. Libby Davies - NDP House Leader Davies.L@parl.gc.ca Hon. David Emerson - Minister of Industry Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca Hon. Don Boudria Boudria.D@parl.gc.ca Hon. Brian Masse Masse.B@parl.gc.ca Hon. Paul Créte Crete.P@parl.gc.ca Hon. Mauril Belanger Belanger.M@parl.gc.ca Hon. James Rajotte Rajotte.J@parl.gc.ca Hon. Brent St. Denis St.Denis.B@parl.gc.ca There are no doubt others who are equally deserving and whom I have missed in this listing. To them I offer my sincere apologies. Do not forget your own Member of Parliament (does he/she have a Gold Tick?). Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:14 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- New column posted! Greetings All FYI. My latest column on the Post 1901 Census situation has been posted today. It is short and sweet, and contains only one article -- VICTORY!! It can be accessed at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazce/gazce117.htm Happy Hunting Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:01 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- S-18 deemed to have passed Third Reading Greetings All. At 8:10 AM PDT this morning I received a telephone call from the Honourable Senator Lorna Milne. She advised me that at 8:00 AM PDT MP Dominic LeBlanc, Deputy Government Whip, rose and stated words to the effect that "If the Speaker would seek it, I believe he would have the unanimous consent of the House to deem Bill S-18 -- An Act to amend the Statistics Act, to have passed Third Reading" (not necessarily an exact quote). That consent was given. Bill S-18 has now passed all necessary stages in both the Senate and the House of Commons and all that remains to be done to make it law is for it to receive Royal Assent. It is expected that assent will be received shortly. There will be, I am sure, a great deal of cheering and celebrating when that happens. It is believed that the Library and Archives of Canada has already scanned images of the 1911 National Census of Canada and they should be available on line almost immediately. We should now be able to spend our Summer researching the 1911 records instead of continuing the fight to see them released. Genealogists and historian owe a GREAT debt of thanks to the perserverance and dedication of the Hon. Senator Lorna Milne, without whose support over the past several years, we would not have achieved this victory. Those wishing to express their thanks to Senator Milne can do so through her Policy Advisor, Jeff Paul at PAULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA On behalf of Muriel and myself, and all members of the Canada Census Committee, I wish to express our thanks to all who have written letters and email, signed petitions, called their Parliamentary representatives, and generally supported our efforts to regain the public access to Historic Census records we beleived we were always entitled to. I expect that Muriel will likely be forwarding her own message of appreciation as well. We look forward to hearing some of the stories of success in researching the 1911 Census records. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul, Jeff: SEN" <PAULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: [CCC] S-18 is now law S-18 has been deemed passed 3rd reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE!!!!!!! Jeff Paul Policy Advisor Office of the Hon. Lorna Milne Ph: 613-947-9744 Cel: 613-715-2965

To keep everyone in suspense, watch for the next posting!!! Muriel M. Davidson, Co-chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:21 AM Subject: Post 1901 Census - Your cooperation is requested. Greetings All. FYI. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon A. Watts To: MP Gauthier, Michel ; MP Duceppe, Gilles ; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca ; MP Davies, Libby ; MP Hill, Jay ; OLO@parl.gc.ca ; Prime Minister Paul Martin Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:14 PM Subject: Your cooperation is requested. 1455 Delia Drive Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2V9 27 June 2005 Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, Prime Minister Hon. Tony Valeri - Government House Leader Hon. Stephen Harper, Leader - Leader of the Opposition Hon. Jay Hill - Opposition House Leader Hon. Gilles Duceppe, Leader - Bloc Québécois Hon. Michel Gauthier - Bloc Québécois House Leader Hon. Jack Layton, Leader - New Democratic Party Hon. Libby Davies - NDP House Leader Gentlemen, and Ms. Davies Most Canadians have the utmost respect for our Parliamentary system and believe, for the most part, that it works well, and in the interest of the people who it represents. In the past several weeks however, regular watchers of the proceedings of Parliament may have cause to wonder. The political game playing and manoeuvrings of recent weeks are not what Canadians wish to see. For seven long years, a great many Canadians, and others, have campaigned to regain the public access to Historic Census records, 92 years after collection, that existing legislation states we are already entitled to, but for which we have been denied. That access has been denied us, not because of restrictive legislation or government directive, but simply because of a policy initiated by, and under the control of, Statistics Canada. Over this period a number of Motions and Bills, both Private Member and Government Bills, have been proposed to resolve the impasse we find ourselves in. These Motions and Bills have received varying degrees of support from the genealogical and historical communities. Each time we have been close to seeing a resolution, a Session of Parliament was prorogued, or an election was called, causing the proposed solutions to die on the Order Paper. Should that happen again, it will mean that we restart our campaign for a fifth time. Bill S-18 - An Act to amend the Statistics Act is a Bill that all leaders of the Census campaign have committed to support without seeking amendment. This includes leaders of the Canada Census Committee, the Canadian Historical Association, and the Association of Canadian Archivists. It is a Bill that has the stated support of the Chief Statistician, the Librarian and Archivist, and the Privacy Commissioner. It is a Bill that will finally put to rest a controversy that has lasted for more than twenty-five years. Bill S-18 has been passed in the Senate and at this time has only to pass Report and Third Reading stages in the House of Commons before it can be presented for Royal Assent and become Law. It is a non-partisan Bill, having widespread support from all Parties in the House. Currently, 216 Members of Parliament have expressed support for the access we seek. We were pleased that for several days Bill S-18 appeared to have a degree of priority in that it was shown in third place on the Projected Order of Business for the House of Commons. Unfortunately, because of the lengthy debates on Bill C-48, Bill S-18 did not reach the floor of the House for Third Reading before the normal date of adjournment for the Summer recess. Bill S-18 no longer appears on the Projected Order of Business. Sitting days of the House of Commons have been extended to allow further debate and voting on Bills C-48 and C-38. Bill C-48 was passed on Thursday 23 June 2005, leaving only C-38 to be debated in the coming days. We expect it likely the extended sitting days will be adjourned immediately Bill C-38 has been voted on. We ask you, gentlemen, and Ms. Davies, to show that the Parliamentary process can, and does, work. We ask that you cooperate to include Bill S-18 in the business of the House needing to be completed before Parliament is recessed for the Summer. The issues involved in public access to Historic Census records have been debated endlessly over the past several years. It is unlikely that anything new can be added to the debate. As such it is expected that the Report and Third Reading stages of Bill S-18 could be completed at the same time, with minimal debate. With unanimous consent of the House it could be deemed to have passed Third Reading without further debate. We ask that you allow genealogists and historians to spend their Summer researching the long overdue records of the 1911 Census of Canada, instead of having to continue the battle to see them released. With respect, I remain Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee

To all:- Not being lazy, but I will add my sincere thanks for the wonderful card received from the OGS Seminar 2005. My years of volunteering started "way back when" at the Nova Scotia Mental Hospital, and in Ontario at the nursing homes -- where a smile from an elderly person made me feel very rich. Yes, volunteers are unpaid -- but a card with many names makes one feel as if the volunteer has caught the well-known brass ring!! Many, many thanks! Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:09 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census - A thank you Greetings All. In Tuesday's mail (the slow kind from Canada Post) both Muriel and I received a pleasant surprize in the form of large, poster-sized cards sent to us by the organizers of the OGS Seminar 2005, held in Windsor, Ontario on 27 -29 May 2005. The cards thanked us for our efforts in seeking the return of public access to Historic Census records. They had hundreds of signatures on them from those attending Seminar 2005. Many of the signatures I recognized as belonging to those who have posted messages to the mail lists, signed petitions and written letters in support of the access we seek. People who volunteer (for whatever cause or organization) seldom do it for the thanks they get. Many times they spend their entire volunteer career without ever receiving a 'thank you'. It is always a pleasant surprize when someone gives you an 'attaboy'. Muriel will likely also post about this, but on her behalf and mine, I gratefully accept the 'thanks' expressed by these cards. I accept it not only on our behalf, but on behalf of all Canada Census Committee members and all individuals who have helped us in our campaign. Hopefully our efforts have not been in vain, and we will soon be researching the 1911 Census and be anxiously be awaiting the arrival of subsequent Censuses. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.3/15 - Release Date: 6/14/05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census - S-18 debate makes it to the House Greetings All Second Reading of Bill S-18 finally made it to the floor of the House of Commons today (Monday 13 June) with MP Lloyd St. Amand opening debate. Debate started in the afternoon (my afternoon in BC). Following a passed deferred vote on a motion that the House sit until midnite each day from 13 June to 23 June, debate on S-18 continued until about 7:35 PM PDT. At that time the House was unanimous in referring Bill S-18 to the House Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology. Two MPs, Lloyd St. Amand and Marc Boulainne, who have never responded to our questions of support, but spoke in favour of access, will be receiving Gold Ticks on the MPs Scoreboards. Werner Schmidt, currently shown as supporting access will see a Red X of Opposition replace his Gold Tick. There were too many MPs speaking to the Bill, or asking questions of those who did, to list here with summaries of their comments. I will have the debate of S-18 placed on the Post 1901 Census project website as soon as possible after I can access Hansard in the morning (Tuesday). I will post a message when it is available. The Committee to which Bill S-18 has been referred is scheduled to meet from 3:30 to 5:30 PM (ET) on Wednesday 15 June 2005. As I write this the only thing shown on the agenda for that meeting is 'Committee Business'. It is my understanding however, that Bill S-18 has been expected to be referred and that the Committee is prepared to proceed with discussion of it at that time. With the number of MPs who indicated during debate they wished to appear before the Committee, and the fact that at least one, and perhaps two MPs intend to move amendments to it, it appears to me unlikely that it will be reported back to the House after only one meeting. Should a motion to amend be successful, it would mean S-18 would have to be returned to the Senate for futher debate. To become law, a Bill must be approved in both the Senate and the House with identical wording. Let us hope that any proposed amendments are rejected. Unfortunately the Parliamentary Webcast website shows the Committee meeting will be held 'in camera' and so will not be available over the Internet. Jeff Paul advises me that he will be in attendance and hopefully he will post something about what takes place. I will be seeking to have the Clerk of the Committee send me a copy of the unrevised transcript of the meeting. I will be on the road on Wednesday but will have my laptop and cellphone with me. I will let you know if I am advised of any information coming out of the Committee meeting. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted