Thanks to all who replied to my question.
Susan, Gord , Robert , Carol , Bill and Beverley thanks for your help .

I have copied and pasted all your answers together , and will give it to
the man's daughter.  She will be able to take it from there.

Appreciate you're quick and detailed response.

Groetjes
Peter

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At the October meeting of the AFHS Computer Group I mentioned a letter I
received recently that had been written by my greatgreatgreatuncle, who
was living in the Murray Township of Upper Canada in 1834, to his
brother in Essex, England.

In this three page letter he urges his brother, sister, and a brother in
law to emigrate to Canada.  He describes conditions in Upper Canada at
that time, available jobs and wages.  He also details what items an
immigrant should bring as well as the best route to Upper Canada from
Montreal. Several attendees at the meeting asked that I make this letter
available. E-mail was out of the question for several reasons so I have
made it available on my website, www.mumford.ca/file  Be sure to point
your browser to this address, not just mumford.ca

Also available at this site is a 35 page document detailing how the Poor
Laws of England were interpreted and enforced in northwest Essex from
1735 to 1835.  While many of you are probably familiar with the Poor
Laws this article brings up details you are not likely to find in a
history book.  After reading it I found myself wondering why any of the
poor remained in England.  Their treatment was horrific and life on the
frontier in Upper Canada would seem like a vacation in comparison.

The documents are in Word format.

Cheers

Bill

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Peter - for you.. from a friend on another genealogy list here in Alberta...

Judith Rempel
rempel@...

-----Original Message-----
From: Karin Bock [mailto:kbock@...]
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:49 AM
To: CAN-MHSA-L@...
Subject: Re: [CAN-MHSA] FW: Calgary, Alberta Adoption 1943

As of November 1, 2004 Adoption records/identifying information "... is ONLY

available to the immediate parties involved; people adopted and birth
parents"  provided no one in the circle has registered a veto.

A Request for Release of Adoption Information form is available by
contacting the Post Adoption Registry by email to
postadoption.registry@... or fax (780) 427-2048 or toll-free phone in
AB by calling 310-0000, then dial (780) 427-6387.

This registry has been overwhelmed with requests and it might take several
months to receive a response.

I hope this works for your friend Peter.

Karin Bock

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From: "Judith" <rempel@...>
To: <CAN-MHSA-L@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:45 AM
Subject: [CAN-MHSA] FW: Calgary, Alberta Adoption 1943


> Tuck this one address away in case you or someone you know needs help with
> reuniting after adoption.
>
> Judith Rempel
> rempel@...
>
> and
> MHSA Library & Archives Coordinator
> queries@...
> www.mennonites.ca/mhsa/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dist-gen@... [mailto:owner-dist-gen@...]
> On Behalf Of Gord Hulbert
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:54 PM
> To: Peter
> Cc: dist-gen@...
> Subject: Re: Calgary, Alberta Adoption 1943
>
> Please note that your reply will now only go to
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>
>
> Hi there:
>
> Try http://www.albertaadopteesregistry.com/.  Wendy was able to find our
> daughter's birth parents.  Whether she can go back to 1943, I don't know.
>
> Gord Hulbert
>
> Peter wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> It's been awhile since i posted here, but now I have a question
>> that I can't find the answer for.  Hope someone can help me.
>>
>> What can a person born and adopted as a baby in 1943 in Calgary
>> do to find his biological parents?
>> He is still alive so I don't want to post personal information in this
>> email.
>> Appreciate any and all advice.
>>
>> thank you,
>> Groetjes
>> Peter
>>
>> Peter........in Lethbridge,Alberta,Canada.
>> Genealogy .... chasing your own Tale !
>>
>>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Gord Hulbert
> www.hulbert.ca
>
>
> http://www.afhs.ab.ca
>
> http://www.family-roots.ca
>
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Can anyone tell me if the laptop is required for tonight's meeting and
for Tuesday nights talk.  Also where on the AFHS web site are the notes
and free software programs from the Computer SIGs last meeting??

thanks and best reguards Charlie


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Just a reminder about the Canadian Genealogical Center talk by Marie-Louise
Perron from the Center

7 - 9 pm
First Christian Reform Church

Regards

Gordon Lane
Chairman
Alberta Family Histories Society
712-16th Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

chairman@...
www.afhs.ab.ca
(403)214-1447




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Would whoever has the clubs projector please return the same before
6:30pm Wednesday, October 19, 2005.  It is needed for a meeting.  As the
library is not opened tomorrow you will have to get a key, or meet me
there at the above time.  I will be tied up tomorrow so cannot be reached.
reguards Charlie


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I have just been informed through one of my contacts
that Angus Baxter, the well-know Cdn genealogist, has
died at age 93 in Toronto. His obituary is in Monday,
Oct. 17th Toronto Star.


Sharon Pilkington






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RUG

Reunion Users Group, a siglet of the Computer Users Sig meets in the AFHS
library the third Thursday of every month, and will meet at 7pm on 20 Oct.
Please email or phone Mary Arthur with any questions or suggestions for topics.
ar109@...


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Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

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-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm at ACDB-Canada [mailto:malcolm@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 4:31 PM
To: chairman@...
Subject: Archive CD Books Canada NEWSLETTER Vol. 2, #6 - 19 October 2005

Archive CD Books Canada NEWSLETTER V2#6 - 19 October 2005

Contents:
1  WELCOME
2  WHAT'S IN THE NEWSLETTER
3  NEW CANADIAN RELEASES (3)
4  COMING SOON
5  NEW RELEASES FROM OTHER PARTNERS
       Census of England and Wales ( 2 )
       British Books ( 4 )
       Irish Books ( 15 )
6  NEWS & GOSSIP
7  FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
8  PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BOOKS
------------------------------------------------------------------------

1  WELCOME:
Welcome to the Archive CD Books Canada newsletter.  Fall has finally arrived
so I expect you are all dusting off those genealogy projects that were put
aside last spring.

This newsletter will be published whenever we have enough information to
make it worth your while reading, but we expect that will mean there will be
about one a month.

Remember this Newsletter is published for you so if you think we're missing
something important drop me a line to Malcolm@....

Newsletters work best when they get a good circulation.  We're doing our
best to let people know about it but you could help us along by mentioning
it to your genealogy buddies and generally spreading the word.  Give them
the URL
<http://www.british-genealogy.com/mailman/listinfo/cdbooks-news-canada>
and they can sign-up directly.

You can also use this same address to manage your subscription and to access
the archives.
The two most recent editions of this newsletter are now in the archive.
   While working on the archiving site I noticed that I had not been informed
of at least two people who had subscribed to this newsletter so they were
not been receiving it.  My apologies for the omission and
- as you see - you are now getting the newsletter directly.

2  WHAT'S IN THE NEWSLETTER:
A total of 24 new title releases in this newsletter.
New releases from Archive CD Books Canada.
New British Census releases
New British Books on CD
New Irish Books on CD
News, Gossip, and more.

3  NEW CANADIAN RELEASES:
To find a book on our web site http://www.archivecdbooks.ca take a note of
the catalogue number - or use the "copy" function - go to the web site,
click on the "Search Page" link and enter, or "paste," the number into the
"Product Number" box.  Hit "Search" and then "More" and you will be in a
position to reread the description or to place your order.
   There is frequently more information about the books available on the web
site.  All prices in $Cdn.

We frequently shorten a book's description for this newsletter.  Check our
website catalogue for the full description.

* Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa and the Humors of the Valley - South
Hull and Aylmer edition
CA0189:  $28.00
A companion piece to his previous book, The Hub and the Spokes (CA0001),
this is another of the light hearted information books written by American
author Anson Gard.  Maintaining his "Mark Twainish"
humorous style he continues to describe the semi-fictitious adventures of
him and his companion, under the aliases of  "Rube" and "The Colonel," but
this time in the setting of the northern bank of the great Ottawa river in
the adjacent cities of South Hull and Aylmer, including their surroundings.
In this book Anson Gard is less concerned with the (then) current state of
the cities but concentrates his attentions on the origins and development of
the area with particular concern being paid to identifying and describing
the pioneers and their families.
Although published as a single volume there are actually four complete and
separate parts to this book, outside the Introduction and Appendix sections.
Part 1 describes the topographical and social development of South Hull
while Part 2 provides a similar description for Aylmer and includes a
commercial directory for 1851.  Part 3 is entitled "The Humors of the
Valley" and is a romp through a miscellany of amusing and interesting tales,
mostly concerning the Ottawa Valley although Anson also throws in a few
stories from other valleys he and The Colonel have visited.
Part 4 is perhaps the most valuable to the genealogist in that it provides
biographical notes (and a few stories) about as many of the pioneer families
of South Hull and Aylmer as he could lay muster to.
Altogether this book comprises of 332 numbered pages and an additional 30
unnumbered illustration pages.  It has been scanned to make it fully text
searchable using the Search or Find functions of the common PDF interpreter
applications such as Adobe Reader.  We have provided a free downloadable
sampler of the book on our Downloads web page.
We are indebted to the Historical Society of Ottawa for kindly loaning us
this book, so we could reproduce it for you on CD.  Please join with us to
thank them for their public spirited generosity in allowing us to make this
valuable book more accessible.  Another successful Archive CD Books Canada
cooperative project.  Also thanks to the Bytown museum who house and
maintain the Society's book collection.
[TRUNCATED: SEE WEB CATALOGUE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.]

* Anson Gard's "Ottawa Valley" - The Hub and the Spokes & the Pioneers of
the Upper Ottawa on one CD
CA0196:  $35.00
This is a compilation CD containing the whole of two popular books by
American Author Anson Gard, "The Hub and the Spokes," CA0001 and "Pioneers
of the Upper Ottawa," CA0189.  Published in 1904 and 1906 respectively these
two books provide a fund of historical and genealogical information about
the Ottawa / Hull area including a lot of the surrounding area "up" the
river Ottawa's valley.
.  Each of the two books on this CD are described in greater detail in
our catalogue under their individual titles.    The whole CD is fully
text searchable using the Search or Find functions of the common PDF
interpreter applications such as Adobe Reader (compatible with V4 or above,
V6 or higher recommended.)  We have provided free downloadable samplers of
each of the two individual books on our Downloads web page.
This CD contains complete copies of both books.
    We are indebted to the Historical Society of Ottawa for kindly loaning us
the Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa, so we could reproduce it for you on CD.
Please join with us to thank them for their public spirited generosity in
allowing us to make this valuable book more accessible.  Another successful
Archive CD Books Canada cooperative project.  Also thanks to the Bytown
museum who house and maintain the Society's book collection.
[TRUNCATED: SEE WEB CATALOGUE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.]


* Ottawa City Directory 1861-2
CA0191:  $19.00:  Publication special:  $13.00 Here is an early directory of
Ottawa / Bytown published by Boyd & McDonald.  It advertises itself to
contain, "..the names and residence of the Citizens; also, a subscribers
Business Directory, classified according to trade."  Examination seems to
indicate that it also contains the names and addresses of business who were
not "subscribers."  As usual, however, the listing contains primarily the
male population who have attained the "age of majority" and the widows.
Listings for widows frequently show the deceased husbands given name.
There are a few "spinsters" identified, and female names are given for
businesses whose owners were female.  There are a few "Mrs."
designations but nowhere near enough to account for the wives of all the men
mentioned so we conclude these were married ladies living on their own.
The directory's listings identify Boarders as well as Householders and
Business Proprietors.  The majority of the entries also indicate the
individuals trade or profession, including those identified as "Labourer."
This directory has been scanned to make it text searchable using the Search
or Find functions of the common PDF interpreter applications such as Adobe
Reader (compatible with V4 or above, V6 or higher
recommended.)  We have provided a free downloadable sampler of the book on
our Downloads web page.
We are indebted to the Historical Society of Ottawa for kindly loaning us
this early directory so we could reproduce it for you on CD.  Please join
with us to thank them for their public spirited generosity in allowing us to
make this valuable book more accessible.  Another successful Archive CD
Books Canada cooperative project.  Also thanks to the Bytown museum, who
house and maintain the Society's book collection, for their cooperation.
[TRUNCATED: SEE WEB CATALOGUE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.]


4  COMING SOON:

Well the Picturesque Canada 2 volume book has turned out to be a lot of
work!  Because of the beauty of this book we have decided to go the extra
mile on it's production but because - so far - this involves hand processing
every page it's going to take a while to get it finished.
The good news is that you will have noticed the new releases of books loaned
to us by the Ottawa Historical Society.  Well there are three more to come.
Ottawa and Kingston City Directory for 1875;  Including all the towns and
large villages  in between.
Report of the Ottawa and Hull Fire Relief Fund:  History of the "Great Fire"
in 1899 and including the names of the funds committee members and those who
made donations.
Canadian Dominion Directory - 1871:  Note the date!  This is one of the
thickest books I have ever seen clocking in at just under 6 inches!


5  NEW RELEASES FROM OTHER PARTNERS:
(All prices in $Cdn.)

CENSUS OF ENGLAND AND WALES - NEW RELEASES

* Rutland 1841 Census
C1841RUT $27.80
HO107/894 to HO107/898
[See on-line catalogue for a full listing of included places.]

* Wiltshire 1861 Census Supplement 1
C1861WIL-S1:  $21.90
Places in Wiltshire that appear in the Gloucestershire Registration
Districts.  These census pieces will not appear on the Wiltshire 1861 CD set
. All of these pieces do appear on the Gloucestershire 1861 Registration
Districts set (C1861GLS). RG9/1780, RG9/1783, RG9/1785 Whole census peices
are included, and therefore the places included are those on both side of
the county boundary. Places include: Marston Maisey, Oakley, Poole Keynes,
Shorncote, Somerford Keynes, and adjacent places in Gloucestershire.


BRITISH BOOKS - NEW RELEASES

* Rob Rat - A Story of Barge Life
GB1260:  $18.70
A delightful book that relates the every-day story of barge life in the mid
1800s.  If you have ancestors who were canal men, then this book will give
you a really fascinating insight into their lives at the time.  llustrated

* Mortimer & Harwood Directory of Birkenhead 1843
* GB1282:   $22.40
A great little directory for Birkenhead, includes a street directory and
alphabetical listing of residents and their trades.  Interesting also are
the adverts, did your ancestors own a business and advertise here?

* Local Records - Northumberland, Durham
GB1361:  $33.20
The full title of the book is: "Local Records or Historical Register of
Remarkable Events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham,
Newcastle upon Tyne and Berwick upon Tweed from the Earliest Period to the
Present Time; With Biographical Notices of Deceased Persons of Talent,
Eccentricity and Longevity"
Compiled by John Sykes, this is the full set of four volumes published
between 1866 and 1875, and covers the period from the earliest records to
1875.  Accidents and crimes, floods, fires and all manner of fascinating
historical events are recorded, along with many biographical pieces about
local folk.

* The Clergy List 1897
GB1371:  $35.30
Incorporating the Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory.
Published by Kelly & Co.  Containing the Complete Lists of the Clergy in
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies. Including Army,
Navy, Prison, Union, and Foreign Chaplains, etc.    An alphabetical
list of benefices, with the dedication of the churches (church names).
An invaluable resource, not only for family historians searching their
clergy ancestors, but also for all of the general information relating
to churches.    Clergymen are often quite difficult to trace, as they
moved around so much, but this book solves all of those problems, as there
is not only a short biography of each person, but also a list of
all churches and places where they served.    Fully searchable.


IRISH BOOKS - NEW RELEASES:

* Samuel Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 3 vols (1st Edition,
1837)
IE0001:  $66.00
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland is the first detailed study of
its kind for Ireland.  It was published in 1837, before the Famine
(1845-50), so it is very important for historians and genealogists of
the early nineteenth century.    Lewis gives details about every
parish, town and village in Ireland, including numbers of inhabitants, the
economy, history, topography, religion and parish structures, administration
and courts, schools, and much more. He also gives the names of the principal
inhabitants (generally landlords, merchants and professionals).
This Dictionary is in four parts:    Preface & Subscribers  , Volume 1:
A-G  , Volume 2: H-Z  , Volume 3: Maps   .  The Maps are in full
colour, making this source one of the most important for research on
Ireland.

* Pettigrew & Oulton, Dublin Almanac & General Register of Ireland
(1845)
IE0002:  $35.60
This publication contains two major components. The first half of the book
is a general register of all officials and administrative offices in
Ireland, including fairs, the postal service, the legal establishment,
peerage and precedence, the church, banks, colleges, railways, and listings
of all official for every county and town in Ireland. This section continues
with essential information about the British Empire.
The second section of the book is a comprehensive Dublin Directory,
including an alphabetical directory (every street, house number, and
householder's name, with occupation), a street directory, a trades
directory, and a directory of all public institutions and religions in the
city.
The book finishes with the annals of Dublin City from earliest times.


* Henry D. Inglis, A Journey Throughout Ireland, During the Spring Summer &
Autumn of 1834 (4th ed., 1836)
IE0003:  $26.30
This book was considered to be one of the most important early nineteenth
century commentaries on Ireland. Inglis was a Scottish travel writer and
social commentator who published many books concerning various countries
worldwide. This was his last title, as he died the following year.
He visited the majority of counties in Ireland, and provides a wealth of
information on the social conditions he observed in each location.
Even though he travelled in a non-Famine year, the depth of poverty he
witnessed was acute. For social historians and genealogists his work is
especially useful, providing a eye-witness account of the real life
conditions experienced by the general population of Ireland at that time. He
also has a lot to say about the consequences of Catholic
emancipation, and religion in general.     His book is essential
reading for anyone trying to understand Ireland in the 1830s.

* The Treble Almanac 1812
IE0006:  $34.40
The Treble Almanacs are three books in one:
John Watson Stewart's Almanac for the year, principally Irish information.
Everything that there is to know about Ireland in 1812, from schools to army
lists, mail and stage coaches, farming, Sunday schools, and so on.
The English Court Registry, which includes all of the major people from the
King, to Members of Parliament, Lords, Officers in the Navy and Army, etc.
Wilson's Dublin Directory, which contains a complete list of streets, lanes,
alleys, etc. and a very comprehensive list of merchants and traders.
The publication was continued each year until the early nineteenth century.
Due to print formats this book is not searchable.

* Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846, Compendium of all
sections
IET0010:  $79.20
This superb book includes a full commercial directory for the entire
country. Organised by Province, and then town, it lists all the principal
office holders, gentry, professionals, trades, hotels, schools, public
institutions, churches, and even pubs for each town in Ireland. Slater took
over Pigot's important publication of commercial directories of Ireland, and
this was the first instalment. It has almost twice as much detail as its
predecessor (published in 1824), and is now an extremely rare item.
The book is organised into four sections, by province, with additional
details for the four main cities:   Leinster & Dublin  ; Connaught;
Munster, Cork & Limerick  ; Ulster & Belfast These provincial sections can
be purchased seperately, to reduce the cost to you as follow:

* Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846, Leinster & Dublin Sections
IET0006:  $26.30

* Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846, Connaught Section
IET0007:  $26.30

* Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846, Munster, Cork &
Limerick Sections
IET0008:  $26.30

* Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846, Ulster & Belfast Sections
IET0009:  $26.30

* James Alexander Henderson, The Belfast and Province of Ulster
Directory (3rd ed., 1856)
IET0011:  $39.50
This book is an excellent commercial directory for the Province of Ulster.
It is the third edition in a series published in various years between 1852
and 1900. The book contains a wealth of information about Belfast, and every
county and town in Ulster. It includes a full street directory of Belfast
and Ballymacarrett, an alphabetical list of inhabitants and a trades
directory for Belfast, a detailed breakdown of public & private institutions
and societies in Belfast and Ulster, a full list of all administrative
offices and military positions for every county throughout the province, as
well as an introduction to all nine counties, and a detailed trades
directory for every town and
village throughout Ulster.     There is also a large number of
illustrated advertisements included.

* Henry & Coughlan's General Directory of Cork & Munster, 1867
IET0012:  $39.50
This book really contains two publications. The first is the general
directory for Cork city. This important publication includes an alphabetical
directory, street directory and trades and professions directory for the
city, as well as full lists of administrative offices, and public and
private institutions. This is followed by Wynne's Directory of the province
of Munster, which covers every county. Each county section starts with a
list of administrative and judicial officers, after which there is a full
trade directory for each
town.   This extremely rare book also includes some illustrations of
Cork as well as a vast number of illustrated advertisements.

* Sir Arthur Vicars, Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536-1810
IET0013:  $39.50
This important book is well known to Irish genealogists. It contains an
index to over 40,000 Irish wills, most of which were destroyed in the
1922 explosion at the Public Record Office in Dublin. As a consequence this
book is especially important as the only surviving evidence of what did
exist at one time. This index gives the name of every person who left a
will, their address, rank or occupation and the date of probate. Vicars'
based his work on the abstracts to the original wills compiled by Sir
William Betham, and is the only index to his voluminous collections of
abstracts and extracts in existence.
This edition is doubly important because we have included the
never-before-published supplement compiled in 1914 to correct errors and
omissions in Vicars' work.

* Sligo Independent newspaper, County Directory, Almanac and Guide
(1889)
IET0014:  $26.30
This is an incredibly rare book, and one of the only county directories to
ever be published for the west of Ireland. It contains a full list of county
officials, magistrates of the county and borough of Sligo, public and
private institutions, trades directory, general directory of the borough,
and a directory of the principal towns throughout the county, as well as a
lot of other useful information, such as a calendar of fairs, tides, postal
services, etc.
There is a full street and business directory for Sligo borough, following
which there are details for each town, including churches, schools, police,
banks, schools, and a full trades directory. This booklet was distributed
free to subscribers of the Sligo Independent newspaper, and is lavishly
filled with illustrated advertisements.  As a consequence we have published
this title in full colour.

* Shearman's Directory of Waterford, Kilkenny & the southeast 1839
IET0015:  $39.50
This is an incredibly rare book, and one of the earliest local directories
published in Ireland. It contains a full list of city and borough officials
for the places covered, as well as covering education, religion, public and
private institutions, trades directory, alphabetical directory, as well as a
lot of other useful information, such as a calendar of fairs, tides, postal
services, etc.
The places covered are:  Waterford, Kilkenny, Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, New
Ross, Carlow and Tramore (which was added after the title page had been
printed).

* A Complete Catholic Registry, Directory, and Almanack, Vol. 1, 1836
IET0016:  $26.30
This is the first volume of this series, which continued annual publication
for much of the nineteenth century. This volume contains a complete registry
of all Church officials, and the hierarchy throughout the world. However for
Irish research, arguably the most important section is the Ecclesiastical
Register of Ireland. This is a diocese by diocese tour of the country,
detailing what parishes were operational, and who were the priests and
curates for each parish. This is especially important for genealogical
researchers trying to determine what parish registers may survive. The
volume contains an account of the state of Catholicism in Ireland, which is
an important official overview at a time of great change, and a general
calendar or Almanack giving details of the official religious observance for
the year.


6  NEWS & GOSSIP:

If any of you have genealogy related questions of a general nature - or
something specifically related to Archive CD Books - we'd be glad to publish
your question in this newsletter to tap into the enormous fund of knowledge
which I know is out there.

* CANADIAN CENSUS ON CD?
One of our newsletter readers surprised us with a request that we publish
the images of the Canadian census on CD.  "Surprised us"
because we had long ago concluded that, because many these images freely
available on line (courtesy of the Government of Canada, etc.) there would
be nobody wanting the same thing on CD.  Not that we wouldn't love to put
these images on CD if we thought people would want to buy them (and if the
Government will let us) but we already know they will be expensive to
produce so we would have to sell a lot of each CD to make it work.

If you would want to own a copy of a part of the census images (i.e., the
part you are interested in) would you mind dropping me a line to tell me so
including the Province/Territory/Area and year(s) you would be interested
in.  E-mail to Malcolm@...

I can't guarantee what the prices for the CDs, or sets of CDs, might be at
this stage - obviously - but take the cost of our Census of England and
Wales CDs - and the sets - as a guide.

There will be no obligation if you answer - this is just a survey.
Please be honest and realistic though.
Thank you.

* 1911 CENSUS COLUMN 18 CODE-BREAKER:
Gordon Watts, the well know Canadian genealogy writer recently passed on
information released by Collections Canada on how to understand the number
codes in Column 18 of the 1911 census images.  These codes classified the
occupation of the individual according to a set of lists one of which was
about 350 entries long.  It struck me that it was going to to be pretty
tedious to do these lookups more than a couple of times so I made a
"Code-Breaker" tool and have made it available for you to download from our
Downloads page.  (Its at the bottom of the page with the blank census
forms.)  It does require that you have a copy of MS Excel '95 or better on
your computer but it doesn't need to make any further access to the internet
to work.
You can download your copy from:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/downloads.html  Go to the bottom of the page.

  From Cynthia in Massachusetts the day after we published the Code-Breaker;
"A GREAT BIG THANK YOU from me!!!!!!! "

* SPECIALS:
We are still giving away a copy of  "Manners and Rules of Good Society,"
CA0009  regularly: $19.00, absolutely free to all new customers.  This book
holds the key to the social code of 100 + years ago.  A great help in
understanding the attitudes and actions of our ancestors.
Tell your friends.

* 2005 BIFHSGO FALL CONFERENCE - September 23 etc.
We had a great time at the British Isles Family History Society of Greater
Ottawa (BIFHSGO) 2005 Fall Conference.  We were glad to renew old
aquaintances and to meet new friends.  You can see a picture of our stand at
http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8933
While you're on that site pay a visit to the Canada Genealogy forum and see
what discussions are going on.  You never know what you may find!
http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=333


7  FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* The Brant County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will be
holding their   annual Fall workshop from 9:30 to 3:00, Saturday
October 29, 2005, at Smokey Hollow Estates 114 Powerline Rd. Brantford ON
N3T 5L8 The Workshop this year is "Rebels and Records" with Heather
Ibbotson, Speaker and Journlist speaking about "Canadians in the American
Civil War" in the morning. Then in the afternoon it will be Fraser Dunford,
Speaker and Author of "Municipal Records in Ontario: History and Guide"
The cost of the workshop is $20.00 including lunch if registered before
October 25th. If registered after that date the cost is $20.00 and lunch is
extra $4.00.
To Register use above adress or contact Helen Doctor @ 519-753-8581 or email
smokeyhollow@...
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* Genealogy Programs at the Maple Ridge Library (BC) This fall the Library
is offering 3 free programs on this topic:
First Steps on the Ancestral Trail on Wednesday, Sept 28 (speaker Brenda
Smith) Organize - The Second Prime Directive on Wednesday, Nov 2 (speaker
Brenda Smith) Finding Your Ancestors in England on Wednesday, Nov 30
(speaker Chris Longley).
All presentations are from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.  For more information or to
reserve a seat please call the Main Floor Information desk at
604-467-7417.   There are brochures at the Library listing all the
interesting programs we are offering this fall.
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The Orillia Museum of Art and History presents:
The Underground Railroad and Ontario Black History Colloquium Did you know
that one of Canada's first major experiences protecting people under
political asylum happened immediately before and during the American
Revolution?  Canada was even then thought of as a land of cultural and
racial acceptance as 40,000 black people escaped from the U.S. to find
harbour in the Promised Land of Canada.
Join the Orillia Museum of Art and History's Underground Railroad and Black
History Colloquium on Saturday, November 5, 2005 from 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.
in the Simcoe Room of the Highwayman Inn. We will explore history and recent
archaeological and genealogical discoveries that throw light on individual
stories of heroism, escape and settlement in Canada.
The colloquium features speakers including Rosemary Sadlier, President of
the Ontario Black History Society and Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost, an historian
and archaeologist who specializes in the Underground Railroad. The day will
conclude with a tour of the Welland Historical Museum's Passages to Freedom:
Secrets of the Underground Railroad exhibition at OMAH.
Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non-members and $17 for students and
are available at the Orillia Museum of Art and History, Spotlight and
Manticore Books in Orillia. Cost includes a catered lunch and museum
admission.  Speakers will have publications available for purchase.  For
more information or for tickets, please call 705-326-2159.  Spaces are
limited.
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8  PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BOOKS:
Archives of this newsletter showing all the previous release announcements
are available in the newsletter archive which can be reached  through,
<http://www.british-genealogy.com/pipermail/cdbooks-news-canada/>
All our newly released books are listed on our web site in the New Releases
and Special Offers page.  Go to:
<http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/new.html> for an instant update on our new
products.


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Hi everyone,

George Lake is in the Rocky View Hospital. He is in good shape but he had an
infected finger that turned really nasty on him so they are keeping him in
and are pumping him full of powerful antibiotics.

His wife is doing OK and is managing to get to visit him and I told her not
to hesitate to call if she needed any help.

Regards

Gordon Lane
Chairman
Alberta Family Histories Society
712-16th Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

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The next meeting of the Celtic Special Interest Group will be on
Wednesday night at 7 PM in the AFHS library.  Planned presentations
include The Orange Lodge, Irish Quakers and Scottish Presbyterians.  We
would be glad of any contributions others may wish to make "off the
cuff" on church records, religious schisms, religious wars, religious
revivals, saints and sinners, favourite hymns, lovely churches,
atmospheric monastic ruins and what have you.

Lois Sparling

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With this batch of e-mail replies, I'm sending the final Excel file of
guessed names to Judith Rempel. Sub-district #30 includes the Lougheed
family on 13th Ave.

Viewed every line of 32 sub-districts of 1911 Calgary census south of the
Bow River with close to an estimated 30,000 names compared to about 11,000
names for City of Calgary in 1906 which had a much smaller land area. There
are an additional 9 sub-districts for north Calgary but my relatives didn't
live there as early as 1911.

Most of these Excel files can be used to start a more detailed index of each
sub-district for the AFHS web site. -- Elizabeth



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Soon to be available

Searching for Your Ancestors?
The 1851 England and Wales Census Is Coming Soon.
Ancestry.com is excited to bring you the 1851 Census covering England,
Wales, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. You'll soon be able to access
more than 17 million names indexed for easy online searching. This makes us
the only place on the web where you can search all census records from
England and Wales spanning 1851 to 1901.
Here's some of what you can do with this upcoming collection:
* Find ancestors by name. Discover the names of their parents,
siblings and other relations who lived with them in 1851.

* Get fast search results. Enter what you know about an ancestor and
let our system search the more than 17 million names in the 1851 Census for
you.

* Grow your family tree with information about ancestors you never
knew existed. Use clues from the census to find birth, marriage, and death
records.

* Share what you discover with your family and preserve your
ancestors' stories over time.

I will re-post once it is released on Ancestry

Regards

Gordon Lane
Chairman
Alberta Family Histories Society
712-16th Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

chairman@...
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Hi Gordon and all:
At 06:04 PM 21/10/2005, you wrote:

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>
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>George Lake is in the Rocky View Hospital. He is in good shape but he had an
>infected finger that turned really nasty on him so they are keeping him in
>and are pumping him full of powerful antibiotics.

Having pumped me sufficiently full of the 'right stuff' they let me
out today, feeling well enough to make the TMG meeting Tue and
Finance & Budget Thur.
Thanks for the concerns.
Geo

George Lake
1140 Kildonan Pl, SW
Calgary Canada

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Regards

Gordon Lane
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712-16th Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

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I feel silly asking this question, but what is the difference between
ancestry.com and ancestry.co.uk?

thanks
Lynne Kleingertner


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Ancestry.co.uk is slanted towards Europe and ancestry.com is slanted towards
the US.

If you do a search on the UK one it returns UK census records, the .com one
returns US census records

Regards

Gordon Lane
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Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dist-gen@...
>[mailto:owner-dist-gen@...] On Behalf Of Lynda Kleingertner
>Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:03 PM
>Cc: dist-gen@...
>Subject: Re: 1851 English Census
>
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>I feel silly asking this question, but what is the difference
>between ancestry.com and ancestry.co.uk?
>
>thanks
>Lynne Kleingertner
>
>
>http://www.afhs.ab.ca
>
>http://www.family-roots.ca
>

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Calgary road closed to traffic because of construction work -

since 4:00 PM, Oct 26/05 until 5:00 PM, Nov 13/05

Sifton Boulevard S.W. between Elbow Drive S.W. and 14 Street S.W.
Alternative routes include 30 Avenue S.W., Council Way S.W. or Premier Way
S.W.



Regards

Gordon Lane
Chairman
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712-16th Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

chairman@...
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Gordon Lane
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712-16th Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

chairman@...
www.afhs.ab.ca
(403)214-1447

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From: owner-dist-gen@... [mailto:owner-dist-gen@...] On Behalf Of Peter and Yvonne Adams
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 3:45 PM
To: dist-gen
Subject: Military Code/Shorthand

Hi,

 

Any one able to decipher the following code/shorthand found on a WW2 military record.

 

My dad enlisted and served in the RCAF (I know this one) during WW2 as first a radio mechanic and then operator.

 

In reviewing his record I found;

 

a).     R. D. F. Operator (ground).  What would R D F be short for?

 

b).    R. D. F. Mechanics (U. T.).  What would U T be short for?

 

c).    On a Leave / Pass Form, a rank of AC2 is listed.  What is an AC2?

 

d).    There is also reference to a rank of LAC.  Any ideas?

 

e).    On the Appendix to the discharge for, a trade of ROG "B" is listed.  Any thoughts what ROG B would be?

 

 and finally

 

f).    on the Record of Service, there is either S.O.S or T.O.S before each unit and place assigned.  Any idea, would they possibly be Start Of Service, and Transfer of Service?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Peter, in Calgary, Ab

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I knew most of the abbreviations in the prior email asking for some
explanations the following site can be of help to anyone with military
records to decipher

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/

Regards

Gordon Lane
Chairman
Alberta Family Histories Society
712-16th Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

chairman@...
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----- Original Message -----

From: Gordon Lane

To: 'Peter and Yvonne Adams' ; 'dist-gen'

Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 5:28 PM

Subject: RE: Military Code/Shorthand

Generally accepted terms

 

R.D.F = Radio Direction Finder may be Radar but would think Radio as you state that he was a Radio mechanic

U.T. = Unit Trainer

AC2 = Aircraftman Level 2

LAC = Leading Aircraftman

ROG B = Radio Operator Ground Level B

TOS = Time on Station

SOS = Special Operations Squadron

Regards

Gordon Lane
Chairman
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Calgary, AB, T2W 0J8

chairman@...
www.afhs.ab.ca
(403)214-1447

 

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From: owner-dist-gen@... [mailto:owner-dist-gen@...] On Behalf Of Peter and Yvonne Adams
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 3:45 PM
To: dist-gen
Subject: Military Code/Shorthand

Hi,

 

Any one able to decipher the following code/shorthand found on a WW2 military record.

 

My dad enlisted and served in the RCAF (I know this one) during WW2 as first a radio mechanic and then operator.

 

In reviewing his record I found;

 

a).     R. D. F. Operator (ground).  What would R D F be short for?

 

b).    R. D. F. Mechanics (U. T.).  What would U T be short for?

 

c).    On a Leave / Pass Form, a rank of AC2 is listed.  What is an AC2?

 

d).    There is also reference to a rank of LAC.  Any ideas?

 

e).    On the Appendix to the discharge for, a trade of ROG "B" is listed.  Any thoughts what ROG B would be?

 

 and finally

 

f).    on the Record of Service, there is either S.O.S or T.O.S before each unit and place assigned.  Any idea, would they possibly be Start Of Service, and Transfer of Service?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Peter, in Calgary, Ab

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Can anyone answer this?

On the 1851 census I have a man with a housekeeper and a bunch of kids.  The
adults aren't married.

All the children have his name as the middle name and the housekeeper's last
name as their last name.

I believe these children are the product of the two adults.  Beside the
children it states "Natural Son" or "Natural Daur"

What does the Natural part mean?  The census enumerator just put Son or Daur
beside the other people on the same page.

Thanks for any help
Kathy
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'Natural' child is usually always taken to mean a
child is illegitimate.

Sharon
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> Can anyone answer this?
>
> On the 1851 census I have a man with a housekeeper
> and a bunch of kids.  The
> adults aren't married.
>
> All the children have his name as the middle name
> and the housekeeper's last
> name as their last name.
>
> I believe these children are the product of the two
> adults.  Beside the
> children it states "Natural Son" or "Natural Daur"
>
> What does the Natural part mean?  The census
> enumerator just put Son or Daur
> beside the other people on the same page.
>
> Thanks for any help
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'Natural' child is usually always taken to mean a
child is illegitimate.

Sharon

Hi Sharon:
     I am sorry I disagree with you.  When you say the natural parents or
natural child you mean the child is the child of those two parents.  You
may have a natural mother and a step-father for instance  Not
necessarily illegitimate, but in this particular case they would be.
Just my thoughts Charlie


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Perhaps, but in my years of being on the genealogy
lists, what I've been hearing is it usually refers to
illegitimacy.

Sharon
--- Charles W Aubin <cwaubin1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sharon:
>     I am sorry I disagree with you.  When you say
> the natural parents or
> natural child you mean the child is the child of
> those two parents.  You
> may have a natural mother and a step-father for
> instance  Not
> necessarily illegitimate, but in this particular
> case they would be.
> Just my thoughts Charlie







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