Thanks, Florence --- that completes the picture. Sara (PS 'Florence' is the name of my Canadian great-grandmother and several of her descendants --- lovely!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Florence P" <fpatter@golden.net> To: "Sara Thomas" <sethomas@btinternet.com> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] Off-topic: CAN & USA dates > Sue: > In Canada first census taken 1851 > Registrations of births, marriages, deaths did not begin until 1869 > > Florence Patteron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sara Thomas" <Sethomas@btinternet.com> > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:26 PM > Subject: [SUT] Off-topic: CAN & USA dates > > > > Can some kind lister tell me the dates of the first *significant* > > census in the USA and in Canada, i.e equivalent to Scottish 1841? Also > > the earliest compulsory BMD registration dates in each country, > > equivalent to Scottish 1855? > > Many thanks. > > Sara > > Cardiff, Wales > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > To check out previous messages > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > >