Fellow researchers: Hot on the heels of The Telegram in St. John's picking up the Atlantic province's syndicated genealogy column to run weekly -- The Western Star in Corner Brook has joined the Missing Links family, too. For family researchers this is yet another great opportunity to find "new cousins" and to fill in the blanks on your family group sheets. I write a newspaper column MISSING LINKS: which has helped thousands of family researchers locate ancestors and genealogical information. Missing Links is a self-syndicated, weekly genealogy column published in 12 Alantic Canadian newspapers. Part of each column is devoted to FREE queries from family researchers, customized to the geographic coverage of each paper. Submit queries in the same form as the sample below, using a maximum of 35 words PLUS forwarding address information. Include your snail mail/regular postal address (mandatory) for readers who are not hooked to the Internet. Don’t forget your postal code or zip code. Other forwarding information also OK, but optional: E-mail, fax, telephone, etc. Forward your query to this email and please type Missing Links in the subject line. Primary coverage areas: Newfoundland - The Telegram, St. John’s, Island-wide coverage; The Western Star, Corner Brook, Bay of Islands region and surrounding areas. Prince Edward Island -- The Guardian, Charlottetown and Journal Pioneer, Summerside. Island-wide coverage. New Brunswick -- Times & Transcript, column called Family Tree in this newspaper only: Covers all of New Brunswick and extreme parts of northern NS -- but with emphasis on: Albert, Kent, Kings, Northumberland and Westmorland counties. Miramichi Leader:primarily Northumberland County. The King’s County Record:primarily Kings County. Northern Light, Bathurst, primarily Gloucester County. Nova Scotia -- The Truro Daily News: all of Colchester County, parts of southern Cumberland County, east Hants County and west Pictou County in Nova Scotia. The Bulletin in Bridgewater and Progress Enterprise in Lunenburg covers Queens County; The Port Hawkesbury Reporter: Richmond County and Bras d’or Lakes region of Cape Breton plus Guysborough and Antigonish counties, mainland Nova Scotia. ********************************************** SAMPLE QUERY O’NEILL - Who were parents of Mary Ann O’Neill (1840-1912) of Havelock, N.B.? Married Simon A. Steeves (1840-1909) of Dawson Settlement. Children: Michael, Lavenia (Eliot), Arezina (Palmer), Margaret (Bishop), Maude (Ackerly), Viola “Dolly” (Chapman). Contact: Sandra Devlin, 81 Weston St., Moncton, N.B., E1A 7B8; e-mail: devlin7@attglobal.net •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Tips: 1. Keep your query focussed and provide useful clues for your Newfoundland, P.E.I., New Brunswick or Nova Scotian “cousins.” 2. Write individual queries for different family groups. 3. Separate notes to me (Sandra Devlin) from the query itself. 4. Write out words like born, died, married, daughter, etc. The column’s readership is not always accustomed to the shorthand of experienced family researchers. 5. Write dates -- month, date, year - same logic as above. 6. PLEASE do not capitalize surnames in the text of query, only at the beginning. Looking forward to receiving your query. Sandra Devlin Missing Links 81 Weston St. Moncton, NB E1A 7B8 Canada devlin7@attglobal.net Bio at : http://globalgenealogy.com/authsd.htm