Greeting from the Webmaster
Hello everyone!
It looks like Fall is coming upon us. Now is a great time to get back into family research now that the kiddies are back in school and the weather is getting cooler.
This past month has seen a lot of new submissions! Also a new section to the site MILITARY which includes one large submission of the Gallant Volunetters list.
Lots and lots of tombstone photos coming, particularly off island ones.
A Few Notes...
Home Children
It has been suggested that I devote a page to Home Children, apparently quite a few went to the islands. If you have any information on any Home Children please contact me, please put "Island Home Children" in the subject line. I am now collecting info to put on the site. If I get a few submissions then I will make up a page.
If you have an idea for a new page, or section to the site do email me! I do listen!! :)
New books digitized online! (OFFSITE!!)
I came across these 2 books IN FULL online today. THEY ARE NOT ON MY SITE, but I have links to them on the Written Word page under the BOOKS section. Should you ever see other books that are about or mention the Islands or Islanders, please send me the link.
From OurRoots site-full books digitized!:
Tales of Amherst Island
By H.C. Burleigh, 1980
Wolfe Island Past and Present
By Winston Cosgrove 1973
Horne & Point Alexandria Cemetery
This cemetery has been fully photographed and is being put online now. I've linked its main page to the main cemetery page so that you can browse what is online already. All 222 identified stones are now online, as is the index.
Help needed...
*I'm looking for a person (or persons) to do some transcribing. I will send you scans in jpg or pdf (read with acrobat reader) of various materials to be transcribed and put on the site. Materials include obits, articles, diaries etc.
I just don't have as much time as I used to (due to 2 kids) and am getting a growing pile of papers people have mailed me.
*I'm also looking for persons to do lookups/transcriptions at various libraries etc in Kingston for island related material to add to the site.
This site now has over 676 pages up from 630 pages on Aug 18.
This Newsletter has 114 subscribers (up from 109 at last newsletter)!!
What's New...
< NEW:
September 19
*4 new Howe island old photosL surnames WHite, Garrah, Cassiday,Biship, Clarke-pg 21
*additional name to 1920 team photo on mystery photos pg 4
*4 Wolfe island obits
*1 howe island obit
*More military info, pre WW & WW1
September 17
*5 new island stones from Gananoque Cemetery
*2 new islander stones from St. Johns, Gan. (Amo on pg 1)
*3 general cemetery St. JOhns Gananoque stones
*2 new st. marys kingston stones of Islanders
September 15
*2 Howe people photos-pg 21-surnames Garrah, White, Kane, Pickett
*Wolfe School teachers updated
*tree numbers updated.
*old barn photo on AMherst-old buildings pg 3
*5 Islander stones photos from St. Mary's Kingston
*1 Glenwood cem stone image (seepg4)
September 14
*Page for St. John Gananoque stones-plus many more stones added and some images
September 12
*1 Pentland stones, 5 Glenwood stones
RECENT:
September 11
*2 off island stones-St. Mary's Cem, Kingston, ON-howe island related names Sughrue, Garrah, Driscoll
*2 off island stones-Cedar Grove Cem, Lyme, NY-howe island related names-garrah, goodfriend. Scroll down on main cemetery pg.
*22 Glenwood Cemetery, Amherst Island stone photos with transcriptions-see cemetery main pg
September 10
*5 Pentland cemetery, AMherst Island stone photos with transcriptions
*1 old Howe obit transcription-see pg 5
*16 old wolfe obit transcriptions-see pg 14
September 8
*2 tombstone photos & transcriptions for St. Bartholomew cem, Amherst Island
September 7
*3 Wolfe articles-see written word>articles pg>Wolfe articles pg 4
*Off island 1897 marriages; 2 wolfe, 3 garden, 7 amherst
*3 new wolfe transcriptions-see pg 13
*1 new howe obit with image-howe transcriptions pg 5
September 3
*CANADA’S GALLANT VOLUNTEERS OF 1837-38 ROLL CALL WINTER OF 1890-91--see Military>PreWorld Wars> Militia Section
September 2
*8 new wolfe obits-pg 13
September 1
*13 Wolfe obit transcriptions
*6 Amherst obit transcriptions
*1 Howe obit transcription
*AMherst photos on old buildings pg 3- General store, blacksmith shop, David Reid farm.
*3 photos of St. Pauls church, Amherst Island (in & outside)-see Churches page.
*Briceland mystery photo- on mystery pg 8 and also old houses (wolfe island) pg 13.
August 31
*5 Wolfe obits, 3 with images-see Wolfe obit transcriptions pg 11 and 12
*Thanks to Pat McAvoy-Costin for a whole bunch of Wolfe Death regs-see Vital Records>Deaths>Wolfe Island. 1882-6, 1889-8,1892-6, 1905-12, 1909-4,1911-3
*Links to 2 online island books
*Horne cemetery index completed and online
August 26
*More military info added
*62 more Horne Stones (all identified stones now on site)
August 25
*More military info added
*Wolfe obit transcription & image-pg 11
*Cemetery & Other Project pages updated
*Military Page put online. See sidebar for link.
August 23
*Horne & Point Alexandria Cemetery-in progress- put online.
FEATURE: Obituaries
The Island Obituaries Page is one section that is updated at least weekly.
First off I want to say to be sure to check out the offsite link at the top of the page. Janet Jones has over 132,000 ONTARIO obituaries, at no cost. I've found a few family members every time I've gone-make sure you have some time to look-the names are indexed put the pages can be slow loading.
Back to the Islands Obituaries...
Please email me with your transcriptions and or scanned images.
If possible give date and source. If you send an image and have the time to transcribe it as well that would be great-it will save me time and it will get put online faster.
Yes I know the names aren't in any sort of order, but at least I have each page indexed for you. :)
The Transcription pages now also include obituary images if they have also been transcribed.
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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 a Question?
Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have about the Island page.
EMAIL ME
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.
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.
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