Hi Lynn, It seems there are a lot of people who are missing their relatives from these census CDs. I wonder if the Canadian enumerators were a bit less persistent than their British counterparts? David in Pennsylvania ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clara Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] 1881 Census Lookup > Hi David, > I have found that the 1881 Canadian census doesn't include many of my > relatives. They were mostly farmers, so they were probably in the fields. > My ggrandfather was not on the list, nor was his wife and children, but my > gggrandfather was listed at their address. He was in his eighties. > Lynn Johnson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] 1881 Census Lookup > >
Attention: Lynn Johnson [email protected] If you have not already tried it you might want to track down the local branch for the Ontario Genealogical Society via their Web site. http://www.ogs.on.ca . In Canada, the farm communities were recorded on local maps according to the name of the farmer. Often you can follow local maps year after year and get genealogical answers like the father's name on one farm and later find that the farm has been broken up into smaller portions and the sons' names appear or you might find the names of several ancestors which point to the fact that husband and wives came from families that lived in the same community. Sometimes you can tell when someone died or moved on, simply by a name change on the county map. Often there is a history of the local community written a century earlier. These often only turn up at the local museums or genealogical societies which are interested in such things. People tend to find something of local historical interest as they clear out family homes and these items are often given to the local museum. Don't know if any of that helps but worth the followup. Happy grunting....that's short for 'genealogical hunting' Bob in Toronto ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] 1881 Census Lookup > Hi Lynn, > > It seems there are a lot of people who are missing their relatives from > these census CDs. I wonder if the Canadian enumerators were a bit less > persistent than their British counterparts? > > David in Pennsylvania > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clara Johnson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 1:47 PM > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] 1881 Census Lookup > > > > Hi David, > > I have found that the 1881 Canadian census doesn't include many of my > > relatives. They were mostly farmers, so they were probably in the fields. > > My ggrandfather was not on the list, nor was his wife and children, but my > > gggrandfather was listed at their address. He was in his eighties. > > Lynn Johnson > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 12:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] 1881 Census Lookup > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >