Thank you Pennie for posting this, you have pointed out something a lot of folks didn't realize, abt. land records, thanks, Sally Dutton ----- Original Message ----- From: <qc-etanglo-request@rootsweb.com> To: <qc-etanglo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:01 AM Subject: QC-ETANGLO Digest, Vol 2, Issue 10 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. English Genealogy Conference (Predmile) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:57:11 -0500 > From: "Predmile" <predmile@total.net> > Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] English Genealogy Conference > To: <QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <007201c7427f$a12cdc20$b520fea9@q9m3s7> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Everyone, > > In June 2007, Quebec Family History Society will be holding a genealogy > conference at McGill University in Montreal. All talks will be in English. > > There is going to be a guided tour of the Montreal Archives. Some of the > speakers will speak about accessing land records via the internet, legal > records, & there will be talk about Eastern Townships land records. Often > people overlook the legal records, & the land records - not realizing how > much data these contain for genealogists. One lady searched for years - > trying to find her ancestor's marriage.The place & date of the marriage > was found in the land records. People who didn't own land are often > included in the land records, as well. - The legal records are wonderful > for putting "meat on the bones" of our ancestors. There will be a > session dedicated to "Ask the Experts" whereby we can ask the panel of > experts specific questions that have proven difficult to answer. > > Please check out the website www.qfhs.ca & look for details of Roots 2007 > Confernce for a list of the speakers & other needed info. (Accommodations, > food, directions etc) Sign up now, as the price goes up in May. > > Will look forward to meeting many of you there!! > > Pennie > > ------------------------------ > > 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 10 > *****************************************