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Last Updated: July 29, 2010
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Tibert: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca Genealogy Event: Heritage Day
(posted July 29, 2010)
The Kings County Historical & Archival Society, Inc., will hold its
annual Heritage Day on Saturday, August 14, 2010, in Lower Millstream,
NB, which is located 3 kilometres from Apohaqui on Route 880. We will
focus this year on that area of our county, and on the 200th
anniversary of the Sharp Farm.
Registration and genealogical information (focussing on Parlee and
Sharp) will be available starting at 1 p.m. at the Lower Millstream
Community Hall. At 2 p.m. there will be Open House tours at the
Sharp Farm and visits to both the United and Baptist Churches followed
at 5 p.m. with a bean and brown bread supper at the hall (sponsored by
George and Frances Sharp). From 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. there will be
a ghost walk tour at Lester Cemetery.
Come and join us in Lower Millstream! There is no charge.
For more information, contact: Nancy Meech, waltnan@rogers.com
Loyalist Book Reprinted: An Island Refuge (posted
August 4, 2009)
An Island Refuge: A history of
the United Empire Loyalist settlement on the Island, their family
histories, the regiments, Muster Rolls and Claimants List. An excellent
reference for those researching their UEL ancestors, as it includes
many Loyalist lineages, claimant's lists, and muster rolls for those
Loyalists who settled on St. John's Island (Prince Edward Island).
The PEI UELA book has been reprinted and updated finally after being
sold out for the past 9 years. The original 1983 printing of 4000
copies sold out in 2000. The original printing plates had been lost, so
later that year, the Island Register and its users began a
transcription project to put the book into computer format so that the
book could be reprinted and updated. Sadly, the old format was very
unfriendly towards reprints and updating.
Price (August 2009): $40
Canadian plus a $14.70 shipping and handling
charge.
All proceeds go to the Abegweit Branch, UEL Association.
Now, in its new format, new printings will be able to be accomplished
in a couple of months, so we should be able to keep the book available
from now on with only short delays between printings.
New Pubblication: A Prince Edward Island Mother's Legacy of
Love - Margaret McAvoy-Griffin-Mullen, Her Life and Recipes
(Posted January 13, 2009)
Dolores Griffin just finished her first book - it is self-published
through a local printer. It will be of interest to anyone who likes to
read about the Island way of life, the Halifax Explosion, recipes, and
the research involved solving a mystery and started at the Halifax
Archives and is still on-going. She is trying to find her
mother's brother Gerald McAvoy (adopted by Hugh and Mary MacLean from
Lochaber, NS), or any of his family. He was born in 1921.
The book is entitled:
A Prince Edward Island Mother's
Legacy of Love
Margaret McAvoy-Griffin-Mullen
Her Life and Recipes
This book chronicles her life as an orphan, a foster child, a wife, a
mother to ten children, a widow, and as a bride for the second time. It
is filled with stories about her life in the orphanage in Halifax,
growing up in Brookvale, and raising a family in Emyvale. It is
illustrated by some of her famous recipes as she was renowned for her
baking skills.
Proceeds from the sale of this book, A Prince Edward Island Mother's
Legacy of Love, will go to support the Margaret McAvoy-Griffin-Mullen
scholarship at the P.E.I. School of Nursing at the University of Prince
Edward Island. Margaret's dream was to become a nurse, as a mother who
was widowed at 48 with ten children, this scholarship was set up to
assist a single parent student attain his/her dream.
If you would like to order a copy of this book, please contact me. My
contact information is:
New Publication: Up Parks Creek, a history of East LaHave
(Posted January 8, 2009)
A new book “Up Parks Creek, a history of East LaHave” by Barry A. Parks
will soon be released. It has about 240 pages of history and old photos
of the ships, people, homes, schools, churches and recreational
pursuits that made it a unique community. There will be a limited
number of books printed.
To order the book, contact Barry at bpjigger@ns.sympatico.ca
Publication of Vital Statistics From Cape Breton
Newspapers 1901-1912
(Posted October 11, 2008)
The first volume in a new 3 volume series of Vital Statistics
from Cape Breton Newspapers has been published. Volume 1 covers
the period 1901-1912. Subsequent volumes to be published will cover
1913-1922 and 1923-1932. These publications will fill the gap between a
series of publications covering the nineteenth century by Mildred
Howard and my series of Obituaries from the Sydney Post-Record covering
the years 1933-1956.
The three volumes in the series include extracts of obituaries/deaths,
marriages and births found in the various surviving newspapers that
were published on Cape Breton Island during that time period. The
publications include Sydney Daily Post, Sydney Record, Glace Bay
Gazette, North Sydney Herald, Richmond County Record, Bras d Or
Gazette, Sydney Mines Star, Inverness News, Hawkesbury Bulletin and
others. Due to the number of entries it has been divided into three
volumes.
Each death entry includes the following information: surname,
given names, date of death, place of death, date and place of burial
(when known), limited biographical information to assist in
identification of the individual, and the dates and pages of the
newspapers in which it appeared. A maiden name cross-reference was also
prepared and incorporated into the main body of the index to assist the
researcher in finding married female lines. Each marriage entry
includes bride s name, groom s name, date and place of marriage,
parents names (if given), officiating minister (if given), some
brief biographical information and the dates and pages of the
newspapers in which it appeared as well as separate bride and groom
surname indexes. Each birth entry includes family name, date of birth
(if given), parents names, sex (child s name was not usually
provided) and the dates and pages of the newspapers in which it
appeared.
Volume 1, 1901-1912, is 423 pages and contains over 5500 deaths,
2700 marriages and 1000 births.
Volume 1 sells for $30.00, or $40.00 (CDN or US) by mail, postage
included. Please note: A
cheque or money order is required in advance prior to shipping.
Copies may be obtained by contacting me at the following address:
Wayne Macvicar
5871 Hornes Road, Mira Gut, Nova Scotia, Canada B1K 2Y5
e-mail: wamacvicar@seaside.ns.ca
Grass
Roots of Lunenburg - Plagiarized Book (Posted May 25, 2008)
Dr. Ken Paulsen was in Nova Scotia this week on vacation and by chance
in a book store found a new book titled "Grass Roots of Lunenburg:
Cultural Change, Adaptation, and Continuity" by Roger Demone.
When Ken took a closer look at the book, he was horrified to discover
that the contents were for the most part his own 1996 doctoral
dissertation, word for word. He contacted the printer, a vanity
press in the USA, and through them Demone and, after legal advice, he
requested that the ISBN be withdrawn and that ALL copies including
electronic be collected and destroyed. Roger has handed over
about 2/3rd of the print run.
As you may know, Dr. Paulsen has generously deposited copies of his
dissertation at the South Shore Genealogical Society in Lunenburg,
Archives & Records Management in Halifax and other NS
locations. He even gave a copy to Demone sometime ago when he was
a history teacher who requested it for use in the classroom.
If you respect the work of Ken Paulsen (and the laws of Canada and the
United States!) and have purchased a copy of "Grass Roots of
Lunenburg", I urge you to do the right thing and send the book to Ken
(contact info through his webpage: http://genealogy-paulsen.com/).
To get your money back you will have to go after Roger Demone, who can
probably be reached through the Lunenburg Heritage Society, or I have
his address.
95,000 Records Added to NSHVS website
(Posted May 12, 2008)
Another 95,000 new possibilities in searching for your Nova Scotia
roots! ‘Delayed birth registrations’ for 95,000 people born in
Nova Scotia between 1836 (the earliest date we’ve found) and 1907
have been indexed, digitized in their entirety, and are now
available as part of the Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
Website.
These records are for individuals born in the years when civil
registration was not mandatory, but who nevertheless wanted or later
needed an official record of their birth. When modern record-keeping
began in 1908, the ‘delayed’ or ‘late’ registration option for births
was put in place and continued for many years.
Many of these ‘late’ registrations included additional information
submitted to support the application, including family Bible extracts,
census abstracts and copies of church-register entries. Up to four
pieces of supporting evidence sometimes accompanied a single
registration form. Everything in each of the 95,000 files has
been digitized - registration form plus all supporting documents - and
the results (193,000 images) have been incorporated into NSHVSO.
Veteran Photos Needed for Stewiacke Valley
Project (Posted March 15, 2008, Updated March 22, 2008)
The Stewiacke Valley Historical Society is preparing a book on the
Veterans of the Stewiacke Valley. Of the 270 names on our list, we are
still searching for pictures of about 40 of these men/women.
Anyone having photos or information can contact Judy Miller at the
following email address: berryhill@ns.sympatico.ca
- Lester Bentley: born 1896,
son of Abram and Flora (McCarthy) Bentley. He was killed in action in
1917 in France.
- Robert Smith Bentley: born
c.1879, son of John and Rachel (Smith) Bentley, lived most of his
adult life in British Columbia.
- James Clifford Bentley/Bent: born 1894, raised in Upper
Stewiacke area by David and Sarah Bentley. He was killed in action in
1916 in France.
- Norman Bonnell: born c.1879,
son of Robert and Ellen (Grant) Bonnell, lived many years in Canadian
west.
- Ernest W. Cox: son of Mrs.
Maude Dean.
- John Weldon Cox: born 1898,
son of William Thorpe and Bertha Patterson, lived in Truro and
USA.
- James Rath Dawson: born
c.1878, son of Alexander and Henrietta (Rath) Dawson, lived in Alberta
after the war.
- Charles Proven Deyarmond:
born 1896, son of J. W. and Agnes (Wilson) Deyarmond of Burnside.
- Cecil Bennett Frame: born
1895, son of J. Frederick and Ellen (Geddes) Frame.
- Elmer Johnson: son of Silas
Johnson.
- Ralph Ervin Johnson: son of
Samuel and Bessie (Ervin) Johnson.
- Charles Rutherford MacKenzie:
son of John Fraser and Elizabeth (Hamilton) MacKenzie, killed in action
in 1917.
- Jeremiah O’Connell: son of
Timothy and Catherine (Fisher) O’Connell, killed in action in 1916 at
Vimy Ridge.
- Rufus O’Connell
- Gordon Wentworth Parker: son
of Rev. L. W. Parker.
- Ernest Summersgill: born in
Otley, Yorkshire, England.
- Harry Whidden: 1896 - 1968,
son of Thomas Campbell and Blanche (Inglehut) Whidden.
- James Albert Young: 1897 -
1984, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Young, lived many years in
USA.
19th Century British Newspapers
Available Free On-line (Posted March 14, 2008)
For a short time, the British Library is allowing free on-line access
to their collection of digitized newspapers from the 19th Century.
Searching can be done by key words and dates. For more information and
to search their database, visit:
http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/start.do?prodId=BNCN&userGroupName=palci07
Bluenose Sailor: Memoirs of the Sea,
written more than 60 years ago by Thomas Brenton Smith (Posted
February 24, 2008)
Re-published by family descendants in 2008.
Description: William Henry Smith told stories of being at sea to his
son Thomas Brenton Smith who compiled the book in the 1940s. The book
holds many of his grandfather’s memories of his life at sea from 1884
to 1898. It includes the story of how Smith’s father and a few of his
brothers were lost at sea, adds McMaster.
Available: Just over 100 copies of the book are available and only from
The Queens County Museum. Visit their website for more information: http://www.queenscountymuseum.com
Pennfield Parish Military Historical
Society Opens its Doors (Posted November 29, 2007)
Since January 26, 2007, Chris Larsen has been researching the history
of the former WWII Air Station at Pennfield Ridge, NB and the former
army training grounds (Camp Utopia) at Utopia, NB. Due to an
ever-increasing interest in both of these former military bases and our
veterans in general, he decided to form the “not-for-profit” society,
“Pennfield Parish Military Historical Society Ltd.” to help further
preserve the rich military history of this area.
The purpose of this society is to discover, procure, collect, preserve,
display and interpret material of historical value associated with the
area and to work with other organizations that have similar goals. The
Beaver Harbour Community Venture Ltd., located at 18 Quaker Lane in
Beaver Harbour, has agreed to provide space in their archives so a
display of artifacts, material, etc. can be made available to the
public and further raise awareness of the sacrifices of the servicemen
and women. They are well on their way to achieving their goal and
anyone with any information on local servicemen and women from
Pennfield Parish, information on the former Air Station and Camp
Utopia, photographs, artifacts or memories to share please feel free to
contact Chris Larsen at 260 Main Street E, Beaver Harbour, NB, E5H 1K4;
(506) 754-2323 or (506) 456-2145; www.pennfieldparishmilitary.com
or e-mail pennfieldparish@yahoo.com
Found - Seven Headstones (posted
September 26, 2007)
In the Weekly Press, Enfield,
Hants County, NS, a story appeared in the Septembe 26, 2007
issue regarding the find of seven gravestones. The person who found
them would like to return them to the proper graves or return them to
family members. The headstones read:
1. Henry MacDonald, born July 30, 1893 and died March 12, 1950.; son,
William, born in 1927 and died three years later.
2. Harry Joseph Gorman, born 1924 and died 1986.
3. J. Frank Dalahunt, born 1904 and died 1984.
4. Reginald E. Field, born 1918; Dorothy M., born 1922, died 1984.
5. Elizabeth Colley, born in 1855 and died in 1925;
granddaughter, Sarah, born in 1924 and died in 1926.
6. Joseph Michael Stephens, born July 17, 1973, died July 26, 1990.
7. Private John J. McKenna of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion Canadian
Expeditionary Force, First World War, died May 10, 1966, age 85.
Any one with information, please, contact Diana
(tibert@ns.sympatico.ca) who will pass on the information. Thank you.
