Happy Canada Day

Hello everyone!

Happy Canada Day to all the Canadian subscribers and Happy Independence Day to those in the USA.

Submissions are coming in at a good rate... more on this in this newsletter..
My apologizes to being slow in answering some emails and working on the page the last week or so, we had some computer problems which are mostly fixed now. Hubby had to rebuild the computer-still waiting for the word program to be put back on and for my printer to be hooked up! Hopefully tomorrow..

A few notes..

I received this yesterday:

Family Reunion

Descendents of John Holliday and Margaret Notter, Reunion 2004, Wolfe Island, Ontario. Wolfe Island invites you to Reunion 2004. Please put the weekend of July 9 - 11 on your calendar. The Reunion will be held on the R. F. Fawcett farm, Fawcett's Lane, 2406 Hwy. 96, Wolfe Island. there will be plenty of parking space for campers and tents, lots of great food and a good time for all. Please forward this invitation to all of your family members. We hope this will be an opportunity for everyone to meet new relatives and renew old acquaintances, and to explore the famous Wolfe Island. Hope to hear from you soon. Margaret Fawcett, 2249 Hwy. 96, Wolfe Island, Ontario, KOH 2YO (613) 385-2380

--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.

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 listing is a consolidation of lists of names ?prepared through the patriotic efforts of George Merrill of Belleville. published by the British Whig, Kingston, in winter of 1891.? This can be found on microfilm or at Queens, Stauffer Library in Kingston-if you will look this up please email me. I have been told there are a number of islanders listed.

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 105 subscribers (up from 98 at last newsletter)!!

What's New...

NEW:

June 25
*7- 1906 Amherst birth reg
*12-1871 Amherst birth reg
*4-1874 Amherst birth reg
*16- 1894 Amherst birth reg
June 24
*4 new Wolfe bios- Snider/Gilfillan,Murray, Horton & Dickson
*2 new Amherst Bios- Fowler and Radcliff
*New Bio on Dexter Calvin (Garden Island)
*Corrections/additions to John Reid biography(Amherst Island)
*4 Wolfe Island articles-see written word>Articles>transcriptions>Wolfe Island Articles 4
*1 Garden Island article-see written word>Articles>transcriptions>Garden Island Articles
*2 Amherst articles-see written word>Articles>transcriptions- Amherst ISland Articles
*Island tree project page updated-numbers and thank yous
*13 new Wolfe obits on pg 11
*4 new Wolfe Island obits (2 with images)-see pg 11
June 23
*4 new Howe Island obits-pg 5
*7 new Amherst Island obits-pg 4
*3 new Garden Island obits-pg 1
June 14
*2 New Howe Island Researchers added
*Corrections

RECENT:

June 11
*Knapp's Point Lighthouse (Wolfe Island) put online. See Lighthouses page.
June 4
*4 Amherst birth/baptisms 1853/4-see Amherst main page under baptisms
*1 Amherst birth announcement-see Amherst marriages main pg
*Amherst Birth reg; 2-1885, 6-1886, 13-1889
June 3
*Amherst birth registrations; 5 -1871, 2 -1872
*1884 Howe death reg added.
*Howe death registrations reorganized
June 2
*Corrections etc
*New Wolfe Island researchers
June 1
*article-deserter seized on wolfe island by US-see main articles pg, wolfe transcriptions pg 3
*wolfe off island marriages: 1875,1876,1882,1908
*Island Tree Project page-numbers and thank yous updated
May 27
*10 1904 amherst birth registrations
May 26
*10 1897 amherst birth registrations
*various corrections to amherst birth registrations
*1 1952 article on new Wolfe-Cape Vincent ferry-see Island pics, Wolfe Island-ferry page
*1 Wolfe article-A block of 1,500 acres on the west end of Wolfe Island has been acquired by a New York syndicate-1956-see written word-articles, transcriptions-wolfe articles pg 3
*3 Wolfe marriage announcements-1881,1893,1910
*7 Wolfe obit transcriptions-pg 10
*7 Amherst off island marriage registrations for yrs 74,79,82,84,88,89,99
*2 Amherst obit transcriptions (pg 4)
May 21
*Link on biography pg to bio for James Clarke Sr of Howe Island
May 20
*Simcoe Island added to the lighthouses page
May 19
*7 amherst marriage newspaper announcements, 1820, 1850, 1876, 1894,1895 (made up a page just for these announcements as well)
*2 Howe marriage newspaper announcements, 1820, 1842
*3 wolfe marriage newspaper announcements, 1819,1876,1878 (made up a page just for these announcements-still see the wolfe island main marriage page in the Newspapers section for a link to it.)
*Amherst marriage reg (some with images): 3-1879,1-1881,6-1888,2-1893,4-1894,6-1895,4-1905
May 18
*amherst marriages off island: 1-1860, 1-1870,1-1872,1-1878,2-1884,1-1894,1-1896,2-1901,1-1909,2-1910,1-1911
*wolfe marriages off island: 1-1867,1-1874,1-1885,2-1900,1-1909
*1 wolfe marriage 1888
*howe island marriages off island: 1-1887, 1-1859,1-1860,2-1861, 3-1862
*garden island marriages off island:1-1862,1-1874,1-1888,1-1896
*garden island marriage 1873
May 15
*Snake Island lighthouses added to Lighthouses pg.
May 14
*Lighthouses page put online
May 11
*12 Wolfe obits-see pg 10
*1 Howe obit-see pg 5
*12 Amherst obits-see pg 4
May 10
*13 Wolfe obits-see pg 9
*1 Amherst obit-see pg 4
*1 Garden obit-see pg 1
May 6
*2 amherst articles-Sutherland, Sherry-see Written word>article transcriptions>amherst articles pg 1
*1 wolfe article-Pelow, Conley,Martin-see Written word>article transcriptions>wolfe articles pg3
*3 Wolfe marriage announcements-see marriages pg
*2 Amherst marriage announcements-see marriages pg
*4 Wolfe engagements-see marriages pg
*1 amherst engagment-see marriages pg
*Simcoe Island Researcher
May 5
*12 Garden Island 1869 birth registrations
*various Amherst birth registrations: 9-1903, 11-1904, 2-1906
May 4
*various Amherst birth registrations: 2-1870, 5-1876, 7-1877, 6-1888, 7-1890, 2-1893
May 2
*Newsletter sent out.
*Island tree Project page link and thank you's updated

FEATURE:

This months feature is the VITAL RECORDS button

Located on the sidebar of the main page this takes you to one of the most important pages on the site.
This page has links to the following pages:
*Bible Entries:
Includes any entries your ancestors may have made into their bibles; including births, marriages, deaths, notes & more.

*Births:
Includes Civil Birth Registrations, birth announcements and baptism records from church registers.

*Baptisms:See Births.

*Confirmations:
Includes some selected confirmation lists from St. Johns, Gananoque Register for confirmations done on Howe Island.

*Marriages:
Includes Civil Marriage Registrations, marriage announcements and marriage records from church registers.

*Howe Island Anniversaries

*Wolfe Island Anniversaries

*Deaths:
Includes Civil Death Registrations and burial records from church registers. Also see Cememtery Online.

*Island Obits Main Page:
Includes obits and images from various papers about all Islanders.

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.

Have You...?

Submitted your surnames?
ISLAND RESEARCHERS

Submitted your online webpage?
ISLAND LINKS

Submitted other online sites you've found?
ISLAND LINKS

Posted to the Forum?
ISLAND FORUM

Signed the Guestbook?
SIGN NOW!

Joined the CAN-ONT-ISLANDS mailing list?? FREE Mailing List
For the islands of Ontario, Canada. Subscribe to mail mode by emailing: [email protected] with 'subscribe' and nothing else in the subject. For digest mode, send the command instead to: [email protected]

Checked out the LOOKUPS page... will you offer to do lookups in your resources?

Have a Question?

Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have about the Island page.

EMAIL ME


The Islands page now has a new email address. The angelfire address will expire May 31, so please change the address in your address book as soon as possible. See Webmaster Email button on side bar for new address.


ANOTHER NOTE:
No genealogists were harmed in the making of this newsletter.
:)


If you would like to post anything to this newsletter please email me about it. I'd be happy to put little blurbs- either about family or if you would like to discuss an island topic or recount some island memories.

Jim & Patti Kellar's Transcriptions: Census and Death registrations transcriptions! Cover Frontenac and L&A Co.'s


Linda Corupes Genealogy Books at Genealogy Publications of Ontario and Quebec Includes civil marriages transcriptions for Frontenac to 1885 and L&A to 1910! Plus much more!


Russ Wallers Genealogy Books still for sale!
You can still by Russ's transcriptions and family connection
books for the islands. Mrs. Waller has told me she will
continue to sell his books as long as they are wanted.
See his web page at: Russ Wallers Genealogy Books

EVERYONE! Please don't forget to put the word 'ISLAND' somewhere in your subject line when you email me! I know I'm missing some of your emails because there is no subject line, or it is 'hi' or something similar and I delete it. I get A LOT of spam and don't take the time to check every email- I look at my subject lines. Thank you.

Currently in the works

Aaron Reid has sent in over 50 Willowbank tombstones (Willowbank is on the mainland north of the islands- contains many Howe Islanders in particular.)
I also have a bunch of marriage related items (registrations, announcements etc) to go up.
So keep checking back to the main page for The Islands to see how progress is going on all these great new things to come.
If you have anything you would like to submit DO send them in now! I'll put them up as soon as possible!

(note: submissions for the Island Researchers page are put up as soon as possible after they are sent in)