Greeting from the Webmaster
Hello everyone!
Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying your summer. I've been quite busy with family and summer things, so updates have not been as frequent as in the winter, but there has still been a lot added in the last month. Do keep those submissions coming in!
Last newsletter I mentioned people getting spamed with unsubscribe emails for this list. Some people are still getting them, if you are one of them please drop me a note so I can let the Bravenet people have an idea of how large the problem is.
PLEASE just DELETE those emails!
A Few Notes...
1911 Canadian Census soon to be released!
From the Global Gazette:
"Bill S-18 has now passed all necessary stages in both the Senate and the House of Commons. "
Read more... (offsite)
The bill now has Royal Assent and is hoped the census will be available by August. It appears that Automated Genealogy will be indexing this census as well (as it did for the 1901).
I'll make a note on the main island page when the census comes online, as well as a mention if automated genealogy will be transcribing. I encourage people to transcribe for automated genealogy index or to transcribe the full census for the ontario genweb census project. If you do please drop me a note so I can make a mention of it.
Please post your thoughts here!!
New Comments Board/Forum
Check out this page to post your comments, questions, thougths on THE SITE itself (not family information-see the other forum for that) Please use this board to let me know what you would like to see added to the site, census, vital records, obit, etc.
Volunteer:.. I'm looking for someone to complete the Wolfe Island 1861 census. Chris Morrell (who passed away suddenly in march) had completed and submited Ward 1. It is on the site. If you would be interested in finishing the census please contact me.
This site now has over 799 pages up from 793 pages on JUne 15.
This Newsletter has 144 subscribers, up from 137 in June.
If you would like to submit a "BRICK WALL" problem to the newsletter please email me with "Newsletter Brick Wall" in the subject line.
Other comments, notes, articles are also welcome to be added to the newsletter.
What's New...
NEW:
July 19
*Finally an index for the 112 tombstones for St. Johns Gananoque (see Cemetery online- OffIsland)-also 3 new photos-stones 80 to 82
*1839 eng death reg Susanna Venton Sluman-see death reg-wolfe island offisland deaths
*2 simcoe island obits
*8 wolfe obits, 3 at bot of pg 9, 5 at bottom of pg 8
July 18
*Image of transcription of affidavit by Peter Marlowe re death of James Marlow 1884 (Wolfe Island) see Probate/wills
*Notes on Susannah Sluman (nee Venton) will (Wolfe Island)-see Probate/Wills
*Links to dozens of Canadian Directories online, many include the islands, see maps and Directories page
RECENT:
July 6
*Amherst Island people photo-Wm James Beaubien-see pg 9
July 4
*1913 death registrations-3 off island Amherst, all for Garden, all for Howe, 1 off for Howe, all for Wolfe, 2 off for wolfe
July 3
*Off island marriage registrations; howe island 2 1881, 1 1885; garden island 2 for 1881, wolfe island 1 for 1881, 1885, 1916, 2 for 1895
*Wedding announcements, wolfe island- 2 for 1901, 1 for 1940, 1 for 1952, 1 for 1954, 2 for 1903-see link on lower part of Wolfe island main marriage page
*Wedding announcements, 3 for howe island, 1952,1951 & 1938-see link on lower part of Howe island main marriage page
*Wedding anniversary articles x 2 for Amherst-see Amherst marriages main page (scroll down)
*3 1945 articles:Amherst Island AYPA Honors Veterans,ORGANIZATION PLANS for the 9th Victory Load rural sales, Show held on Amherst & AMherst news
*Island Tree updated
June 29
*new articles (note that the newest articles are always put at the top of that years section)- 1873- Township of Howe Island Minutes of the council & Late James Eccles spoken of at Wolfe Council; 1901 - 3 news, entrance examinations, municple nominations, Wolfe Island A.O.U.W. Officers , Letter to editor about ferry tolls, 1920- 2 news 1940-news 1951-42 Foxes Killed by Hunters on Wolfe Island 1952-Wolfe Island Play
June 28
*one howe obit see pg 6, 4 wolfe obits see pg 9
*Image of article on land for sale on howe island in 1837-see land records
*New off island stone transcriptions for England and California-see cemetery, off island section
*New photos of stones 209&210 for Horne Cemetery, Wolfe Island
June 24
*Many additions to the probate/wills page (some are only images of wills-if you would like to transcribe these for the site please email me)
*All 1879 wolfe, garden and howe island death registrations
June 23
*New articles-see written word, articles section- 1908 x 2; news and council, 1910 x 2; news and council, 1951 Reeve elected, 1952 x 3 news and family nite
*June newsletter archived
*5 wolfe obits-see bottom of page 9
*Wolfe Researchers updated
June 19
*Some wolfe island land record info
June 17
*Made page for SS9 wolfe island
* 2 SS4 class photos 1924 & 1930-see class photos pg 2 on main wolfe schools page
* 2 photos of SS4 inside, see SS4 page
*3 photos of SS4 teachers-see schools>wolfe island> PSS schools section
*Island recipe- see Miscellaneous button on side bar
June 15
*2 1908 articles; news, wolfe island budget
*4 1903 articles; wolfe island case-cattle, wolfe island families to new ontario, news
*1 1902 article-wolfe island dispute
*3 1888 articles
*Will for Hugh McDowell see wills/probate
*New wolfe island post card-see island photos-wolfe island-postcard page
*Howe Island researcher added
Focus On...
Map & Directories
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~theislands/directories/maindir.html
This section of the site deals with directories, maps, tenant maps etc. These are great ways to assist with finding out where your ancestors were in certain years and also what occupations they had.
There are many different types of directories on the site, Patron, Farmers, Business that can be very helpful.
Be sure to see the new Offsite Directories section on this page for a link to many many online directories for the islands.
The Tenant map section of the site is very popular, with maps of the islands and the names of who lived where written on them. I have many of these maps, so feel free to contact me if you see one of your names and I can scan the area in question (if it's not already online).
If you know of any other maps or directories please send me the information- links for those online, reference for those in book form. Or you may send a transcription to add.
I personally found these maps and directories very helpful in tracing my early wolfe island families, especially considering the 1851 census for that island is incomplete, and of course my one family was in that missing section (though the husband appeared in the agr census-which can show how they can be important as well!)
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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.
BRICKWALL
Please email me with your Brick Wall questions!!
COMING VERY SOON!
-Wolfe Island school information is coming in at a steady pace thanks to AM Benson, Theresa Broeders and the Wolfe Island Womens Institute. I am putting the information online as quickly as possible.
PLease email if you have old photos to share!
(I now have a new option where you can upload your photos to a photocenter and I can download them from there-this saves the bother of bounced emails--ask me about it if you are interested.)
COPIES of articles and photos can also be post mailed to me for me to transcribe/scan to add to the site. Contact me for details.
Visiting an Island this summer?
Be sure to take your camera and snap photos of any old buildings (schools, churches, barns, houses etc) to send to the site. I'm also looking for tombstone photos and transcriptions for Amherst Island-check out the site to see what is there. If visiting relatives make copies of any interesting documents, everything is welcome on the site-please remember we are trying to document, save and preserve the genealogy and history of the islands. Thanks to all for their help!!
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