You are welcome to join the MISS list and post away. We have some duplication to the ETANGLO list but ETANGLO is a HUGE area and we only cover the much smaller area that once was Missisquoi county - thanks so much and welcome ! http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI.html We always are looking for photos , documnet , lists or any other original documenation anyone is willing to share ! If anyone extracts any information from the new DROUIN ancestry files( and translates it ) if it pertains to MISS county families i'd also be happy to post it! thanks again nancy cunningb@flash.net ----- Original Message ---- From: Krislyn T. Lequin <klequin@admin.umass.edu> To: qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 9:17:25 AM Subject: Re: [QC-ETANGLO] MISSISQUOI county resources and lists Good morning Nancy. I would like to post regarding my family - the Ouimets. My cousin and I have been doing family research on our people for a while now. Before I post I wanted to get the OK from you. We can trace our people back to Amable Theodore Ouimet who was from the area. Thanks so very much and have a good day! Krislyn Krislyn T. Lequin Clerk IV University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: (413) 545-9580 Fax: (413) 545-6894 Email: klequin@admin.umass.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Cunningham" <cunningb@flash.net> To: <QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:14 AM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] MISSISQUOI county resources and lists > Please remember if you have a Missisquoi family connections to also post > to > our Missisquoi Mailing list- > > We have even done some transcript projects - as we did the McGregor notary > files a couple of years ago. > > > > Information for posting and joining the mailing list below > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI.html > > > > Our Missisquoi research page here > <http://www.griffincunningham.net/davis/misscountymain2.htm> > (http://www.griffincunningham.net/davis/misscountymain2.htm ) > > Stanbridge research page here > <http://www.griffincunningham.net/davis/Stanbridgeresearch.htm> > > > > Please contact me if you have anything to share for the page(s) or if you > would like to be listed as a connected family ! > > Thanks > > > > Nancy Cunningham > > cunningb@flash.net > > > > > > > <http://lists.rootsweb.com/flybait> > > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI Mailing List > > _____ > > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L > lists9 > > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the > Missisquoi County, Quebec, Canada. > > For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-admin@rootsweb.com. > <mailto:CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-admin@rootsweb.com> > > * Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should > work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual > instructions: to join CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L, send mail to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in > the message subject and body. To join CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D, do the same > thing > with CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D-request@rootsweb.com. > <mailto:CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D-request@rootsweb.com> > > * Subscribe > <mailto:CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subs > cribe> to CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L > * Subscribe > <mailto:CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subs > cribe> to CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D (digest) > > * Unsubscribing. To leave CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L, send mail to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe > in > the message subject and body. To leave CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D, do the same > thing with CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D-request@rootsweb.com. > <mailto:CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D-request@rootsweb.com> > > * Unsubscribe > <mailto:CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe> > from > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-L > * Unsubscribe > <mailto:CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe> > from > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-D (digest) > > * Archives. You can search the archives for a specific message or > browse them, going from one message to another. Some list archives are not > available; if there is a link here to an archive but the link doesn't > work, > it probably just means that no messages have been posted to that list yet. > > * Search > <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI> the > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI archives > * Browse <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI/> > the CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI archives > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm looking for any information about Nathan Stevens who was born about 1783 and about his wifes and children.One of his children was named Nathan Stevens and was born about 1805 and died about 1845 I don't know where he is buried.Also his wife was named Alta Marie Smith born about 1809 and died ? buried? They had atleast three children and their named were Alta A Stevens, Sidney N Stevens, and Orlando Stevens. Sidney N Stevens is my great-grandfather but I don't know what happened to the other childrens died?,buried? Any help wouls be appeciated. Thanks, Don Stevens

>From the book History of Stanstead County compiled by B.F. Hubbard I have his father Squire How Sr. son of Caleb Howe and Jemima Howe b. Dummerston,VT 11-2-1852. He married Phoebe Paine b. 1-13-1760 They settled on No.9, 5th range of Barnston, in 1804 de died 1834 she died 1849 I have a list of their children if you don't have it. All that I have for Squire Howe Jr. b july 13 1800 is that he married Lucina Humphrey. Squire Howe Sr. was captured by the indians. Candy Bryan ---- GLHSBandMom@aol.com wrote: I am trying to locate the family of Squire & Lucina Howe. They married in 1826 in Hatley. I think they moved back to the US in 1855. Would love to know who their children were. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am trying to locate the family of Squire & Lucina Howe. They married in 1826 in Hatley. I think they moved back to the US in 1855. Would love to know who their children were. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

My pleasure to have helped. I have no relationship to these families but I used to live near to where they are & have many cemetery lists for Brome & Missisquoi Counties. Brenda

I have found Catherine Courser buried in the Ruiter Settlement Cemetery in Dunkin, QC - 1801 - Apr.23, 1880 w/o Jehial Chappell (no dates for him). George Chappel - Sept.22, 1854 - Nov.15, 1930 ae. 76ys. h/o Alice D. Brock is buried in the East Richford, VT Cemetery. Alice D. Brock - "Death is to meet again" - d. Feb.28, 1904 ae. 46ys. w/o George Chappell other Chappell's in the same row & cemetery as George & Alice: Charles W. Chappell - 1840 - 1908 ae. 68ys. h/o Alice E. Kenison Alice E. Kenison - 1839 - 1902 ae. 63ys. Nora D. Chappel - July 26, 1876 - Dec.19, 1936 w/o J.E. Sharp (no stone, dates or age for him) Brenda

Brenda, I can't believe you have found all this and I got the information the same day! Sometimes it has taken me months or longer, (or never) to find what I'm looking for. You are definitely "the flower of the flock"!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! CHEERS! --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started.

Greetings All, I just like to mention especially after reading David's and Pam's post. If you didn't find your records on Drouin, don't give up! I'm sure most of you know that there were two sets of records produced in Quebec, one being the church records and a similar set being the civil registration records. I assume that the Drouin are based on the Civil Registration records, which are held on microfilm at the Quebec Archives and the LDS. Somebody correct me if I am wrong. Several years ago, I had the good fortune of being able to spend an afternoon at Bishop's University with Jim Sweeny. I had seen the LDS microfilms of the churches of Nicolet and the church baptism I was looking for was not there. But to my surprise when he pulled out the actual church registry there was the baptism I was looking for plus about three more additional pages on the front that were not copied by the LDS. Jim informed me at the time that many cases the Civil Registration books which were to go on horse back to the gov't of the time, did not make it there or pages were lost. He advised me to find out who had the original church records and to examine them in person as they were the complete records, unlike the civil registration. It was enjoyable to examine the Drouin records, but I will wait till an index is available on-line before I purchase into the website. Kathleen Brock Edmonton, AB -----Original Message----- From: qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of David J. Ellis Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 5:19 PM To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] The Notary records on Ancestry.com This may be a little late now that our free period is about to expire but I'll submit it anyway. I had been looking through the various Notaries seeking names that I knew were in my region of interest. While I got some good leads, it was tough finding other previously 'unknown' notaries who were operating in the same region or, in my case, adjoining regions. Druin's interest was French Canadian which I think accounts for the predominance of French Notaries in his list and also the omission of several well known English Notaries who operated in the Eastern Townships. The LDS has microfilms of many of the Notary Records, but again there are many omissions. Druin's list and the LDS holdings do not match but there is some overlap that can be made use of: If you cut and paste the following link into a text editor and remove any line feeds so that it is all on one line and then paste that single line into your web browser it will produce a list of all the Québec Notariats. (Notepad will do fine for editing if you are using Windows. Some email readers will render this as a complete link anyway so you may not need to edit it.) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis play=authorhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&surname=Qu%C3%A9bec+Notariat+&forename= &presurname=Qu%C3%A9bec+Notariat+&preforename= Its then fairly easy to locate a District that might be relevant. Selecting a district produces a list of links, each one is to a different Notary, although the name is not shown until you select the link. Note that the language(s) used by the Notary are provided near the bottom of the page so you may defer the French ones till after all the English ones have been investigated. Now you have obtained the Notaries name, if you return to the alphabetical lists in Ancestry its easy to see if that Notary is included. If they are, searching the Repertoire is often worth the effort. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am looking for information on Jehiel Chappel(l) and wife Catherine Courser. I found an online tree that says they lived in Richford, VT. Catherine dying at Potton, P.Q., in 1880. and Jehiel dying after 1880 at Richford, VT. They are in the 1860 U.S. Census at Richford, VT. I have one child that I'm mostly interested in, George A. Chappell who married Alice D. Brock, d/o Solomon Brock and Sarah Miller. Anyone connect here or have any additional information? Thank you. --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains.

Can anyone tell me where to find Lennoxville in the 1851 census please? Many thanks in advance Rollei (in Australia) Researching: LITTLE, Hibbard, Labies, Harmegnies, Gilbert, Bickford (and a few others) http://www.littlegenealogy.com _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Find new & used iPods; designer clothing and more. Join free at http://www.ebay.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Frover%2Eebay%2Ecom%2Frover%2F1%2F705%2D10129%2D5668%2D323%2F4%2F%3Fid%3D3&_t=760348364&_r=Findnew&_m=EXT

> -----Original Message----- > From: qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rollei Little > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 06:30 > To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Lennoxville in 1851 census > > Can anyone tell me where to find Lennoxville in the 1851 > census please? > > Many thanks in advance > > Rollei (in Australia) > Its in Sherbrooke County but it looks like it was enumerated within some other town, possibly Sherbrooke itself. One of those subdistricts is lost which could account for your failing to find it. Towns in Sherbrooke County 1 Hereford Sub-district Number: 417 2 Clifton Sub-district Number: 418 3 Auckland Sub-district Number: 419 4 Compton Sub-district Number: 420 5 Orford Sub-district Number: 421 6 Sherbrooke Sub-district Number: 422 Lost 7 Sherbrooke Sub-district Number: 423 8 Ascot Sub-district Number: 424 Some pages torn 9 Eaton Sub-district Number: 425 10 Newport Sub-district Number: 426 11 Bury Sub-district Number: 427 12 Lingwick Sub-district Number: 428 13 Weedon Sub-district Number: 429 14 Melbourne Sub-district Number: 430 15 Melbourne Sub-district Number: 430 16 Brompton Sub-district Number: 431 17 Shipton Sub-district Number: 432 18 Windsor Sub-district Number: 433 19 Dudswell Sub-district Number: 434 20 Westbury Sub-district Number: 435 21 Garthby Sub-district Number: 436 22 Winslow Sub-district Number: 437 23 Stratford Sub-district Number: 438 24 Stoke Sub-district Number: 439 Not inhabited 25 Hampden Sub-district Number: 440 Not inhabited 26 Ditton Sub-district Number: 441 Not inhabited 27 Marston Sub-district Number: 442 Not inhabited 28 Whitton Sub-district Number: 443 Not inhabited 29 Clinton Sub-district Number: 444 Not inhabited 30 Chesham Sub-district Number: 445 Not inhabited

This may be a little late now that our free period is about to expire but I'll submit it anyway. I had been looking through the various Notaries seeking names that I knew were in my region of interest. While I got some good leads, it was tough finding other previously 'unknown' notaries who were operating in the same region or, in my case, adjoining regions. Druin's interest was French Canadian which I think accounts for the predominance of French Notaries in his list and also the omission of several well known English Notaries who operated in the Eastern Townships. The LDS has microfilms of many of the Notary Records, but again there are many omissions. Druin's list and the LDS holdings do not match but there is some overlap that can be made use of: If you cut and paste the following link into a text editor and remove any line feeds so that it is all on one line and then paste that single line into your web browser it will produce a list of all the Québec Notariats. (Notepad will do fine for editing if you are using Windows. Some email readers will render this as a complete link anyway so you may not need to edit it.) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis play=authorhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&surname=Qu%C3%A9bec+Notariat+&forename= &presurname=Qu%C3%A9bec+Notariat+&preforename= Its then fairly easy to locate a District that might be relevant. Selecting a district produces a list of links, each one is to a different Notary, although the name is not shown until you select the link. Note that the language(s) used by the Notary are provided near the bottom of the page so you may defer the French ones till after all the English ones have been investigated. Now you have obtained the Notaries name, if you return to the alphabetical lists in Ancestry its easy to see if that Notary is included. If they are, searching the Repertoire is often worth the effort.

David, I have to agree with you --- I have gone through many films for notaries in that are which are not included. The "preview" only gave me an opportunity to briefly check out some I had not previously. It's all good. Even though it's over there are many other opportunities...LDS is where I got most of my great finds...just takes some searching. We're getting spoiled with the online material. But I have to admit -- I love it. "David J. Ellis" <dr.ellis@physics.org> wrote: This may be a little late now that our free period is about to expire but I'll submit it anyway. I had been looking through the various Notaries seeking names that I knew were in my region of interest. While I got some good leads, it was tough finding other previously 'unknown' notaries who were operating in the same region or, in my case, adjoining regions. Druin's interest was French Canadian which I think accounts for the predominance of French Notaries in his list and also the omission of several well known English Notaries who operated in the Eastern Townships. The LDS has microfilms of many of the Notary Records, but again there are many omissions. Druin's list and the LDS holdings do not match but there is some overlap that can be made use of: If you cut and paste the following link into a text editor and remove any line feeds so that it is all on one line and then paste that single line into your web browser it will produce a list of all the Québec Notariats. (Notepad will do fine for editing if you are using Windows. Some email readers will render this as a complete link anyway so you may not need to edit it.) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis play=authorhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&surname=Qu%C3%A9bec+Notariat+&forename= &presurname=Qu%C3%A9bec+Notariat+&preforename= Its then fairly easy to locate a District that might be relevant. Selecting a district produces a list of links, each one is to a different Notary, although the name is not shown until you select the link. Note that the language(s) used by the Notary are provided near the bottom of the page so you may defer the French ones till after all the English ones have been investigated. Now you have obtained the Notaries name, if you return to the alphabetical lists in Ancestry its easy to see if that Notary is included. If they are, searching the Repertoire is often worth the effort. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Pam Wood Waugh pam@woodwaugh.com or 730 Dunhill Drive waughp@yahoo.com Orlando, FL 32825 http://www.woodwaugh.com - Family Lines http://www.rootsweb.com/~qceastwn/ - Eastern Townships of QC Research

For St. Pascal, Kamouraska, 1883 - Ancestry indicates 74 pages of records. Pages 1-42 are for 1883. Pages 43- end are actually 1914. I've reported this to Ancestry; hopefully it will be corrected within my lifetime. -----Original Message----- From: qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of qc-etanglo-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 3:03 AM To: qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com Subject: QC-ETANGLO Digest, Vol 2, Issue 37 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Drouin Records from Ancestry (Evelyn Brunton) 2. Re: Drouin Records from Ancestry (Elsie Swarner) 3. Faint images (Beal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:49:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Evelyn Brunton <evelyn_brunton@yahoo.ca> Subject: Re: [QC-ETANGLO] Drouin Records from Ancestry To: dr.ellis@physics.org, qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20070330224931.69525.qmail@web30504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks for the suggestions. I just ran across another problem a few minutes ago. When looking for documents in the Farnham registry for 1853 in the Methodist church files, I found that everytime I tried to access Farnham Methodist church files for 1853, the files for Farnham St-Romuald (in French) came up instead, regardless of which line I requested. There must be a glitch there in the connections. --- "David J. Ellis" <dr.ellis@physics.org> wrote: > I agree that some are very faint and hard to read. > The fault may not lie > with Ancestry this time. I know that some of the LDS Microfilms are > also very faint. I have also seen a couple of the original books at > the ETRC and know from them that the writing has faded to the point of > almost disappearing. Unfortunately, its something we must work around. > > If you are moderately skilled with a computer and have and image > program such as Paint Shop Pro or PhotoStudio it may be possible to > enhance some images. I first save the image to my own computer and > then open it in one of those programs. Sometimes it is possible to > gain enough contrast and correct the brightness using just "Brightness > and Contrast" > only but in more > difficult cases look for a Histogram adjustment which is often > available under "Tone Adjustment" or something similarly named. This > can take a little more time and I generally find it practical only if > I know or strongly suspect that an entry that I need is on the page. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Evelyn Brunton > > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 17:48 > > To: qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Drouin Records from Ancestry > > > > There is a tremendous amount of info in these > folios & a > > great source for geneologists. > > However, checking the info can be quite > frustrating when, > > such as in the 1877 to 1880 East Farnham Advent > Church > > records, there are only a couple of pages out of > the 39 > > images that can be read with great difficulty, & > the rest are > > too light to get anything from at all (especially > when there > > definitely should be something there from a > particular family member). > > Oh well, it can't all be perfect I guess! > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:23:19 -0400 From: "Elsie Swarner" <swar5032@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [QC-ETANGLO] Drouin Records from Ancestry To: <qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <006601c77322$66ed2b90$6101a8c0@hemmingford> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Yes, I have found some of the older records to be illegible, but I have found some valuable information, and am just THANKFUL for what I have found. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Brunton" <evelyn_brunton@yahoo.ca> To: <qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 5:47 PM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Drouin Records from Ancestry > There is a tremendous amount of info in these folios & > a great source for geneologists. > However, checking the info can be quite frustrating > when, such as in the 1877 to 1880 East Farnham Advent > Church records, there are only a couple of pages out > of the 39 images that can be read with great > difficulty, & the rest are too light to get anything > from at all (especially when there definitely should > be something there from a particular family member). > Oh well, it can't all be perfect I guess! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:28:38 -0500 From: "Beal" <gailbeal@vif.com> Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Faint images To: <qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <005701c77333$e91f08c0$89acfea9@beal> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" You may be able to make the faint images more legible by increasing the GAMMA (ratio) which is the number of midtone pixels divided by the number of pure white (or black) pixels. I suggest that you download the free program IRFANVIEW (available at www.irfanview.com) which can handle this under IMAGE/ENHANCE . The program is about 800K and the Extensions less than 5 Megs. It also is self-contained (no dlls) so it leaves no footprints if you later remove it. This program can do many great things but is worth having just for its easy resizing of picture to send on the web (600X800). You check file associations in a list (TIF, GIF, JPEG, etc) and then if one arises Irfanview handles it. If you don't like what it does then you uncheck the extension (Jpg? etc) and your computer reverts. Once you improve the image use SAVE AS to a new place or with a changed name--eg. Page5 ENHANCED. Fred Beal gailbeal@vif.com (My wife Gail does the geneology!) ------------------------------ To contact the QC-ETANGLO list administrator, send an email to QC-ETANGLO-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the QC-ETANGLO mailing list, send an email to QC-ETANGLO@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of QC-ETANGLO Digest, Vol 2, Issue 37 *****************************************

You may be able to make the faint images more legible by increasing the GAMMA (ratio) which is the number of midtone pixels divided by the number of pure white (or black) pixels. I suggest that you download the free program IRFANVIEW (available at www.irfanview.com) which can handle this under IMAGE/ENHANCE . The program is about 800K and the Extensions less than 5 Megs. It also is self-contained (no dlls) so it leaves no footprints if you later remove it. This program can do many great things but is worth having just for its easy resizing of picture to send on the web (600X800). You check file associations in a list (TIF, GIF, JPEG, etc) and then if one arises Irfanview handles it. If you don't like what it does then you uncheck the extension (Jpg? etc) and your computer reverts. Once you improve the image use SAVE AS to a new place or with a changed name--eg. Page5 ENHANCED. Fred Beal gailbeal@vif.com (My wife Gail does the geneology!)

Yes, I have found some of the older records to be illegible, but I have found some valuable information, and am just THANKFUL for what I have found. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Brunton" <evelyn_brunton@yahoo.ca> To: <qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 5:47 PM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Drouin Records from Ancestry > There is a tremendous amount of info in these folios & > a great source for geneologists. > However, checking the info can be quite frustrating > when, such as in the 1877 to 1880 East Farnham Advent > Church records, there are only a couple of pages out > of the 39 images that can be read with great > difficulty, & the rest are too light to get anything > from at all (especially when there definitely should > be something there from a particular family member). > Oh well, it can't all be perfect I guess! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the suggestions. I just ran across another problem a few minutes ago. When looking for documents in the Farnham registry for 1853 in the Methodist church files, I found that everytime I tried to access Farnham Methodist church files for 1853, the files for Farnham St-Romuald (in French) came up instead, regardless of which line I requested. There must be a glitch there in the connections. --- "David J. Ellis" <dr.ellis@physics.org> wrote: > I agree that some are very faint and hard to read. > The fault may not lie > with Ancestry this time. I know that some of the LDS > Microfilms are also > very faint. I have also seen a couple of the > original books at the ETRC and > know from them that the writing has faded to the > point of almost > disappearing. Unfortunately, its something we must > work around. > > If you are moderately skilled with a computer and > have and image program > such as Paint Shop Pro or PhotoStudio it may be > possible to enhance some > images. I first save the image to my own computer > and then open it in one of > those programs. Sometimes it is possible to gain > enough contrast and correct > the brightness using just "Brightness and Contrast" > only but in more > difficult cases look for a Histogram adjustment > which is often available > under "Tone Adjustment" or something similarly > named. This can take a little > more time and I generally find it practical only if > I know or strongly > suspect that an entry that I need is on the page. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Evelyn Brunton > > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 17:48 > > To: qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Drouin Records from Ancestry > > > > There is a tremendous amount of info in these > folios & a > > great source for geneologists. > > However, checking the info can be quite > frustrating when, > > such as in the 1877 to 1880 East Farnham Advent > Church > > records, there are only a couple of pages out of > the 39 > > images that can be read with great difficulty, & > the rest are > > too light to get anything from at all (especially > when there > > definitely should be something there from a > particular family member). > > Oh well, it can't all be perfect I guess! > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to QC-ETANGLO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I agree that some are very faint and hard to read. The fault may not lie with Ancestry this time. I know that some of the LDS Microfilms are also very faint. I have also seen a couple of the original books at the ETRC and know from them that the writing has faded to the point of almost disappearing. Unfortunately, its something we must work around. If you are moderately skilled with a computer and have and image program such as Paint Shop Pro or PhotoStudio it may be possible to enhance some images. I first save the image to my own computer and then open it in one of those programs. Sometimes it is possible to gain enough contrast and correct the brightness using just "Brightness and Contrast" only but in more difficult cases look for a Histogram adjustment which is often available under "Tone Adjustment" or something similarly named. This can take a little more time and I generally find it practical only if I know or strongly suspect that an entry that I need is on the page. > -----Original Message----- > From: qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:qc-etanglo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Evelyn Brunton > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 17:48 > To: qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com > Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Drouin Records from Ancestry > > There is a tremendous amount of info in these folios & a > great source for geneologists. > However, checking the info can be quite frustrating when, > such as in the 1877 to 1880 East Farnham Advent Church > records, there are only a couple of pages out of the 39 > images that can be read with great difficulty, & the rest are > too light to get anything from at all (especially when there > definitely should be something there from a particular family member). > Oh well, it can't all be perfect I guess! >

There is a tremendous amount of info in these folios & a great source for geneologists. However, checking the info can be quite frustrating when, such as in the 1877 to 1880 East Farnham Advent Church records, there are only a couple of pages out of the 39 images that can be read with great difficulty, & the rest are too light to get anything from at all (especially when there definitely should be something there from a particular family member). Oh well, it can't all be perfect I guess! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

It translates roughly as follows: The 10th of May, 1802, the undersigned having been baptised with ordinary ceremony, born today, Louis, the son of the legitimate marriage of Christophe Chagnon, labourer, and Francoise Martin. The godfather is Gabriel (unclear), labourer, and godmother Marie Thérèse Chagnon who all live in this parish. Leslie Nutbrown Sherbrooke, Quebec ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy" <nand@comcast.net> To: <qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:14 PM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] need translation > Hello. > > Is there anyone on this list that has access to the free Drouin that > can translate from french to english for me. It is for 1802 St. > Hyacinthe Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire image 21 for Louis Chagnon. > > Thank you > > Nancy >