Searching for any information regarding James Mellon spouse Mary. One daughter known of - Clara Mellon who married James Jones 15 December 1864 Warwick Lambton county, Ontario. Their children were: Henry "Hank" Ferris Jones Richard "Dick" Jones Maggie "Matt" Jones Mary Jane Jones John Mellon Jones James Mellon Jones Kind regards Joan Leathem - Kitwe, Zambia

ATTENTION: Joan Leathem <[email protected]> Hi Joan, How's it going? I don't know if I have already given you these sites or not but, if so, here they are again. You might wish to look up the branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society for Lambton County and go to their Web site. You can find it listed under branches at http://www.ogs.on.ca You might also want to look at the Ontario GenWeb page at http://www.multiboard.com/~spettit/ongenweb/ You should also be able to purchase their marriage information from the Ontario government and perhaps death certificates that will give you some good clues, hopefully. Go to the following page and it might tell you how to do it: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ Take a look for the Lambton County Atlas at this site. They were created in the 1800s, probably about 1875-85 by artists who travelled the county selling pages to the public. If you can ever get ahold of the actual atlases, you will find drawings of people, farms and factories plus some written information. It is a great capsule in time. This site only contains the written information that was in the atlas but great for that much, at least: http://imago.library.mcgill.ca/CountryAtlas/default.asp Enjoy! I hope things are going well. Bob in Toronto Cheers, Bob in Toronto ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill & Joan Leathem <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:36 AM Subject: [SCOTS-IN-CANADA] MELLON / FERRIS - Warwick, Lambton County, Ontario > Searching for any information regarding James Mellon spouse Mary. > One daughter known of - Clara Mellon who married James Jones 15 December 1864 Warwick Lambton county, Ontario. > Their children were: > Henry "Hank" Ferris Jones > Richard "Dick" Jones > Maggie "Matt" Jones > Mary Jane Jones > John Mellon Jones > James Mellon Jones > Kind regards > Joan Leathem - Kitwe, Zambia > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: [email protected] inserting the word unsubscribe in both the subject line and the text area and using a fresh email to do it. Use -D- if you are in Digest mode. > > ============================== > 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 >

Dear Joan: I have in no way forgotten you but things have been rather hectic this last week. I will not go into details now but will say that I had delayed doing anything about tax returns and suddenly the deadline came up last Tuesday. I did make it !! Also on Tuesday, I did order the OPR for Lanark and the 1841 Census of the same place. It should take about two to three more weeks to get them and a couple of weeks to sort everything out. I usually go to the Peterborough Public Library some day in the week but did not get there last week. When I do, I will start work on the Donaldson line as I order some microfilms on inter library loan from the National Archives. They take longer to get. I did note your interest in Lambton County in the Mellon/Jones surnames of Lambton. I am aware that you are hoping that another descendant would answer your e-mail. Did that happen off list ? Mr. Carswell's comments were appropriate to someone in Ontario who does not know there way around Ontario Gernealogy but not too helpful to you in Zambia. Just exactly what do you know about the Mellon and Jones families? And just what do you want to know ? I will have no problem in sorting it out for you once I have the answers to the last two questions. It will take very little time to get BMD dates and registration # to the Vital Statistics Records. They can be, and I will do it for you, viewed at the Ontario Archives on Greenville Street in Toronto. The marriages in 1864 (actually 1859 to 1869) for Ontario, by county, have all been published and are available in Peterborough and most libraries across Ontario. This was before compulsory registration (started in 1869). The 1864 record would include names and ages of bride and groom, where they were born, where they resided at time of wedding. Their parents names - sometimes the maiden surname of the mothers, sometimes not. That involves a ten minute looksee at the specific publication at the Peterborough Library. The census records from 1851 to 1901 inclusive can be ordered by me from the National Archives. Pretty easy (for me) eh ? Speaking of income tax, I presume you pay no Canadian or Provincial taxes as you are out of the country for 12 months of the year. This will give you a major investment fund to invest [in Blue Chip American (not Canadian) Stocks] but presumably you can not protect any of it in Canada's Registered Retirement Savings Plans. Does Zambia extract income or any other taxes from your family ? Now that you are away from Canada, if I was you, I would be looking at how I could end up my careers in the U.S.A. and retire in the San Diego area. Canada has really lost all hope of ever amounting to the country of our dreams and you can still visit your relatives there more easily and frequently than you can from Zambia. <VBG>. Or just maybe you would like to retire in Australia <BG> That is my bundle for today. I look forward to your response. sincerely Budd Robertson