In my HALL family research there was one death in 1905 so I got that reel of the Sherbrooke Daily Record in the hopes of finding a more extensive write-up than a brief death notice - but no such luck. However, I decided to continue experimenting with using the digital camera as a quick means of gathering information. I had very little time and quickly scanned the issues for bmd data. Unfortunately, the Daily Record is much more focussed on carrying the local contributions of stringers from the many ET communities and has many more pages. It rarely consolidates the bmd information as it did in the 19th century. This data is usually buried in each of the community write-ups. Thus, it is a very slow process to read all of this local news in order to extract bmd data. I did not have the time to do a thorough job [our library is in major renovation mode and has only 2 microfilm readers available and rations you to 30 minutes], but quickly scanned these issues over 2 hours and photographed any segments that seemed of value. I have 31 JPEG images and from them I have extracted the following surnames. If you have an interest in any of them, I'll happily send you the applicable JPEG image. These vary from 200 KB to 600 KB in size. In spite of my lack of thoroughness, I hope that this gives others the idea that research can be done in a different way with a digital camera. I could not have accurately transcribed this information in this time frame and I would not have had the original image on file as a reference. Of course, you can make photocopies at 50 cents each, but I've had very mixed quality of images that way...Mat Sherbrooke Daily Record 1905 - Jan. 30 to March 3: Surnames in Images from part of Reel 18, Jan. 1, 1905 - June 4, 1905; Part of 1897-1910 Microfilming Project done in 1963: Jan. 30: Births: FORGIE, SAFFORD, BURBANK, PAGE, CHAPMAN, HORNER, ALEXANDER Marriages: FAITH-HUMPHREY, COLOMB-NEWMAN, WHEELER-SMITH, MARTIN-LEGACE Deaths: MORRISSEY, MARTIN, CANDLISH, FORTIN, WILLEY, FRENCH, WILLARD, BLODGETTE, CHILDS, SAUNDERS, HOULE Jan. 31: Births: CHAPMAN, STUART Deaths: McKAY, SANDERS Feb.1: Births: COOKE Marriages: EDGECOMB-BROWN Deaths: MATIN, PAGOT Feb. 6: Marriages: ANTHONY-BALL Deaths: WILLARD Funeral: Homer G. AYER Feb. 7: Births: RATTRAY Feb. 10: Marriage: VARNEY-RANKIN, Vt. Feb. 11: Births: PARKER, WHEELER, BROE, MOORE, ROBERTSON Deaths: DENISON, SMITH Memorium: ROBINSON Feb. 13: Births: HAMILTON, SIMS, COLQUHOUN Marriage: PARSONS-LIZOTTE Deaths: ROLFE [SHEPHERD], WITHAM, RIDER Feb. 15: Births: BARLOW Deaths: BURBANK, BOAL Feb. 16: Births: DANDELIN, ROBERTSON Deaths: HARVELL, SIMPSON, GRINGAS, CROSS Feb. 17: Births: CHRISTIE, ALLEN, JOHNSTON Deaths: FOWLER [HILL], JOHNSTON Obit: HITCHCOCK Feb. 20: Births: CHRISTIE, CHAPMAN, ALLEN, HASTINGS, CARR Deaths: JOHNSTON, WEBSTER [PREDMORE] Feb. 20: Births: GAYLOR, HOLDEN [Chicago], OLIVER Deaths: BRANSWELL, SIMPSON, KENNISON, ARMSTRONG, WITHAM. Feb. 22: Deaths: MONTGOMERIE Feb. 24: Deaths: CODERE Marriage: KEREFORD-WALKER Honeymoon: WHEATLEY-DOWD Feb.26: Births: LAFRANCE, McLEOD Feb. 28: Deaths: YOUNG Obit: STOKES, GREER March 2: Marriage: ROSENBLOOM-VINEBERG Deaths: HUMPHREY March 3: Funeral: GWYNN, ALGER Death: PARKER

Hello Mat; Thank you for putting the info on-line from the 1905 Record. It is frustrating to get the tapes at the FHC and after going thru' them , finding maybe 1 or 2 items of interest, and then finding the Printer there is broken. My FHC has this problem, so I am thinking of buying a Camera to take with me. Can anyone advise me the best outfit to buy- it has to be reasonable in price and easy for a technically-challenged old gal to master. Appreciate any help on this, Thanks, Sally Dutton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mat Ardron" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 9:43 PM Subject: Feb. 1905 Sherbrooke Daily Record BMD > In my HALL family research there was one death in 1905 so I got that reel of the Sherbrooke Daily Record in the hopes of finding a more extensive write-up than a brief death notice - but no such luck. However, I decided to continue experimenting with using the digital camera as a quick means of gathering information. > > I had very little time and quickly scanned the issues for bmd data. Unfortunately, the Daily Record is much more focussed on carrying the local contributions of stringers from the many ET communities and has many more pages. It rarely consolidates the bmd information as it did in the 19th century. This data is usually buried in each of the community write-ups. Thus, it is a very slow process to read all of this local news in order to extract bmd data. > > I did not have the time to do a thorough job [our library is in major renovation mode and has only 2 microfilm readers available and rations you to 30 minutes], but quickly scanned these issues over 2 hours and photographed any segments that seemed of value. I have 31 JPEG images and from them I have extracted the following surnames. If you have an interest in any of them, I'll happily send you the applicable JPEG image. These vary from 200 KB to 600 KB in size. > > In spite of my lack of thoroughness, I hope that this gives others the idea that research can be done in a different way with a digital camera. I could not have accurately transcribed this information in this time frame and I would not have had the original image on file as a reference. Of course, you can make photocopies at 50 cents each, but I've had very mixed quality of images that way...Mat > > Sherbrooke Daily Record 1905 - Jan. 30 to March 3: > > Surnames in Images from part of Reel 18, Jan. 1, 1905 - June 4, 1905; > > Part of 1897-1910 Microfilming Project done in 1963: > > > > Jan. 30: > > Births: FORGIE, SAFFORD, BURBANK, PAGE, CHAPMAN, HORNER, ALEXANDER > > Marriages: FAITH-HUMPHREY, COLOMB-NEWMAN, WHEELER-SMITH, MARTIN-LEGACE > > Deaths: MORRISSEY, MARTIN, CANDLISH, FORTIN, WILLEY, FRENCH, WILLARD, BLODGETTE, CHILDS, SAUNDERS, HOULE > > Jan. 31: > > Births: CHAPMAN, STUART > > Deaths: McKAY, SANDERS > > Feb.1: > > Births: COOKE > > Marriages: EDGECOMB-BROWN > > Deaths: MATIN, PAGOT > > Feb. 6: > > Marriages: ANTHONY-BALL > > Deaths: WILLARD > > Funeral: Homer G. AYER > > Feb. 7: > > Births: RATTRAY > > Feb. 10: > > Marriage: VARNEY-RANKIN, Vt. > > Feb. 11: > > Births: PARKER, WHEELER, BROE, MOORE, ROBERTSON > > Deaths: DENISON, SMITH > > Memorium: ROBINSON > > Feb. 13: > > Births: HAMILTON, SIMS, COLQUHOUN > > Marriage: PARSONS-LIZOTTE > > Deaths: ROLFE [SHEPHERD], WITHAM, RIDER > > Feb. 15: > > Births: BARLOW > > Deaths: BURBANK, BOAL > > Feb. 16: > > Births: DANDELIN, ROBERTSON > > Deaths: HARVELL, SIMPSON, GRINGAS, CROSS > > Feb. 17: > > Births: CHRISTIE, ALLEN, JOHNSTON > > Deaths: FOWLER [HILL], JOHNSTON > > Obit: HITCHCOCK > > Feb. 20: > > Births: CHRISTIE, CHAPMAN, ALLEN, HASTINGS, CARR > > Deaths: JOHNSTON, WEBSTER [PREDMORE] > > Feb. 20: > > Births: GAYLOR, HOLDEN [Chicago], OLIVER > > Deaths: BRANSWELL, SIMPSON, KENNISON, ARMSTRONG, WITHAM. > > Feb. 22: > > Deaths: MONTGOMERIE > > Feb. 24: > > Deaths: CODERE > > Marriage: KEREFORD-WALKER > > Honeymoon: WHEATLEY-DOWD > > Feb.26: > > Births: LAFRANCE, McLEOD > > Feb. 28: > > Deaths: YOUNG > > Obit: STOKES, GREER > > March 2: > > Marriage: ROSENBLOOM-VINEBERG > > Deaths: HUMPHREY > > March 3: > Funeral: GWYNN, ALGER > > Death: PARKER > > > > ______________________________ >