Happy Canada Day

Hello everyone!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and making good use of any holiday time!
Submissions are coming in at a good rate... more on this in this newsletter..
--If you know of an island related reunion and would like the info posted here please email me.--

Site Corrections
If you happen to see any errors on the site, broken links, typos, or information that is incorrect or not quite right, please email me! Please include the page link where the error is, and what and where the error is on the page. If you are correcting information please give your source if possible. Corrections always welcome! Please put "Island Corrections" in the subject line of your email.

YEAH!! The following has been looked up!! Thank you Maria Shurant!
Volunteer STILL Needed Can anyone look this up for the site?
?Canada's Gallant Volunteers of 1837-38: Roll Call, Winter of 1890-91,? The Islands Connected Tree ---
Now Over 23,030 individuals linked in one tree!!

See the Trees page on the Islands site for updates. Island Tree Project

This site now has over 620 pages up from 590 pages on May 2.

This Newsletter has 106 subscribers (up from 105 at last newsletter)!!

What's New...

NEW:

July 28
*New Wolfe island related MYSTERY PHOTO! See bottom of pg 8. Possibly Woodmans, or related family?
**!!Names from 1837 Chewett map of Howe Island!!** see Maps & Directories button on side bar
*New Trinity Wolfe Island tombstone photos & transcriptions.
*Off Island cemetery information-scroll down on main cemetery page-see USA section.
July 25
*New wolfe island researchers
*4 -1896 wolfe marriage announcements-see vital records>marriages>wolfe island>scroll down to Other section and go to Announcements pg
*11 -1895 wolfe marriage announcements
*1 -1876 wolfe marriage announcement
July 23
*2 1895, 1 1896 Amherst marriage announcements
*2 Howe marriage announcements
*1 Garden marriage announcement
*Amherst marriage reg 1-1860, 1-1896,, 1-1879, 3-1880
*Amherst off island marriage reg 1-1896
*1-1907, 1-1870 wolfe marriage reg
*Wolfe off island marriage reg -1873,1-1874, 1-1891
*Garden marriage reg 1862
*1-1907 Howe marriage
*Howe off island marriage reg-1-1859,1-1860
*9 Wolfe obits-pg 11
*5 Howe obits-pg 5
*4 Amherst obits-pg 4
*1 Garden obit-pg 1
*1 article with image- main articles pg.
*2 articles on wolfe articles pg 4- got to written word, main articles page, scroll down to wolfe articles pg 4
*1969 birth announcement-wolfe island-see wolfe island births

RECENT:

July 16
*Bible info on bible page
*New Wolfe old house-pg 13
*New Wolfe postcard- see island pics>wolfe island>postcards
*New Wolfe people photo-see pg 35
*New Wolfe researchers
June 30
*Newsletter sent out
*Reunion info up on main page

FEATURE:

Maps and Directories

See the side bar on the main page for a button to this part of the site.
This section has maps and directories to do with the islands. Quite a few are online!
Directories Farmers and Business Directory for Howe Island 1888
Farmers and Business Directory for Wolfe Island 1888
Patron's Directory from 1878 atlas-Howe Island
Patron's Directory from 1878 atlas-Amherst Island

Tenant Maps Names
Information on maps available.
New! 1837 Chewett Map, Howe Island
Names from 1845 Howe Island partial map by Gibbs.
Names from 1860 Walling Howe Island tenants map.
Marysville, Wolfe Island Names from 1860 Walling tenants map.
Garden Island Names from 1860 Walling tenants map.
1937 Tenants and Owners, Wolfe Island by SURNAME
1937 Tenants and Owners, Wolfe Island by CONCESSION, LOT etc.

Other Maps
Wallings 1860 Marysville Tenants map
Wolfe Map-recent-shows main roads
Nautical Map-Howe Island Spit Head

If you know of any other maps or directories not listed please email me. If you have any of these and would like to transcribe them to add them to the site, or to send me a copy so I can, please contact me. THANKS!

Working Together

The Islands site is built and grows through the efforts of those who use it. I do what I can to add new information, but I am only one person. Please consider submitting information, photos or anything else you have to add to this site. Credit will be given to the submitter.
Submissions are greatly needed for Amherst Island. Surf the pages to see what IS there.

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