Marie, Thought this post might interest you, just came in from another list....the Nova Scotian connection to Spears caught my eye. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "DrsJavinskyLittle" <SusanLittleDVM@compuserve.com> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: [NS-L] Darmouth Anglican Cemeteries ca. 1860s > I have an ancestor buried in a Dartmouth cemetery (Anglican) in the 1860s. > Can anyone suggest which cemetery this might be - I don't know which ones > would have burials dating to the 1860s. > > Thank you, > > Susan (Little) Javinsky > Ottawa, Canada > Researching: LITTLE, EISAN, SPEARS, MOCKLER, MCINNIS, MACKAY > > > ==== NOVA-SCOTIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe > LIST mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the > message) the command: unsubscribe > and no additional text. > DIGEST mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the > message) the command: unsubscribe and no additional text. > >

Louise, Oops, I just found an Agnes Spears but she was born in Brooklyn, NS late 1800s and married Harold Gordon Williams. Not the same person who married David Smith. Thanks again. Marie Spears

Thanks Louise. Not sure about her relation to our family. Will have to dig further. Marie Spears

Thanks Leslie. I don't think Agnes Speers is belongs to us. Marie Spears

Hi Leslie, Here's what I have: Alexander SPEARS b. 1786 in Greenock, Scotland married Charlotte FREEMAN in Liverpool, NS. Before that I know his father's name was Robert SPEARS and his mother was Elizabeth SWEET, both from Scotland. Do you think there's any connection? Regards, Marie

Hi Thanks for looking him up. Sheila Behan LHawthorne@aol.com wrote: > I found the following for you: > pg. 147 #4134 > JOHNSTON, Neil "Probably from ARL. To Aldborough Twp. Elgin Co. ONT before > 1820. Farmer." > DC 16 May 1982 (DC=Dictionary Correspondence. Letters to the author > regarding emigrants to Canada contained in 9 lever-arch files.) > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIBE - send email to - SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L-request@rootsweb.com (D if Digest Mode) and type unsubscribe in subject line and message box. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 LHawthorne@aol.com wrote: > I found the following for you: > pg. 147 #4134 > JOHNSTON, Neil "Probably from ARL. To Aldborough Twp. Elgin Co. ONT before > 1820. Farmer." > DC 16 May 1982 (DC=Dictionary Correspondence. Letters to the author > regarding emigrants to Canada contained in 9 lever-arch files.) > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIBE - send email to - SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L-request@rootsweb.com (D if Digest Mode) and type unsubscribe in subject line and message box. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Marie... This is what is in the "DICTIONARY" for her: "From Auchtermuchty, FIF. To Londerry, Colchester Co., NS, 1770/ Wife of Rev. David Smith. MLA 322." MLA=A DICTIONARY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NOVA SCOTIA, 1758-1858, edited by Bruce Fergusson, Halifax, 1958. Louise

I found the following for you: pg. 147 #4134 JOHNSTON, Neil "Probably from ARL. To Aldborough Twp. Elgin Co. ONT before 1820. Farmer." DC 16 May 1982 (DC=Dictionary Correspondence. Letters to the author regarding emigrants to Canada contained in 9 lever-arch files.)

Hi Pat... The only Morton I found who settled in QUE is as follows: pg. 343 #9847 "MORTON, Robert 1795-1873. From Coupar-Angus, PER, s/o John M. and Catherine Russell. To Montreal, QUE about 1850. m Helen Young, ch. DC 11 Jul 1966" DC="Dictionary Correspondence". Letters to the author regarding emigrants to Canada, contained in 9 lever-arch files. GRIER, Mary Jane--no listing. Hope this helps, Louise

Hi Nina... I found no listings for Hendry in NFD (Newfoundland). There were other Hendry/Henry families in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, but no Richard. You might check the other volumes. Louise

Hi Sadie... I'm sorry....no Robert England. However, there was a William: pg. 86 #2466 "ca 1738-29 Dec 1822. To Montreal, QUE 1789. Cooper. Son James, fur-trader." Louise

I think I have just answered this e-mail, but I have an Agness Speers in my family tree in Canada. Born 5 November 1867, Ivy Ontario Canada Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: <S18309@aol.com> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] SPEARS > Hi Louise, > > Unfortunately, none of them are familiar but that doesn't mean they don't > belong to us. What you can tell us about Agnes SPEAR? > > Regards, > Marie Spears > > > Hi Marie... > > I found an Agnes SPEAR, a Patrick SPIERS, Agnes SPIERS, and a John SPIERS. > > Any of these familiar? > > Louise > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > > UNSUBSCRIBE - send email to - SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L-request@rootsweb.com (D if > > Digest Mode) and type unsubscribe in subject line and message box. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIBE - send email to - SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L-request@rootsweb.com (D if Digest Mode) and type unsubscribe in subject line and message box. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.363 / Virus Database: 201 - Release Date: 5/21/02

Hello, I am eves dropping because I am researching the Spears/Spiers/Speers families that lived in Simcoe County Ontario Canada. I would be pleased to share what I have if you think there is a link. In His Grip Leslie Researching: Cerswell,Carswell,Sutherland,McBeath (Scotland) McKnight, Speers (Ireland) Heppleston,Thackray (England) ----- Original Message ----- From: <S18309@aol.com> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] SPEARS/SPIERS again > Louise, > > Don't know Patrick or Peter but will have to do some investigating. Could be > that Peter is the brother of our Robert. > > Thanks a million. > > Marie Spears > > > > > > > > > Marie... > > I just read your e mail stating that your family was from Renfrew. The > > Patrick SPIERS I listed was b 1787. From Bridge of Weir, RFW, s/o Peter S. > > > > 1769-1821. To Brampton ONT CA 1833, with family. > > pg. 397 LDW 30 Jun 1971 (LDW=Letters to Donald Whyte. Personal > > correspondence > > of the author. Not indexed.) > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > > UNSUBSCRIBE - send email to - SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L-request@rootsweb.com (D if > > Digest Mode) and type unsubscribe in subject line and message box. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIBE - send email to - SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L-request@rootsweb.com (D if Digest Mode) and type unsubscribe in subject line and message box. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.363 / Virus Database: 201 - Release Date: 5/21/02

Hi Readers I am new to the list my name is Malcolm Stewart Gray and I live in Canberra Australia I am interested in tracing some ancestors who went to Canada Buchanan McKinlay McKinley Ferguson a James McKinlay who married A Mary Blue 1822 in Aldborough Descendants of Duncan McKinlay and Sarah McIntyre who married 1822 in Aldborrough Descendants of Archibald McKinlay & Helen McGregor Descendants of Thomas Finlay & Mary McKinlay Descendants of the Fergusons of Thamesville where Robert Ferguson son of James Ferguson and Margaret Bush was the first reeve i would appreciate any help on the above as i have many many more requests Regards malcolm

Hi Everyone, I found the site: http://www.interlinkbookshop.com/ to order "A DICTIONARY OF SCOTTISH EMIGRANTS TO CANADA." The books are only listed by Volume 1, 2, and 3. Then the prices. I was unable to find any information as to what each volume covered, or does volume 2 and 3 have additions/updates of the same time period of volume 1. Thank you for any help. Judy

Hi Judy... If I remember right, "A DICTIONARY OF SCOTTISH EMIGRANTS TO CANADA BEFORE CONFEDERATION", 1986, Whyte was the first book the author published. I think the other volumes came after this. Do any of the other listers know about this? Louise

Greetings All. On 24 August I posted a message regarding Prime Minister Jean Chretien's announcement that he would not seek re-election for another term. With his comment that he would spend the next 18 months tending to the business of government it was felt that we could expect some stability in government and that we would not likely be facing a snap election that would interrupt our Census campaign and require us to start over once again with another new government. It would appear that I spoke too soon. We have seen no evidence of an election in the offing. However............. Last week it was announced that Parliament would not resume sitting until 30 September. Our sources in Ottawa advise it is expected that shortly after, the current Session of Parliament will be prorogued and a new Session started so that the Queen, on her visit to Canada in October, might present a Speech from the Throne. Should this proroguing of Parliament take place you might ask what effect this will have on our efforts to regain public access to Historic Census records? The effect is that all unfinished business from the prorogued Session will cease to exist. All Bills and Motions - government or private members - that have not been fully processed and completed, end up in the dumper. This includes Bill S-12, Senator Lorna Milne's Bill on access to Census, that we expected to achieve third reading in the Senate shortly after Parliament resumed sitting after the summer recess. It is expected that both Senator Milne, and MP Murray Calder will re-introduce their respective Bills in the Senate and the House of Commons. This would be a second chance for Murray Calder's Bill which was deemed non-votable and received only one hour of debate in the House before being dropped from the Order Paper. However both Bills would be starting from square one, having to go through first reading and all other steps that they had been subjected to previously. It means that the Bills, when represented, will have new numbers. It means more time and further delays before we achieve what we seek. This would be the third time that our Bills have had to start from scratch. With a new start we must renew our efforts to gain the support of those elected and appointed representatives who have not responded to our questions. We urge all to check the position of their own representatives on the MP and Senator Scoreboards on the Post 1901 Census Project website at the URL following my signature. Send letters to them, either thanking them for the support they have already expressed, or seeking support from those who have not given a definitive answer to our questions (i.e. fence-sitters or no response). If you have, or receive, a response that differs from the position shown for your representative, please forward a copy to me so that I might update the Scoreboards. We must also renew our efforts in collecting signatures on petitions. Not having had an election we are not starting over again on petitions, but we need to continue with efforts to obtain new signatures. So far we have sent more than 55,000 signatures to Ottawa, however with a population of Canada in excess of 32 million, there remains a great many people interested in genealogy and history that have not yet signed a petition. I am currently holding approximately 2000 signatures for the House of Commons and Muriel Davidson is holding a similar number for the Senate. We will be submitting these as soon as we know for sure that the current Session of Parliament has been prorogued and a new Session started. Some may question the effectiveness of our petitions and the need to continue collecting signatures, saying that having already sent more than 55,000 signatures, adding to these numbers will have little additional effect. The fact of the matter is, however, that numbers of signatures on petitions is the ONLY tangible, visible, evidence we have to show that genealogists and historians seek to regain public access to Post 1901 Census records. Presentation of petitions in the House of Commons and the Senate, showing the numbers of signatures received, is permanently recorded in Hansard, showing for all time that we seek these vital records. Letters and email to MPs, Senators and other officials are very necessary. They may, in fact, outnumber the number of signatures on petitions. However, we do not have any means of knowing the numbers of letters and email sent and so cannot point to them, as we can with petitions, as proof of our desire for access. Do not give up hope. We may have come to another snag in our efforts to regain public access to Post 1901 Census records. There is no question, however, that with the help of all we will achive that goal. It will just take a little longer to do so. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm

Hi Louise and all, Would love a lookup for McKinnon he was a Loyalist. Also I have found my Gran from the other side on a ships list from 1911........so check ship lists and you may find the whole family.......that info is for someone..... I find that the more I help and do lookups for others the more I get back, it was astoinishing at first.........!! I mean the help may be from someone else with another family name, but it always happens......I have spent time typing out info and the next thing I know out of the blue someone sends me something........not to forget the thrill of helping someone! take care Linda

Thanks Louise for your help and suggestions. I will try both and see what happens. It seems that Grandma Bessie is my brick wall or a huge smooth boulder that seems to be unclimable and hard to find a way around. Malcolm in Calgary, Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: <LHawthorne@aol.com> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 8:08 AM Subject: [SCTCDN] Malcolm-CHALMERS > Malcolm... > Your family won't be in this book because the entries end around 1867. > Have you tried Naturalization Records? Census records? > Louise > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIBE - send email to - SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L-request@rootsweb.com (D if Digest Mode) and type unsubscribe in subject line and message box. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Louise, You are a sweetheart! I know the feeling about having others help and in return trying to offer any assistance possible. If you can find the time I would greatly appreciate a lookup for my David B. Craig who married Marie Dusault sometime prior to 1878. I believe both of these individuals were born in Canada, assuming P.Q., and lived at one time in Trois Rivieres (Three Rivers)--very possibly born there as well. I'm currently stumped on this branch of my family. Word of mouth from my grandmother indicates the Craig's were originally from the Glasgow area, but this is not confirmed. Thank you so much for your time! Amy aclenna@mindspring.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <LHawthorne@aol.com> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 8:54 AM Subject: [SCTCDN] "Dictionary" lookups > Hi Listers... > I want to thank those of you who are concerned about me using my time to do > lookups in the "Dictionary". > However, I do only have the one book to look in. I believe there are others, > and they should be found in larger libraries. > There were so many people who were so kind to me when I first started > researching--especially those in Canada. This is the way I like to repay > them. Who knows, I might have the clue that would open up research for > someone. > There haven't been more requests than I can handle--at least yet>g<! > Louise > > ______________________________