ATTENTION Sheila Behan [email protected] Hi Sheila, I don't know if the Archives will do a lookup for you, or perhaps SKS on the list who is going in that direction, but in any case, you should be able to get a Interlibrary loan of the death index microfilms from the Archives of Ontario to do a lookup if you do not have exact dates.Hopefully, the information about their parents is on it as a space is provided. However, people were not that knowledgeable about their ancestors in those days, especially grandparents back in Scotland that they probably never met. Worth a try though. The address for the archives is: The Archives of Ontario, 77 Grenville Street, Toronto. You will have to look up the postal code or go to their Web site for it. http://www.archives.gov.on.ca . I think there also might be an e-mail address there too. Once you have the exact dates, you should be able to order a copy of the death certificate information provided for genealogical purposes. There is a fee. It comes from the record center in Thunder Bay, if I remember correctly. I haven't bought one for about 15 years now but I know that there is a space for parental information is on it. It is a long shot, but about the only one you might have to get you back into Scotland. Records in Scotland were not centralized until about 1855 so any marriage would have to come from the parish church records. Can you narrow it down to a parish or a shire from what you know about them? That would help. You might also look at the 1871 census for Nelson, Ontario to see if it leads you somewhere as far as their birthplace is concerned, if the death certificate does not. However, I tend to think it might only say Scotland and nothing more. I could not find Nelson on my map of Ontario...where exactly is it or was it? You might wish to check with the local chapter of the Ontario Genealogical Society to see if there is something local that would help you. They are listed on the OGS site at http://www.ogs.on.ca/branches/first.html If there was a local newspaper, you might find it useful to scan microfilms of it for an obituary. The Ontario Archives might be able to identify which newspaper was sold in the area. They have a listing of most of them and possibly some microfilms of some of them. That would be a bit of a long shot too but worth checking out. I hope something there is of some help. Good hunting! Bob in Toronto ----- Original Message ----- From: norman behan <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] TESTER MESSAGE > Hi > > The weather here in Winnipeg in not much better right now. There is a weather warning out. > I am searching for information on Neil Johnson born in Scotland around 1797 he was married to Jane Sinclair. He died in 1877, She died in 1878 both in Nelson, Ontario. I am trying to find out who there > parent's were > Thanks > Sheila Behan > > Malcolm Paterson wrote: > > > All the lists are slow, David. Everyone must be out in the garden. (Except > > in Calgary!!) > > > > Malcolm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David M Paterson" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 8:17 PM > > Subject: [SCTCDN] TESTER MESSAGE > > > > > Just a tester message folks to see if there are any glyches - one member > > > feels there may be. > > > Thanks. > > > David/Admin > > > > > > > > > This email has been scanned with Norton AntiVirus 2002 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > ==== 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 >

ATTENTION Sheila Behan [email protected] I saw the query about Nelson..I looked up Ontario locator and said it was in Halton County. I looked up the Ontario GenWeb Counties page. I think I have copied off the URL correctly for Halton County. http://www.hhpl.on/sigs/genweb/halton.htm Good searching. The 1871 census is on line for the head of the family on at least two sites I have found and you get quite good details to get you onto more specific followup. Bobbie in NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Carswell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] TESTER MESSAGE > ATTENTION Sheila Behan [email protected] > > Hi Sheila, > I don't know if the Archives will do a lookup for you, or perhaps SKS on the > list who is going in that direction, but in any case, you should be able to > get a Interlibrary loan of the death index microfilms from the Archives of > Ontario to do a lookup if you do not have exact dates.Hopefully, the > information about their parents is on it as a space is provided. However, > people were not that knowledgeable about their ancestors in those days, > especially grandparents back in Scotland that they probably never met. Worth > a try though. The address for the archives is: The Archives of Ontario, 77 > Grenville Street, Toronto. You will have to look up the postal code or go to > their Web site for it. http://www.archives.gov.on.ca . I think there also > might be an e-mail address there too. > > Once you have the exact dates, you should be able to order a copy of the > death certificate information provided for genealogical purposes. There is a > fee. It comes from the record center in Thunder Bay, if I remember > correctly. I haven't bought one for about 15 years now but I know that there > is a space for parental information is on it. It is a long shot, but about > the only one you might have to get you back into Scotland. Records in > Scotland were not centralized until about 1855 so any marriage would have to > come from the parish church records. Can you narrow it down to a parish or a > shire from what you know about them? That would help. > > You might also look at the 1871 census for Nelson, Ontario to see if it > leads you somewhere as far as their birthplace is concerned, if the death > certificate does not. However, I tend to think it might only say Scotland > and nothing more. I could not find Nelson on my map of Ontario...where > exactly is it or was it? You might wish to check with the local chapter of > the Ontario Genealogical Society to see if there is something local that > would help you. They are listed on the OGS site at > http://www.ogs.on.ca/branches/first.html > > If there was a local newspaper, you might find it useful to scan microfilms > of it for an obituary. The Ontario Archives might be able to identify which > newspaper was sold in the area. They have a listing of most of them and > possibly some microfilms of some of them. That would be a bit of a long shot > too but worth checking out. > > I hope something there is of some help. Good hunting! > Bob in Toronto > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: norman behan <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 10:55 PM > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] TESTER MESSAGE > > > > Hi > > > > The weather here in Winnipeg in not much better right now. There is a > weather warning out. > > I am searching for information on Neil Johnson born in Scotland around > 1797 he was married to Jane Sinclair. He died in 1877, She died in 1878 both > in Nelson, Ontario. I am trying to find out who there > > parent's were > > Thanks > > Sheila Behan > > > > Malcolm Paterson wrote: > > > > > All the lists are slow, David. Everyone must be out in the garden. > (Except > > > in Calgary!!) > > > > > > Malcolm > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "David M Paterson" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 8:17 PM > > > Subject: [SCTCDN] TESTER MESSAGE > > > > > > > Just a tester message folks to see if there are any glyches - one > member > > > > feels there may be. > > > > Thanks. > > > > David/Admin > > > > > > > > > > > > This email has been scanned with Norton AntiVirus 2002 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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. 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