Hi Helene The Red River Settlement is now Winnipeg. But until 1970 there were smaller place that made it up. You could also check Kildonan, Selkirk and Provence. Another thing is to check the City of Winnipeg directory it includes a larger area then the census and it start in about 1884. Sheila Behan Helene McRae wrote: > Thanks Sheila: I do appreciate all the tips/ I have the marriage licence - > it says he was born in Aberdeen (but then the ages aren't always stated > correctly either) - death certificate says Winnipeg. > > It seems you are familiar with searching the census - could you tell me what > area of Manitoba I should be looking in, for what I was told , the Red River > Settlement. I think James had a sister Mary but that doesn't help much as > she probably would have been married by 1901. Have gone through quite a few > pages but there are so many! > > Oh well! Maybe something will show up one of these days. Think the > different tips are great. > > Thanks, > > Helene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "norman behan" <behan@mb.sympatico.ca> > To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:31 AM > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] McRae, James A. > > > Hi Helene > > > > You might try for a marriage record. Church are often better at giving > out the > > information. > > > > Sheila Behan > > > > Helene McRae wrote: > > > > > Thanks Pat: > > > > > > That's the right McRae but I can't get any further back than that. > Have > > > been searching for his parents for some time. > > > > > > Helene > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John & Pat Colongard" <jpcolongard@monarch.net> > > > To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:40 PM > > > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] McRae, James A. > > > > > > > Hello Helene - You mentioned James McRae moved to B.C. We have BMD > online > > > at www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. I had a quick look and there is a James > > > Alexander McRae who would have been born about 1880. He died in 1961 in > > > Terrace and that is where I am writing from. We know some of the McRae > > > family here so if this turns out to be of some interest and I can help > at > > > all, please let me know. Pat. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > > > > Genealogists don't die, they just lose their census. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > 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 ==== > > > FAMILY HISTORY: a quiltwork of lives > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 ==== > > Great, great, grandpa, Where are you? > > > > ============================== > > 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 ==== > Whoever said "seek and ye shall find" was not a genealogist! > > ============================== > 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