All the queries below have appeared in Nova Scotia newpapers. The date and newspaper have been noted with each query.

2009

Posted: December 29, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; December 30, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; January 2, 2010, AMHERST & MONCTON
QUERY #2: Seeking information on the Lawrence family of NS, particularly Henry Lawrence (born before 1750 - died after 1807, Windsor, NS) and his family. Is he related to William Lawrence (living at Sackville, NS or NB in 1770), William Lawrence (same location in 1800) or Elisha Lawrence (living in Kings County, NS from 1785 until 1793 and later possibly Parrsboro)? Contact: Kathy Zinck Lawrence, 412 Mines Rd, Falmouth. NS, B0P 1L0; email: kczl@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: December 8, 2009, SUSSEX & LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; December 12, 2009, MONCTON & AMHERST
QUERY #1: When and where did James Joseph Alexander die? Was it between 1915 and 1917 in California? James (born 1834, St. Stephen) was the son of Ann McAuley (1796 - June 1, 1869) and Hugh Alexander (1795 - February 23, 1848) who came from Ireland in 1823 and settled in St. Stephen, NB. James first married Hannah Getchell (September 1838 - June 26, 1872, St. Stephen) on June 26, 1858. He second married Sarah Mariah Yorke on October 21, 1880 at Parrsboro, NS. Contact: Elizabeth Severin, 11 Cardinal Terrace, Quispamsis NB, E2E 1M8; phone: 506-849-3502; email: wseverin@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: December 2009, BEDFORD/HALIFAX, December 1, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; December 5, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY #1: Seeking information on Henry Lawrence (born Malden, England or Malden, USA), an apprenticed brick layer who served with the British Navy 54th Regiment, Halifax, from the 1750s until 1772. He married Judith Watson (1763, Tracadie, NS - 1833, Windsor, NS) in 1780. Henry had two brothers: James (Cherryfield, ME) and Jonathan (or John, “The Windsor Rd.” now Mt Uniacke). Contact: Kathy Zinck Lawrence, 412 Mines Rd, Falmouth. NS, B0P 1L0; email: kczl@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 17, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; November 21, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on the name LaTrasia in Nova Scotia. Is it a surname? Where did it originate? LaTrasia (Tracy) Benjamin, wife of Ebenezer Benjamin (1785, Gaspereau, Horton, Kings Co. - 1852, son of Lucy Coldwell and Caleb Benjamin), signed an 1811 land deed at Horton. They possibly had three sons: William (1808), John (1810) and William B. (1811-12). Contact: Sandy Loughman, 10150 Belle Rive #703, Jacksonville, FL 32256 USA; email: seasidesandy@yahoo.com

Posted: November 3, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; November 7, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Samuel P. Dunham who lived in the Yarmouth, NS area. Where and when was he born? When and where did he die? Who were his parents and siblings? Contact: Dunham Swift, 1706 N. Pebble Beach, Sun City Center, FL 33573 USA; email: dswift1@mac.com

Posted: October 27, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 31, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Evelyn McFarlane who was born in 1920/1922 at Amherst, NS to John McFarlane and his wife. Evelyn’s son was born May 25, 1940 at Amherst and given up for adoption. Evelyn had a second child, Sandra Lee Mazzerolle in 1945. Contact Evelyn’s son’s grandchild: Hayley Wells, 73 Woodlawn Rd., Dorchester, NB, E4K 3A7; email: hayleywells@hotmail.com

Posted: October 8, 2009, CORNER BROOK; October 6, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 10, 2009, AMHERST; BEDFORD & HALIFAX, November 2009
QUERY: Seeking information on Gladys LeRiche (may also known as Lillian Libby LeRiche), born November 1913, Channel, NL. Gladys married Hugh Swatchridge Boyden on August 31, 1931, Brunswick Street United Church, Halifax, NS (License #20554). Are Gladys and Lillian the same person? If not, how are they related? Who are their siblings? Contact: Ellen Devine, 459 Bay St. North, Hamilton, ON, L8L 1N2; email: jdevine6@cogeco.ca

Posted: September 29, 2009, SUSSEX; LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 1, 2009, CORNER BROOK; October 3, 2009, MONCTON and AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Patrick Joseph Coyle’s parents and where in North America did they first settle? Patrick, born in Cork, Ireland on November 11, 1872, died in 1923, Delaware, USA. He married Sarah, who remarried after his death. She died in the 1960s. Who did she marry? Contact Patrick’s great granddaughter: Barb Coyle, email: leco@execpc.com

Posted: September 22, 2009, SUSSEX; LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 24, 2009, CORNER BROOK; September 26, 2009, MONCTON and AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Gordon (Guerdon) Hallett (Hollett), his parents and his siblings, Harvey, Nettie and Almira. Gordon possibly married Freda Beatrice Whynot (1909-1986, daughter of Ella Wile and Jacob Whynot of the South Shore, NS) and fathered one child. Gordon lived in Nova Scotia, but may have moved out of province. Contact Gordon’s daughter: Elsie (nee Hallett) Talbot, 21 Baptiste St., Trenton, ON, K8V 1V4; email: zazzy@sympatico.ca

Posted: September 15, 2009, SUSSEX and LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 19, 2009, AMHERST and MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Aldana Patterson and her fourteen children. Aldana, daughter of Mary S. McQuarter and Joseph Patterson, was born October 22, 1869. She married John Hourihan of Sussex, NB area on August 8, 1894 at St. Francis Xavier Church, Sussex. Contact Aldana’s granddaughter: Aldene Hourihan-Gionet, 98 Stewart Ave., Sussex, NB, E4E 2E8; phone: 506-432-6784; email: aldenehourihan@rogers.com

Posted: August 25, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 5, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were John Stuart Hays parents and siblings? John, born in 1835 or 1836 in Nova Scotia, immigrated to the United States some time before 1858. He married Mary Brown Cree (died 1913, Shamokin) in Pottsville, PA and had four children. He served in the US Navy during the Civil War, and died in a mining incident in Shamokin, PA in 1873. Contact John’s great great-grandson, Ken Dawson: PO Box 181 Swan's Island, ME 04685 USA; email: kennethrdawson@yahoo.com

Posted: August 12, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 22, 2009, AMHERST; October 2009, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY: Seeking information on William Byrnes of Waterford, Ireland who married Joanna Sullivan of Cork, Ireland in Saint Mary’s, Halifax, NS around 1852. One of their children, Thomas Burns, married Mary Ann Wilson (born England). Their children were William Hubert and John J. Burns. Thomas, Mary and their boys moved to Medford, MA, USA where they lived out their lives. Where were Joanna and William and other family members buried? Was John Burns, killed in the Halifax Explosion, related? Contact John’s son: Albert H. Burns, 9 Statler Road, Belmont, MA 02478 USA; email: a.h.burns@verizon.net

Posted: August 4, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 15, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Searching for parents and birth information for Samuel James Rudolph and wife Mary Boyd (widow, nee Walters?), both born about 1820. They married in August 1851. Their children were Charles, Sarah, Samuel, James and Harriet. Samuel taught school at Churchover, Shelburne County. How is Charles Gustav Walters connected to Mary? Contact: Faye Rees, 64a Woods Hollow, Clifton Park, NY 12065 USA; email: fmrees@nycap.rr.com

Posted: July 28, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 8, 2009, AMHERST; September 2009, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY: Seeking family information for the couple Hannah Andrews and Edward Morash (1796, Lunenburg - 1870, St. Margaret’s Bay). Contact: Carolyn Aube, 15 Gerald Dr., Tilton, NH 03276, USA; email: dandcaube@metrocast.net

Posted: July 21, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 1, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Ann and Hugh McLean and their children, Daniel Alexander (1843) and James Donley (1848) of East River, Pictou County, NS. James lived at Springhill and married Lucy Embree in 1877 at Oxford, Cumberland County. Contact: Jim Newman, 28 Dogwood Lane, Grove City, PA 16127 USA; email: bipbauer@zoominternet.net

Posted: July 14, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; July 16, 2009, CORNER BROOK; July 18, 2009, MONCTON; July 25, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on the death of John Kidder who died in 1887. It was reported that he ‘loved the sea’ and ‘drowned at sea’. John was in his 50s when he died. His death could have happened anywhere in the world and might have been reported in a local newspaper. Contact: Betty Fredericks, PO, Box 84, No. Billerica, MA, 01862 USA; email: bbffrrpp@comcast.net

Posted: June 23, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; July 4, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information, specifically a birth and marriage record, on Samuel Griffen Peck. Samuel, the son of Elizabeth Calkins and Silas Peck, was born December 27, 1766 in Nova Scotia, possibly Hants County. He married Zipporah DeWolf in NS. The Peck family was part of the Connecticut settlement and after a stint in Nova Scotia returned to Connecticut, USA before migrating to Ashtabula County, Ohio. Contact: Ray Raser, 914 San Pasqual Rd, Escondido, CA,  92025 USA; email: ray.raser@yahoo.com

Posted: June 16, 2009, Halifax Herald, June 20, 2009, AMHERST; June 18, 2009, CORNER BROOK
QUERY: Seeking information on the Neil/O’Neill family of Nova Scotia, and the families connected to this family: Sheppard, Young, Butt, Noseworthy, Hutchings, Clark, Whalen and French. Contact: Wayne Neil, 23 Annapolis Way, Hamilton, ON, L8W 3L1; email: bartonss@sourcecable.net

Posted: June 9, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; June 20, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Albert Picket, born April 15, 1771. Albert was “brought to the Colonies with his father, an officer in the King's Army. His mother died before they sailed.” He possibly lived in Nova Scotia before moving to Connecticut then to New York where he became an author of educational books and owner of Female Academies. Who were Albert’s parents and siblings? Contact: Margie Hinton, 53 Desert Jade Circle, California City, CA 93505 USA; email: marhinton@earthlink.net

Posted: June 2, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; June 13, 2009, AMHERST; June 2009, HALIFAX/BEDFORD
QUERY: Seeking details on Henry William Smith, a lawyer, judge and politician. Henry, born 1826 at St. Kitts, British West Indies, was the eldest son of James Royer Smith and Cordelia Wigley. He married Mary E. A. Poyntz in 1853 and had several children. He died February 1, 1890 at Halifax, NS. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court Unit A, Elmsdale NS, B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca; phone: 902-883-9673.

Posted: May 26, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; June 6, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking details on J. Royer Smith, a civil engineer at Amherst between 1870-71. Royer died before 1876. His wife, Bessie, died at Amherst October 15, 1879. He may be buried with her. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court Unit A, Elmsdale NS, B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca; phone: 902-883-9673.

Posted: May 19, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on John D. Boylan, son of Catherine and Richard A. Boylan of New Ross, Lunenburg County.  John was last spotted in the 1871 Census, age 24, living with parents and siblings. Contact: Roy W. Boylan, 128 Oak Knoll Circle, Millersville, PA 17551 USA; email: rwboylan@aol.com

Posted: May 20, 2009, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on James Gillie (Gilly). James went to Pennsylvania, USA from England on the ship Minerva in 1774. Interested in hearing from anyone with ancestors on this ship. Is this the James Gillie with the 1st Battalion Pennsylvania Loyalist in 1777? Where were they disbanded? Is this the James in Pictou, NS in 1809? Contact: Wayne Gillie, email: ws.gillie@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: April 28, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 13, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information of the Jackson family of Nova Scotia who originated in Colchester County. Contact: S. Stewart, 326 Douglas Ave., Fredericton, NB, E3A 5T1; email: comsan29@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: April 21, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 9, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Captain Charles Jackson and his family originally from Colchester County, NS. Also, seeking information on Captain Harold R. Jackson and his sister, Lottie B. Hamilton, both formerly of Little Bass River. Contact: S. Stewart, 326 Douglas Ave., Fredericton, NB, E3A 5T1; email: comsan29@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: April 14, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 2, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Robert McElmon Jr., born c.1770 in Nova Scotia, was married twice and had children by his first wife.  Seeking information on this first marriage. Did the marriage take place in or near Colchester Co.? What was her name and the names of the children? Contact: James  Dixon: Apt. 411, 55 Magazine St., Saint John, NB, E2K 2S5; Phone: (506) 648 9366; email: dxn@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: April 7, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; April 18, 2009, AMHERST; May 6, 2009, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY #2: Nova Scotia railway historian Jay Underwood of Elmsdale is seeking photos of the following men to illustrate an upcoming book: Joseph McLellan (1823-1887), locomotive engineer, Halifax, NS; Richard Randolph Stevenson (1867-1943), baggage master, Truro, NS; and Frederick Spain (1872-1945), founder Halifax, Transfer Co., Halifax, NS. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court Unit A, Elmsdale, NS, B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 31, 2009, LUNENBURG/BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary Andrews of Indian Point, NS. Who were her parents, when and where was she born and when did she die? Mary married John Francis Mader (born September 11, 1809, Mader’s Cove). Did Mary die in December 1887? Contact Mary’s great great-grandson: Michael Dauphinee, 573 Miles, Greenfiled Park, QC, J4V 1S7; email: m_dauphinee@yahoo.com

Posted: March 17, 2009, SUSSEX; March 21, 2009, MONCTON; March 21, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY #1: Nova Scotia railway historian Jay Underwood of Elmsdale is seeking photos of the following men to illustrate an upcoming book: Samuel Trider (1848-1902), locomotive engineer, Three Mile Plains and Truro, NS/Moncton, NB, and David Nelson Copeland (1863-1958), locomotive engineer, Newcastle NB/Halifax and Truro, NS. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court Unit A, Elmsdale, NS, B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 11, 2009, HALIFAX/BEDFORD; April 8, 2009
QUERY: Looking for and seeking information on Gerald McAvoy, born in 1921, Halifax, NS. Gerald, the son of Amanda Jollimore and John McAvoy, was adopted by Mary and Hugh MacLean of Lochaber, NS. The MacLean family adopted another son, Reginald. Contact Gerald’s niece, Margaret McAvoy’s daughter: Delores Griffin, 49 Waterview Drive, Cornwall PEI, C0A 1H0; email: dgriffin@eastlink.ca

Posted: March 25, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; March 31, 2009, SUSSEX; April 4, 2009; MONCTON; April 4, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Lucy Jewett’s parents and where was she born? Was it in New Brunswick? Lucy (c.1800 - May 4, 1850, King’s County, NS) married William McNamara (c.1796 - January 23, 1851, King’s County, NS). Both were buried in the St. Francis Assisi, Wolfville, NS. Contact: Roy Lipsett, 61 Townley Crescent, Brampton, ON, L6Z 4S9; email: rlipsett@rogers.com

Posted: March 25, 2009, GUYSBOROUGH; March 28, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: When was Margaret McDonald born and when did she marry? Margaret, daughter of Malcolm McDonald, married James Fraser (son of Hugh Fraser, farmer of Marshdale, Pictou County). Contact: Joanna van Kool, 25 Epacris Avenue, Forestville, Sydney, NSW 2087 Australia; email: vankool@iinet.net.au

Posted: March 17, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Joseph Viner, born about 1803. Joseph might have received a land grant in Nova Scotia around 1816. His son, George Viner (Vinard), was born in 1839. George’s son was James Viner (Vinard), born in 1876 at Falmouth, NS. Contact James great-grandson: Mike Turner, 611 Glenholme Ave., Toronto, ON, M6E 3G7; email: dmike15@hotmail.com

Posted: March 11, 2009, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: When and where was Mary Ann Gritney born and who were her parents? Mary (1813-1816, NS - 1842-1869) married Thomas McKay (MacKay: c.1807, NS, died in Guysborough County) on June 3, 1833 at Manchester. Contact: Roy Lipsett, 61 Townley Crescent, Brampton, ON, L6Z 4S9; email: rlipsett@rogers.com

Posted: March 3, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; March 14, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY #3: Who were Eleanor Wall’s siblings and what happened to her parents? Eleanor, born 1858 in Cape Breton, the daughter of Mary and Martin Wall (who might have lived near Antigonish), married William Lynch, son of Isabelle and Brian. When Brian died in 1902, Eleanor moved to Alberta. Did she remarry? What happened to the children? Contact Jane’s granddaughter: Marguerite Mitchell, email: margmcmitch@uniserve.com

Posted March 2009, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY: Where is James McGrath’s grave? James married Bridget McMahon on November 20, 1859 at Dumfries, Scotland. James was born February 1, 1833 and died before 1920. Bridget died in 1920. The couple last appeared in the 1911 Census, living in Halifax, NS. Contact: Patricia Coogan, 809 Aster Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850 USA; email: patmikecoogan@comcast.net

Posted: February 19, 2009, CORNER BROOK; March 5, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on William H. Thompson, born in c.1830 at Lancashire, England. William probably died Newfoundland or Nova Scotia. Exactly where did he die and when? Where was he buried? Who were his parents? Contact: Ryan Thompson, ryandmsthompson@comcast.net

Posted: February 17, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; February 28, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: When and where was Bill (William?) Morrison born and what was his middle name? Bill travelled the ‘Harvest Train’ from Stirling (which one), NS to work with the threshing crew on the Brown family farm near Melita, southern Manitoba somewhere between 1923 and 1927. He passed through Winnipeg in the fall of 1927. Contact: Earla Dawn Legault, Box 849, Harrison Hot Springs, BC, V0M 1K0; email: earla@shaw.ca

Posted: January 20, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 24, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY #2: Who were Jane MacKay’s siblings and what was her mother’s name? Jane, born in Scotland, the daughter of Angus MacKay, married Charles Lynch on January 1, 1861. At one time, she lived near Earltown. She died October 20, 1916. Contact Jane’s granddaughter: Marguerite Mitchell, email: margmcmitch@uniserve.com

Posted: January 13, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 17, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY #1: When did Isabelle Sutherland, daughter of Alexander, die and where was she buried? Isabelle married (possibly common-law) Brian Lynch, both originally from Scotland. They lived near Earltown, Colchester County. Brian died December 15, 1865. Their son, William, was the informant on the death records. Contact Isabelle’s granddaughter: Marguerite Mitchell, email: margmcmitch@uniserve.com

January 6, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 10, 2009, AMHERST; January 28, 2009, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on Sylvester O’Donoghue (Donoghue/Donahoe; November 24, 1837 - March 25, 1903, buried St. Ninian’s Cemetery, Antigonish). Sylvester and his brothers immigrated to Canada from Coolross County, Wexford, Ireland, arriving at Halifax between 1847 and 1852. He was the builder of St. Ninian’s Cathedral and many other churches and a railway in Antigonish and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, North End of Halifax. He had 11 brothers and sisters. When did he and his brothers arrive in Halifax? Contact: Margaret (O’Donoghue) Enright, #37, 1375 Stephenson Dr., Burlington, ON, L7S 2M5; email: menright2@cogeco.ca


2008

Posted: October 21, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; 5, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Asa Henry Partridge. Asa, born before 1822, was the son of Submit Leete and Ebenezeer Partridge. He married Catherine McMaster, and their first daughter, Lorraine Isabella, was born at Shelburne, NS on September 9, 1843. Several other children were born in PEI. When was Asa born? When did he die? Contact: Colleen A. Browne, 1003 Bell Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 USA; email: CTBrowne84@aol.com

Posted: October 14, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 21, 2008 SUSSEX; October 25, 2008 MONCTON
QUERY: Was Heinrich Albrecht (Henry Albright) a Loyalist from New York and did he arrive at Port Roseway (Shelburne) onboard the Clinton? Or was he a Hessian Officer? Did he bring family? Did he remain in NS, settle in NB or move on to Quebec? Contact: Ms. L. Syrnick, 120 - #5 Leveque St., Winnipeg, MB, R2J 0S9; email: syrnick@mts.net

Posted: October 22, 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Who were Alexander Jackson’s parents? Alexander, born April 6, 1828 at Sheet Harbour, married Isabelle Hilchey. Census records indicate he was Scottish and Presbyterian. Were his parents Sarah and James Jackson? Contact: Patty Low, 7 John Stiver Crescent, Markham, ON, L3R 9A3; email: johnpatty.low@rogers.com

Posted: October 7, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 25, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Sarah Malinda MacDonald’s parents? Sarah, born about 1843, married Joshua A. Wallace in Hants County in 1862. She died May 26, 1865 in Hants County at the age of 22. Contact: Dorothy MacDonald, 36 Old North Rd, Hudson, MA 01749 USA; email: dotmacd@juno.com

October 8, 2008, GUYSBOROUGH; October 18, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Moses Taylor who lived in Guysborough, NS and Pierce (Peter/Peater) Taylor who lived with him for a few years in the early 1900's. Pierce lived in Trenton during the 1911 Census. He married Christena Graham. Contact Pierce’s granddaughter: Carolyn Taylor, Box 642, 10 Acadia Street, Trenton, NS, B0K 1X0; email: cmdjc_439@hotmail.com

Posted: September 30, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 11, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were James McPhee’s parents? James, born about 1758 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, arrived in New York Harbour in 1775 with the British Army. After the Revolution, he was granted land in Hants County, NS. He married Nancy. What was her maiden name? Their son, Alexander (born 1812) married Catherine Nix. Contact Alexander’s great-grandson: William McPhee, 10121 W. Avenida Cordoniz, Phoenix, AZ  854037 USA; email: WMcphee@aol.com

Posted: September 23, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 4, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Eleanor Maybee, born November 1803, Wallace, and husband, Levi Card, born 1798-99, Hants County, son of Abigail Lockhart (1773-76, Newport) and John Card (1771). Eleanor and Levi married between 1822 and 1826. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was born January 1832 in Ontario. Contact: Marcia Locher, email: honeypiedog@hotmail.com

Posted: September 16, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 27, 2008, AMHERST; September 24, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Looking for family members of the late Margaret and Robert (Bobby) Gillis of Laggan, Pictou County, NS. Margaret and Robert were born in the early 1900's and had children born in the 1940's. Contact: Stuart D. Ward, 13 Cunard St., Richibucto, NB, E4W 3Y3; email: sdward@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: September 9, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 20, 2008, AMHERST; October 2008, BEDFORD & HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on Elizabeth and Edward McIntosh who left Scotland and settled near the Musquodoboit River. There sons were John Edward, William, Miles and Angus. There may have been other children. Contact Hazel Reid, 6054 Roxton Road, Halifax, NS, B3H 1H6; email: chreid1@eastlink.ca

Posted: September 2, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 6, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Alexander Ross (1788/89, Scotland) who married Mary MacKay (Scotland) and settled at Little Narrows, Cape Breton in the 1820's. They had at least one son, John Ross, born about 1827 at St. Ann’s, Cape Breton. Contact: Donald Fraser Ross, 252 Hallmark Avenue, Lower Sackville, NS, B4C 3P9; email: donaldross@eastlink.ca

Posted: August 27, 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on Walter Havlock Hart. All that is known is that he was supposed to be in Guysborough County. Contact: Douglas Rattray, email: dougrat@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 19, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 23, 2008, AMHERST; October 2008, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY: Seeking information on Thomas Holland’s family of Windsor Junction, NS. Thomas’ daughter, Mary Holland (born 1854) married Patrick Murray, an Irish soldier, in 1876 at Halifax. Contact Mary’s great-granddaughter: Jean Murray, High Up, Binns Lane, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 3BJ, UK; email: eeh_oop@yahoo.co.uk

Posted: August 12, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 16, 2008, AMHERST; September 2008, BEDFORD & HALIFAX
QUERY: What were the names of Maria and John Morton’s children? Maria (Mary) Margaret Magdalena Foseler (Fauzler), daughter of Regula Rudolph and Conrad Foseler, married John Morton on July 5, 1788 at St. Paul’s Church, Halifax. Their first child, Florence Elizabeth ‘Rachel’, married George Flowers. Contact: Mrs. Kathleen Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb2@gmail.com

Posted: August 5, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 9, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on the Hoeg (Hoegg) family of Nova Scotia. Nathaniel Hoeg, born c.1750, Westchester, NY, USA, was a Loyalist soldier who arrived in 1783 at River Remsheg (now Wallace, NS). Nathaniel’s descendants may have settled at River Hebert, Southampton and Truro. Contact: Don Landry, 1479 Con. 6b Drummond/North Elmsley Twp., RR6 Perth, ON, K7H 3C8; email: retireedrl@hotmail.com

Posted: July 29, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 2, 2008, AMHERST; August 20, 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on William Bond, born in c.1831 in Nova Scotia, son of Margaret and Thomas George Bond. William married Priscilla (Prisilly), daughter of Sarah Pollock and Moses Knight, on February 2, 1859, both residents of East Gwillimbury, ON. Contact: Derek Day, 200 Ridgemount Ave, Sudbury, ON, P3B 3W5; email: otherbeach@hotmail.com

Posted: July 22, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; July 26, 2008, AMHERST; August 6, 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Ernest Drysdale who died in 1950. His daughters, Ruby (William) Meagher and Verna (James) Givens, both of Halifax, were listed in obituary. Ernest, the son of Laura Keddy (Kiddy) and Isaiah (Isaac, born 1867) Drysdale, is a direct descendant of Anne Duncan and John Drysdale who came from Scotland. Contact Isaiah’s direct descendant: Barbara Shepard-Smith, 14 Willis Circle, Middleboro, MA 02346 USA; email: wataptek131@verizon.net

Posted: July 23, 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: What happened to Jennie E. Hamilton (nee Frazier) and her family. Jennie (born about 1882 at Canso) married William Hamilton (born October 6, 1879 at Lower Argyle) on March 25, 1902 at Gloucester, MA, USA. They lived Halifax, NS in 1965. Contact: Marie Frzier, 1910 VT Route 103 South, Mt Holly, VT, 05758 USA; email: Marie@vermontel.net

Posted: July 8, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking descendants of John George Daree (Dorey, Dahrs, Dares, born 1758, Lunenburg) and Francisca Catharina ‘Fanny’ Slauenwhite. John was the son of Jean Nicholas Daree (arrived aboard the “Betty” in 1752) and Susanna Mingeaux (both of Montbeliard, France). John and Fanny had ten children: John George (1794), Mary Catherine, Hannah Catherine, Elizabeth, George Henry, John George (1802), Mary Elizabeth, William Alexander and Caspar Edward. Contact: Barbara Shepard Smith, 14 Willis Circle, Middleboro, MA, USA 02346; email: wataptek131@verizon.net

Posted: July 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Who were Lewis MacDonald’s parents and siblings? Lewis first married Ann Boyd (died February 1875, Westville) and had children, including Flora. Lewis and children appear in the 1881 Census at New Glasgow with second wife, Margaret Smith, whom he married in 1876. Which MacDonald clan does Lewis they belong? Contact Flora’s great granddaughter: Lana Cathcart, 3475 Wood Ave., New Waterford, NS, B1H 1V2; email: lanacathcart@yahoo.com

Posted: July 1, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; July 12, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information to connect the Ross family (originally from Lewis, Scotland) who settled in the Gulf Shore or Wallace area with the Ross family in the Scotsburn area (Roger’s Hill) or to the family in Victoria and Inverness counties. Contact: Donald Fraser Ross, 252 Hallmark Avenue, Lower Sackville, NS, B4C 3P9; email: donaldross@eastlink.ca

Posted: June 24, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER, June 28, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY #1: The National Gathering of Clan Ross of Canada will take place at the Highland Heights Inn, Iona, Cape Breton from July 11 to 13, 2008. More information about activities and registration is available on their website (www.greatclanross.org) or by contacting Donald Fraser Ross, 252 Hallmark Avenue, Lower Sackville, NS, B4C 3P9; email: donaldross@eastlink.ca

Posted: June 17, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; June 21, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Lewis Richmond Smith and the Smith family. When was Lewis born? Lewis, the son of Alfaretta Fitzgerald and Joseph Smith,  was born about 1884, probably at Lunenburg. Around the age of eight, he moved to the USA with his mother. Contact: Robert Quigley, 2 Jessi Lane, Gray, ME 04039 USA; email: rjdrq2@securespeed.us

Posted: June 7, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Frank White’s parents, when did he die and where was he buried? Frank lived at Truro in 1947. He had at least one son, Arnold Joseph White. Contact Frank’s granddaughter: Dolores Phinney, 4674 Hwy 209, Parrsboro RR3, NS, B0M1S0; email: doloresphinney@hotmail.com

Posted: September 30, 2006, AMHERST; October 1, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who was Arnold Joseph White’s mother? Arnold, born July 19, 1912, was the only child of Frank White who lived at Truro, NS in the 1940's. It is believed Frank was Roman Catholic and that he and Arnold’s mother were not married. Contact Arnold’s daughter: Dolores Phinney; email: doloresphinney@hotmail.com; or contact Diana Lynn Tibert

Posted: June 3, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking the ancestors of Elizabeth Parker (c.1789 - February 7, 1860, age 71, West Green Harbour) who married Robert Dall (born 1778, USA - died West Green Harbour) about 1809-1810. Contact: Claudia Royer, 416 Portland Road, Valparaiso, IN 46385-8223, USA; email: Claudiairoyer@aol.com 

Posted: May 27, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 31, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Who was Captain Archibald Thompson Bird’s father? Archibald, the son of Margaret Thompson (1802 - 1865, Five Islands, NS), first married Margaret Morrison. Together, they had two children:  Margaret and Eleanor. Archibald second married Susan Marsh (born 1836) in 1860 at Economy, NS and had the following children: Elmer Emery (born 1862), Sarah Geneva (born August 12, 1864) and Samuel Havelock (born December 4, 1865).  He died at sea in c.1865, as Ship Captain, possible on the ship named Margaret Eleanor. Contact: Ruth Fraser Gillie: RR #1 Larry's River, Guysborough County, NS, B0H 1T0; email: b0h1t0@hotmail.com

Posted: May 24, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Frances R. Oatley who married Ephraim Campbell on July 1, 1914 at St. John, NB. Frances, born May 10, 1891 probably at Maitland, NS, was the daughter of Lucilla (1870) and Levi Oatley (1860). Her siblings were Florence, Frank, Clara, Helen, Graham and two more brothers. Contact: Rev. Barbara J. Silk, email: REVBARBARAJ@aol.com

Posted: May 20, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; June 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on descendants of Loyalist Captain Martin Meagher, namesake of Meagher’s Grant., and relative of the famed “Babes in the Woods” who became lost and perished on Melancholy Mountain in 1842.  Contact: Gary Meagher, 1000 Lexington St., Apt 19, Waltham, MA 02452 USA; email: meagher.biz@comcast.net

Posted: May 13, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 17, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on the Akerley, Patterson, Durling, Tidd and Jacques families of Aylesford, Remsheg and Annapolis Valley. Any and all information will be appreciated. Contact: Carla Cummings: csgfam@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: May 10, 2008, AMHERST and later Guysborough
QUERY: Seeking information on Ann and Hugh McLean from the East River area of Pictou. They had two sons, Daniel Alexander (born 1843) and James Donley (born 1848). James married Lucy Embree at Oxford, Cumberland County in 1877 and moved to the USA in 1880. Contact: Jim Newman, 28 Dogwood Lane, Grove City, PA 16127 USA; email: bipbauer@zoominternet.net

Posted: May 6, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: What happened to Robert Moyle Smeltzer? Robert, born December 24, 1891 at North West Lunenburg, was a crewman on the Francis sailing from Liverpool, NS and arriving at New York on May 17, 1918. In 1919, he sailed on the SS Dustan between New York and Liverpool. His brother, Wallace Loraine, lived at Brookline, MA in1920. Contact Robert’s granddaughter: Jean Thomas, 4987 Gertrude St., Port Alberni BC, V9Y 6K8; email: crckmda@shaw.ca

Posted: April 29, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 3, 2008, AMHERST; June 2008, BEDFORD & HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking the descendants of Ellen Drysdale and William Smith and their daughter, Johanna, who married William Salter. William Smith was born in Liverpool, England and died in 1899 in Nova Scotia. Contact: Karen Crawford, 822 Marywood Dr, Royal Oak, MI 48067 USA; email: iamkac2@worldnet.att.net 

Posted: April 24, 2008, CORNER BROOK; April 26, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Robert (Robin) T. Smith (born 1886, St. John's, NL) who married Marian MacKay. They had a son, Robert, and lived at New Glasgow, NS in 1932. They moved to Montreal. Was Marian a native of NS? Did Robin work with a telegraph company? Contact: Marion Baker, 615 Marine Drive, Outer Cove, NL, A1K 4C1; email: marion.baker@nf.sympatico.ca

Posted: April 15, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: What happened to Sarah and William, children of Rhoda Stoddard and Isaac Atkinson and siblings to John Austin? Rhoda and Isaac married in 1876 and lived at Cape Sable Island. Rhoda died and Isaac married Sarah Hogen(?). Isaac died in 1885. John left home at age 11, eventually settling in Australia. Contact John’s grandson: Harold Whitbread, 43 North Street, West Kempsey, New South Wales 2440 Australia; email: hjmw@aapt.net.au

Posted: April 8, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; April 19, 2008, AMHERST, April 2008, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY: Who were John Weeks’ parents? John (born England) and his wife, Catherine (born Scotland) settled in Nova Scotia. Their daughter, Barbara, born November 15, 1847 in NS, married Edwin Ruthven Brown on March 9, 1868 at Lowell, MA. She died January 31, 1877 at Cambridge, MA. What happened to Catherine and John? Contact: J. B. Hargis, 617 Nottaway Drive, Chesapeake, VA, 23320; email: jbhar2@cox.net

Posted: April 3, 2008, CORNER BROOK; April 5, 2008, AMHERST, April 2008, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY: I am researching the Stead Family from Salvage, NL. I would like to make contact with a family member of Dr. Llewellyn T. Stead (Halifax) and/or Jean (Stead) Mumford (Truro ), both siblings of Rev. John Stead. Contact: Doug Phillips, 20 Reid Street, St. John's, NL, A1E 2K6; phone: 709-364-8552; email: phillipsd@nl.rogers.com

Posted: April 2, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: What is Martha’s maiden name and who were her parents? Martha married William McDonald (born c.1793, son of Mary and Alexander McDonald) possibly in Shelburne. The couple lived at Harrigan Cove, Halifax County and had at least one child, William Aaron McDonald in 1846. Contact: Diana Tibert, 1787 Highway 2, Milford, Hants County, NS, B0N 1Y0; email: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 22, 2008, AMHERST; March 25, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; April 9, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; April 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on Jessie MacDonald, daughter of Catherine Manus and Allen MacDonald of NS. Jessie married Michael McIsaac, his second wife, on November 10, 1885, St. Anthony’s Church, Bloomfield, PEI. They had three children: Allen (1887), James (1889) and Alfred (1891).  Michael died in 1893. What happened to his family? Contact Michael’s great-niece: Dorothy Griffin-Farish, PO Box 104, Richmond, PEI, C0B 1Y0; email: dfarish@isn.net

Posted: March 28, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; March 26, 2008, SUMMERSIDE, PEI
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary A. Gregory, daughter of Charlotte and Edward Gregory of Lot 44, PEI. Born about 1868, Mary went to Boston where she married Robert F. Smart and had two children: Margaret Josephine ‘Maggie’ (April 1889) and Ida Estelle (December 1890). Mary last found in October 1893 at Halifax, NS with her daughter, Maggie, and her brother, Charles Gregory. Did she leave Ida in PEI? What happened to Mary and Maggie? Contact: Debbi Langill, 13 Dane St. Peabody, MA 01960 USA; email: dindin514@yahoo.com

Posted: March 2008, GUYSBOROUGH; March 15, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking for information on Donald Ross, husband of Johanna Barry (1836 - 1924). When was he born? Where and when did he die? In the 1891 Canada Census, he was 62 years old and living at Riverside, NS. Contact: Teresa Morton, 80 Bell Crescent, Charlottetown, PE, C1E 1Z9; email: dmorton@pei.eastlink.ca

Posted: March 8, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Richard Hollis’ parents? Richard married Sarah Higgins on July 4, 1793 at Onslow Township, Colchester County, NS and later lived in Cumberland County. Their children were Jemima, Elinor, John (born c.1801), William (born 1810) and Timothy (born c.1812). Contact: Geraldine Hollis, 1708 Bonaventure Terrace, Orleans, ON, K1C 1W3; email: gahollis@gmail.com

Posted: March 4, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Looking for an obituary or newspaper report on Percy St.Clare’s (St.Clair) death. Percy, son of Emma MacDonald and Edward Haliburton Nowe, was born in late 1897 or 1898 and lived at Port Medway. He and a cousin (son of Mary Emmaline Nowe and Otto Runge), both toddlers, were poisoned while eating their neighbour’s vegetables, possibly on August 30, 1899. Where were the boys buried? Contact Edward’s granddaughter: Sandra Town, 3710 Burnt Hickory Drive, Dacula, GA 30019 USA; email: supertemp@earthlink.net

Posted: March 2008, BEDFORD MAGAZINE and SOUTHENDER (Halifax); February 26, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; February 28, 2008, CORNER BROOK
QUERY: Would like to hear from descendants of the Lewis girls who arrived in Canada in the 1870's as British Home Children. Their brother, Stanley Lewis, came at the same time. Contact Stanley’s great-granddaughter:  Contact: Betty Fredericks, PO Box 84, No. Billerica, MA  01862 USA; email: bbffrrpp@comcast.net

Posted: February 26, 2008, SUSSEX; March 1, 2008, MONCTON; March 1, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on David Harper Turner who worked for Rhodes and Curry of Amherst for about 20 years from the late 1800's until the early 1900's. What was David’s job at Rhodes and Curry? Contact David’s great-grandson: Stuart D. Ward, 13 Cunard St., Richibucto, NB, E4W 3Y3; email: sdward@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 19, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Looking for proof of the marriage between Charles Atkins, Jr and Eloise Burke in c.1849, probably at Port Medway, Queens Co, NS. Confirmation of their birth dates and parentage would be very much appreciated. Contact: David Reed, 30 Sackville Place, Toronto, ON, M4X 1A4; email: dreed@ca.inter.net

Posted: February 12, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; February 14, 2008, CORNER BROOK
QUERY: What is the complete poem written about Captain Robert Knowlton (born c.1869) concerning a lawsuit that contains the lines: “When McGillivray winked his eye he swore the grass was growing green. When the snow was three feet tall." Contact: Elaine English, 325 North Park St. #606, Brantford ON, N3R 4L4; email: aries18@sympatico.ca

Posted: February 7, 2008, CORNER BROOK; February 16, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Elsie Margaret Milley who was born in 1896 in Western Bay, NL. Elsie, daughter of John Milley, married George A. MacArthur. Their two children: George Reginald (KIA, 1944) and Veronica ‘Bonny’ (married Edwin (Edward) Grose). Elsie died in September 1956 at Amherst, NS. Contact: Linda C.  Bell, 764 Kitley Line 3, RR 2 Jasper, ON, KOG 1GO; email: BELLLcb@aol.com

Posted: February 7, 2008, CORNER BROOK; February 16, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Elsie Margaret Milley who was born in 1896 in Western Bay, NL. Elsie, daughter of John Milley, married George A. MacArthur. Their two children: George Reginald (KIA, 1944) and Veronica ‘Bonny’ (married Edwin (Edward) Grose). Elsie died in September 1956 at Amherst, NS. Contact: Linda C.  Bell, 764 Kitley Line 3, RR 2 Jasper, ON, KOG 1GO; email: BELLLcb@aol.com

Posted: February 9, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Maurice Flynn (Flinn) who lived in NS in the early 1800's. He arrived from Ireland and is believed to have settled in the Rawdon area. His sons, Frederick, CharlesWilliam, went to Massachusetts, USA. Contact: Pat Flynn, 27 Lakewood Dr., Harwich, MA 02645; email: pattycake@gis.net

Posted: February 5, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Violette Blanche Colp who was born on July 8, 1875, the daughter of Leah Sarah Shubley and William Henry Colp of Port Mouton, NS. Contact: M. M. Woodworth, PO Box 570, Bridgewater, NS, B4V 2X6; email: islandview@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 2008, BEDFORD & HALIFAX
QUERY: Would like to correspond with descendants of Christopher and Ruth (nee Flowers) Blackadar who lived in Halifax or Thomas Flowers who died in Halifax, Dutch Village about 1795. Three of the Blackadar children lived in Yarmouth. Contact: Kay Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave. Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: January 29, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who are the parents of this couple: James W. Silver (born c. 1820) married Anna Amelia Llewelyn on April 3, 1841 (Presbyterian) at Lunenburg. Their children (born between 1842 - 1853 at LaHave) were Samuel Francis, Louisa Elizabeth and James John. Contact: Dorothy York, 20 John St., Dartmouth, NS, B3A 1L4; email:
dyork@accesswave.ca

Posted: December 24, 2007, SUSSEX; December 29, 2007, MONCTON; January 2, 2008; Summerside. PEI
QUERY: Who were Adeline Richard’s parents? Adeline, born October 1883, married Edouard Hashie (born 1883, Bouctouche, NB) in Tignish, PEI between 1884 and 1886. They lived at East Bideford. Contact Adeline’s great granddaughter: Marilyn McAnulty, 28 Reserve Rd, Halifax, NS, B3P 2B3; email: marilyntravels@hotmail.com

Posted: January 22, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on the descendants of the Jung (Young) brothers, Adam, Heinrich and Johannes who first arrived in Halifax in 1750 and then settled in Lunenburg in 1753. Contact: R. Richard Potter, 83 Millrun Crescent, Bedford, NS, B4A 3H9; email: meridianmmm@aol.com

Posted: January 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on Ella May Wilcox and her family. Born in 1893 at Boylston, Ella was living with her grandparents William and Abigail Wilcox at Manchester in 1901. She married Charles Howard Armsworthy on May 16, 1911 at New Glasgow. Contact: Linda Shea, 206-400 Waterloo Ave, Guelph, ON, N1H 7H9, email: linda.shea@sympatico.ca

Posted: January 15, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Jacob Rudolph arrived in NS on the Ann in 1750. His daughter, Regula (Rachel/Regina), married Conrad Foseler (Vosseller) who arrived on the Sally in 1752. Seeking information on them, particularly where they originated. Is Zurlach (Durlach) the current town of Baden Durlach, Germany? Contact: Kay Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave. Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: January 8, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 12, 2008, MONCTON; January 26, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: When was Eliza (Elizabeth Jane) Beckwith born and who were her parents? Born maybe around 1820 in NS, Eliza married Nathaniel Smart at St. Andrews, NB in 1840. Were her parents Phoebe McGeer (McGier) and John Chipman Beckwith who married in 1819 at St. Andrews? Contact: Marilyn Connon, 7729 Cooper Pt. Rd. NW., Olympia, WA 98502 USA; email: homes_4u@comcast.net

Posted: January 1, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 12, 2008, AMHERST
Second QUERY: When and where did James C. Alexander die? James married Sarah Mariah Yorke in 1880 and they lived at Parrsboro. He attended his son’s wedding to Rebecca Yorke in 1886 at Parrsboro. By 1901, Sarah was a widow. Contact: Elizabeth Severin, 11 Cardinal Terrace, Quispamsis, NB, E2E 1M8; email: wseverin@nbnet.nb.ca


2007

Posted: December 24, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 5, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: When did James Alexander and Sarah Mariah Yorke die and where were they buried? James (born 1834, Charlotte County, NB) settled in Parrsboro, NS and after his wife died, he married Sarah, a widow. James’ son, Archibald, married Sarah’s daughter, Rebecca Yorke. Contact James’ great great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Severin, 11 Cardinal Terrace, Quispamsis, NB E2E 1M8; email: wseverin@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: December 18, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; December 22, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Where did John Francis ‘Frank’ (or Jack) Chisholm go? Did he marry? When and where did he die? The son of Mary MacGillivray and Duncan ‘Yankee’ Chisholm, John was born in 1882 at Cambridge, MA and grew up in Harbour Boucher, Antigonish Co., NS. When he was drafted in Montana during the First World War, he was a labourer on the T. J. Fulton Farm at Carlyle, Wibaux, Montana. In 1931, he might have worked at a logging camp in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Contact: PJ Chisholm, PO Box 28, Lewiston, CA  96052 USA; email: longpoint@2xtreme.net

Posted: December 11, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were Joseph Tibert’s parents? Were they Melinda West and George Michael Tibert? Born around 1826, Joseph died April 29, 1857 while driving logs on Wentworth Brook, Ponhook. He married Mrs. Ethel Lee on January 7, 1855. Contact: Diana Tibert, RR#1 Milford, Hants Co., NS, B0N 1Y0; email: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: December 4, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; December 15, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Amos Morrell’s parents? His death certificate states his parents were Sarah and Joshua Morrell who were born in Nova Scotia. They were born around 1805. Contact Amos’ great grandson: Bruce D. Morrell, email: happy781@comcast.net

Posted: December 8, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: When and where did Archibald C. Alexander die? Archibald’s second marriage was to Nettie (Nellie) in 1902. He moved from Parrsboro in 1901 (or 1902) to work with the Parrsboro Lumber Company, Windsor. He died between 1902 and 1911. Contact: Elizabeth Severin, 11 Cardinal Terrace, Quispamsis, NB, E2E 1M8; email: wseverin@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: November 27, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER, December 1, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Updating Mason Family Tree. Seeking information on Richard Mason (1800 - 1877). He is buried in Truemanville Cemetery with his two wives, Mary Ann Beharrell and Hannah Woodworth. Contact Mabel Mason, 79 Tom Road, Cocagne, NB, E4R 3M4; email: melsah129@hotmail.com

Posted: November 20, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on war veterans of Milford, Annapolis County, NS. To learn more about the information gathered on local veterans, visit the Milford Area Community website (http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/milford). Contact: Milford and Area Community Hall and Association, RR#4 Annapolis County, NS, B0S 1A0; Phone: (902) 532-5232; email: Milford@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 2007, DARTMOUTH, BEDFORD & HALIFAX
QUERY: Are you or do you know a veteran who was born or who has lived most of their life in Lunenburg County? The South Shore Genealogical Society (http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enslssgs/vetform.htm) is gathering information on veterans from all wars. Contact: The SSGS, PO Box 901, Lunenburg, NS, B0J 2C0; phone: (902) 634-4794 Ext 26; email: ssgsoc@hotmail.com or: LaHave Islands Marine Museum, PO Box 69, LaHave, NS, B0R 1C0; phone: (902) 688-2973; email: limms@auracom.com.

Posted: November 13, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; November 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Why and when did Edith Wile (of Lunenburg County) and Rupert Swinamer and their families move to Linister, NS? One of Edith and Rupert’s children, Hilda Prescilla (1898 - 1965), married Morton W. Alexander (1894, Parrsboro - 1977). Contact: Elizabeth Severin, 11 Cardinal Terrace, Quispamsis, NB, E2E 1M8; email: wseverin@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: November 6, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Holyrood Heritage Society is compiling information on veterans of the First World War, Second World War and the Korean War from the communities of Bacon Cove through to Holyrood. If you know of someone with roots in any of these communities who may not necessarily have signed up in Newfoundland, contact Linda Fraser, Box 462 Holyrood NL A0A 2R0; email: scribblings@nf.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 3, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who are the children and grandchildren of Catherine McGillivary and John MacDonald of Bailey’s Brook, Pictou County? One son is Hugh MacDonald, born c.1833. Contact: Ray MacDonald, 414 Sheridan Drive, West Bend, WI 53095 USA; e-mail: rmacdon@charter.net

Posted: October 23, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 27, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Looking for information on the Mitchell family on the North Shore of Nova Scotia. All (or most) came from County Londonderry, Ireland. Contact: Dave Mitchell, email: mitch@pixie.co.za

Posted: October 16, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 20, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Ralph William Schnare. Ralph, born December 15, 1896 (1901 census), was the son of Alfreda Rhuland and Reuben Schnare. Ralph witnessed his mother's second marriage in 1921 at Wolfville, NS. Where did Ralph go? Contact: Ric Noble, 34 Trobrook Lane, RR#1 Wilmot, NS, B0P 1W0; email: nobler@accesswave.ca

Posted: October 9, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 13, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Looking for information on the Lovejoy family that arrived in Canada from the USA in the late 1800's. Surnames associated with this family are Blount (Blunt), Birmingham, Sheldon, Boynton, Osgood and Holt. Contact: Patricia E. Anderson, 1356 East Oakcrest Lane, Provo, UT 84604 USA; email: DIXANDER@aol.com

Posted: October 6, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: What was Margaret A. Doyle’s maiden name? What were the names of her husband, children and siblings? Margaret was possibly born in Hants County. She died April 19, 1898 at Dutch Village, Halifax, NS. Contact:  Madeline L. Toft, 25 Charger Street, Revere, MA 02151 USA; email: mtnf831@aol.com

Posted: October 2, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Where was Edward Lowther (Lowthers) buried? Edward died in 1901. His last known place of residence was with his daughter, Mrs. John McGinty, West Caledonia, Queens County. Contact: Virginia Bergmann, Box 542, Baddeck, NS, B0E 1B0; email: ginnybergmann@hotmail.com

Posted: September 29, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Christy McCaskill’s parents and siblings? Christy married widower John MacDonald of Pictou (Caribou) after 1813. They had three children (born on Pictou Island): Kate, Nancy and Archibald. Contact: Marilyn Tusher, 2557 Midvale Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064 USA; email: mltusher@att.net

Posted: September 26, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: When did John Eli Emino (Emeno) die and where was he buried? John, born January 13, 1848 at Hemford, Lunenburg County, was the son of Louisa Snyder and John Emeno. He married Sophia Elizabeth Ernest in 1870 and Susan Bawden in 1887. Contact: Paula Jones, 8460 213th Street, Langley, BC V1M 2J1; email: pjj100@telus.net

Posted: September 2007, DARTMOUTH, BEDFORD, HALIFAX; September 19, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 22, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on John H. Parker who was born in Nova Scotia in 1793 or 1794. Who was his mother? Was his father Caleb Parker? John H. died at Moravia, NY in 1873. Contact: Paulette Eframson, 802 South Plain Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA; email: mamabearis@twcny.rr.com

Posted: September 12, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on the Barnstead family of Nova Scotia from 1750 to 1900. Any information would be appreciated. Contact: "Barnstead", 7272 Highcrest Terrace, Saanichton, BC. V8M 1W5; email:  leavs@telus.net

Posted: September 8, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Looking for copies of old documents or photos on the following families: Isabella Fraser and David McLeod of Colchester County who married on June 24, 1869, and Lilly Stevenson and James C. Heighton of Pictou County who married October 1887 at Brule Point. Contact: Kim Barlow, 1 Killarney Cr., Thorold, ON L2V 4C2; email: jennill@cogeco.ca

Posted: September 5, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; later, GUYSBOROUGH, NS
QUERY for Lunenburg & Bridgewater: Looking for the words and information on the poem “Ballad of the Brave” by Captain Tom McDonald regarding the capture and retaking of the schooner Edward A. Horton. This poem tells the story from the Nova Scotia point of view, not the American. Contact: Elaine English, aries18@sympatico.ca
QUERY for Guysborough: Looking for the words and information on the poem “Ballad of the Brave” by Captain Tom McDonald at Milford Haven Bridge regarding the capture and retaking of the schooner Edward A. Horton. This poem tells the story from the Nova Scotia point of view, not the American. The schooner had been taken to Guysborough where it was later retaken. Contact: Elaine English, aries18@sympatico.ca

Posted: August 23, 2007, CORNER BROOK, NL; September 1, AMHERST, NS
QUERY for AMHERST: Was Marian MacKay born in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia? Did she have a sister, Olive? Marian married Robert Templeton Smith who was born at St. John’s, NL on November 19, 1896. In 1932, they lived at New Glasgow, NS, later moving to Montreal. Robert might have been a telegrapher. If so, would like to learn more. Contact: Marion Baker, 615 Marine Drive, Outer Cove, NL  A1K 4C1; email: marion.baker@nf.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 29, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 4, 2007, SUSSEX; September 8, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Looking for Maritime DeLongs past and present, and also distaff families. I have most past generations and seek today's families descended from Loyalist brothers, Aaron and John (NB) and Simon (NS). Will share. Contact: Bill Tufts, 1500 Lassiter Terrace, Gloucester, ON  K1J 8N4; email: dg052@ncf.ca

Posted: August 22, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who is Bessie Blair? Bessie died June 15, 1867, age 25, and was buried in St. James Anglican Church Cemetery, Bridgetown, Annapolis County. Was she married? Who were her parents? Is she related to William A. Calnek who is buried nearby who had a daughter, Bessie Blair Calnek, born July 9, 1866? Contact William’s great grandson, Jerry Dalton Jr., 6411 Laurel Valley Road, Dallas, TX 75248-3904 USA; email:  jerrydalton@sbcglobal.net

Posted: August 2007, DARTMOUTH, HALIFAX & BEDFORD
QUERY: Where did John Morton come from? John married Mary Maria Magdalena Foseler in 1788 at Halifax. Their daughter, Rachel, married George Flowers (born 1789, Halifax), son of Thomas Flowers (of Dutch Village, Halifax, died c.1792). Were there two Thomas Flowers? Contact: Kay Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave. Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: August 18, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Looking for the family and information on James Dwyer who was born c.1841 in Pictou County and murdered near Victoria, BC on May 1873. Contact: Leona D. Taylor (who is researching several Pictou, NS surnames in a Victoria, BC cemetery), 2768 Dunlevy St., Victoria, BC V8R 5Z5; email: leonataylor@telus.net

Posted: August 16, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were Sarah (Josephine) Thompson’s parents and siblings? Sarah was born in c.1853 at Halifax. She married in 1870 at Boston, MA, USA. Could her parents be Sarah Bateman who married William Thompson on June 27, 1838 or Maria Hiltz who married William Thompson on August 14, 1844? Contact: Mary Hagerty, 18 Musket Dr., Acton, MA 01720 USA; email: mghfish@yahoo.com

Posted: August 11, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Catherine Brown’s parents? Catherine married John Langille. She had a brother, David Brown, who married Margaret MacKeand and lived at Wentworth, NS in 1871. Catherine’s sister, Elizabeth, married Samuel MacKeand. Contact Catherine’s great granddaughter: Shirley Langille, email: salangille@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 8, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who was the fifth child of Ruth M. Blaney and Captain John Tardy of Yarmouth or Halifax? When Ruth died in 1815, the newspaper said she had five children. Four are known: John Jr., Mary (married Rev. Nehemiah Porter), Ruth Catherine (married Thomas Flowers and Christopher Blackadar) and Eunice (married Benjamin Pitman). Contact: Kay Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave. Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: August 1, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; August 2007, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: What is Lalia Pye’s maiden name? Lalia, born 1851, was James Pye’s first wife. James was born March 20, 1849 at Marie Joseph, Guysborough County. Their children were Sara Adeline and George H. Was Lalia originally from Lunenburg? Contact her great great-granddaughter: Lilla Cole, 59 Parkway Drive, New Minas, NS  B4N 3T1; email:  mygardenlove@yahoo.ca

Posted: July 28, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Borden Nelson of Cumberland County who died in 1950 and his children, Frances (married Glen Marr, lived in Wisconsin, USA), June (lived in Pugwash) and Norma. Contact: Noreen Stark, 190 Kaulback St., Truro, NS  B2N3M6; email: ginger@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: July 25, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: What happened to Stephen Lohnes? Stephen, born February 26, 1854, Northfield, was the son of Lucy Arenburg and George Lohnes of New Germany. He married Sarah Jane Palmer on June 8, 1876 at Mahone Bay. They are found in New Germany in the 1881 Census. Then Stephen disappears. Contact: Mrs. Sara Conrad, RR#1 Pleasantville, NS  B0R 1G0; email: chrisconrad@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: July 2007, DARTMOUTH, BEDFORD & HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on descendants of James Scott McLeod (1856 - 1916) who came to Halifax from Scotland in 1886, married Elizabeth Dashwood in 1887. Their children were Jean (1888), Agnes (1889), Hugh (1891), Elenora (1894 - 1907) and Margaret (1896). Contact: Carolyn Ramsbottom, 59 Stratford Road, Stratford, PEI C1B 1T3; email: cramsbottom2003@aol.com

Posted: July 18, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; July 21, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Susan Bawden (Bowden - Emino - Shrum/Strum/Schrum) who was born at Cornwall, England in c.1862. She arrived at Halifax aboard Sardinia in 1881. In 1887, she married Eli Emino. In 1899, she had a daughter by Mr. Ware. In 1902, Susan married James Schrum. Contact: Paula Jones, 8460 213th Street, Langley, BC V1M 2J1; email: pjj100@telus.net

Posted: July 14, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Thomas Short Harries Harris who arrived in NS around 1881 with his wife, Merina Harvey (nee Francis), and daughters, Emily Francis and Alice M. Thomas. Children, Charles E. and Ethel Susan, were born in NS. Thomas worked at Truro. Contact: Brenda Webster, 435 Chartersville Rd., Dieppe, NB E1A 5H1; Phone: 506-852-4849; email: brendawebster@rogers.com

Posted: July 11, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Captain John Tardy who sailed out of Salem, Massachusetts until c.1774. He sailed out of Liverpool, NS in 1779 and 1781 and possibly at other times during the American Revolutionary War. Captain Tardy died at Halifax in 1797. Contact: Kay Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave. Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: July 7, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Mary Grant (born c.1785) and Catherine Grant (christened 1788), daughters of Alpin Grant, 84th Royal Highland Emigrants (Patterson p.123), who had property on Pictou Harbour purchased in 1787. Both were sisters of Peter (1767-1852 Scotch Hill), James (1773-1803), Alexander (1778-1855), John (born 1780) and Elizabeth (1770-1859; married to Donald Chisholm, 1742-1842). Contact Alastair Grant,  442 St. Clair. Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4T 1P5; email: aggrant@rogers.com.

Posted: July 4, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Looking for the newspaper article regarding John Simeon Corkum (July 4, 1847 - December 20, 1919) being charged with bigamy in Bridgewater, NS. Contact: Bobbie Gray, 186 Highgrove Terrace, Sherwood Park, AB T8A 6H1; email: robertalgray@hotmail.com

Posted: June 30, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: When and where was John Hall born? In 1791 at Annapolis Royal, John married Nancy Anna Munro, daughter of Colonel Henry Munro. Their great, great grandson was W. L. Hall (1876-1968), Chief Justice of NS. His daughter was Mary Margaret Hall Stanfield. Contact: Barry Hall, 102-2286 Henry Ave., Sidney, BC; phone: 250-656-5122; email: jessbarr@shaw.ca

Posted: June 27, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were Sophia Hoyt’s parents? Sophia was born March 15, 1829 at Mahone Bay and married Ries Worthylake in c.1851. She died February 28, 1910 at Black Rock. Contact: Juanita Wilcox, PO Box 177, Hantsport, NS  B0P 1P0; email: juanitawilcox@eastlink.ca

Posted: June 30, 2007, AMHERST 
QUERY: Seeking information on my great-great-great grand parents, Alexander Fraser and his wife, Alice Macgregor, who arrived at Pictou in the late 1770s, not necessarily on The Hector. Contact: Lois E. Miller, 30 Cora Lane, Fletchers Lake, NS B2T 1A1; email: mrcil_lois@hotmail.com

Posted: June 20, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Seth Lee Varner. Seth, born November 28, 1883, was the son of Mary Adelia Veinot and Joseph Varner. They may have lived in or near Upper Northfield. Contact: Mary McCormick; Lot 130, RR#1, Thessalon, ON  P0R 1L0; email: mmccormick000@sympatico.ca

Posted: June 2007, DARTMOUTH, HALIFAX, BEDFORD; June 26, 2007, SUSSEX; June 30, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who was John William Adams (September 30, 1881, Halifax County - November 1, 1958, Moncton, NB)? Did he marry Edna May Fraser (July 26, 1903 - August 8, 1996, Moncton, NB). This family appeared in NB about 1923 and had one daughter, born 1924. Contact: Thelma Perry, 277 Buckingham Ave., Riverview, NB E1B 2P1; email: tmperry@rogers.com

Posted: June 2007, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking relatives of Samuel Redmond (born c.1808) and his wife, Mary Heighton (born c.1804). They married and lived at River John, NS. They possibly had nine children from c.1844 to 1859: Frederick, Moses, Elizabeth, James, Mary Jane, Carrie (Kate), Clara P. and two more. Contact: R. W. Rick Redmond, 21 Stark Avenue  S.E., Medicine Hat, AB T1B 4N1; email: rick.redmond@telus.net

Posted: June 16, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Annie’s and John’s parents? Annie Chisholm was born in 1851 and John McDonald was born 1848. Both were from Antigonish County. The couple had two sons, William A., born 1889, and Hugh, born 1892.  Contact: Kathy McDonald, 2928 Willow Pond Dr., Maryville, TN 37803 USA; email: bkssoulmate@yahoo.com

Posted: June 13, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Looking for all Holders past and present in Lunenburg County whose family came from New Brunswick around 1900. Contact: Bill Tufts, 1500 Lassiter Terrace, Gloucester, ON  K1J 8N4; email: dg052@ncf.ca

Posted: June 9, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were the four sons of Rachel and Ephraim and is there official records for them? Rachel Archibald (1793-1865) of Truro married Ephraim Taylor (1796-1859) of St. Mary’s in 1824. The couple also had a daughter.  Contact: Betty Taylor Aube, 1843 Chaine Court, Orleans, ON K1C2W6; email: bettyandmoeaube@sympatico.ca

Posted: June 6, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Looking for a photo of Mary Elizabeth Young, the only sister of my grandfather John William Young of Lunenburg. Mary married James William Hyson of Mahone Bay. Contact: Richard Potter, 83 Millrun Crescent, Bedford, NS B4A 3H9; email: Meridianmmm@aol.com

Posted: May 30, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; June 2, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Where were Dixon Roy ‘Dick’ Regan and his wife, Edna Wade, buried? Was it Lunenburg County? Dixon, a First World War veteran, died in an industrial accident at Hantsport in October 1951. Edna died in 1949. Contact: Grandniece, Karla MacDonald, Box 262 Port Williams, Kings County, NS B0P 1T0.

Posted: May 23, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 29, 2007, SUSSEX; June 2, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Anne Pineo’s parents? Where was she born and where was she buried? Anne was born in c.1772 probably in NS. She married Captain William Brewster in c.1797 and lived in NB in 1798. Is she the Brewster widow living at Harvey Bank, NB in 1851? Contact: William J. Brewster, 459 Rt. 915, Harvey, NB E4H 3S5.

Posted: May 16, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 19, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Where was Edward Ells born and who are his parents? Edward was born in 1842 and married Sarah Ann Wilt on September 1, 1868. It is believed the Ells family lived in Nova Scotia. Contact: Susan Ells, 1884 Route 510, Main River, NB E4T 1V3.

Posted: May 9, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 12, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on the Bradshaw family in Nova Scotia. Joseph Bradshaw married Eunice Dunham in 1815, settled and are buried in Summerville, Hants County. Also, Captain Stephen who is buried in Summerville. His family went to New England States. Contact: Ted Sanford, RR#2 Cambridge, Kings Co., NS B0P 1G0; email: tedsanford@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: May 2, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Do you have Loyalists in the family? Then you might be interested in the Remsheg Loyalist Reunion taking place June 28 - 30, 2008, at Wallace, NS. Approximately 100 families settled at Remsheg (now Wallace) in 1783/84 with surnames such as Myers, Philips and Baker. To learn more, write: Remsheg Loyalists - 225th Anniversary, 59 Prentiss St., Gatineau, QC J9H 5V5; email: remsheg225@yahoo.ca; website: http://remsheg225.wetpaint.com

Posted: May 2007, DARTMOUTH LAKER, BEDFORD MAGAZINE, SOUTHENDER
QUERY: Seeking information on John Coote who died in 1852 at Halifax, and his sons, William Swan (died 1894), Mars Mortphet and Charles Henry Coote. The Coote family also lived for a time at Miller Lake. Contact: John Bateman, Rocklands House Compass Hill, Kinsale County, Cork, Ireland; or email: rocklandshouse@eircom.net

Posted: April 25, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Vaughan/Vaughn families. I have many early generations 1600+ and wish to connect with today's generations in all families. Willing to share information. Contact: Bill Tufts, 1500 Lassiter Terrace, Gloucester, ON  K1J 8N4; email: dg052@ncf.ca

Posted: May 2007, DARTMOUTH LAKER, BEDFORD MAGAZINE, SOUTHENDER
QUERY: Seeking information on John Coote who died in 1852 at Halifax, and his sons, William Swan (died 1894), Mars Mortphet and Charles Henry Coote. The Coote family also lived for a time at Miller Lake. Contact: John Bateman, Rocklands House Compass Hill, Kinsale County, Cork, Ireland; or email: rocklandshouse@eircom.net

Posted: April 18, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; April 21, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Evan Corkill of Liverpool, England and his five children. Evan’s children arrived in Nova Scotia in the 1870's as British Home Children. One later moved to Massachusetts, one went to BC and three remained in Nova Scotia. Contact: Betty Fredericks, PO Box 84, No. Billerica, MA 01862 USA; email: bbffrrpp@comcast.net

Posted: April 11, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY #1: Seeking all DeLong families. I have many early generations. Wish to connect with today's generations in all families. Will share information. Contact: Bill Tufts, 1500 Lassiter Terrace, Gloucester, ON  K1J 8N4; email: dg052@ncf.ca

Posted: April 4, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
Climb Your Family Tree, Lunenburg, June 8 and 9, 2007: Events include an education program on Friday evening with guest speakers Ralph Getson and Terry Punch, and exhibitions on Saturday at the new Fire Hall. For more information, contact the South Shore Genealogical Society, 68 Bluenose Dr., PO Box 901, Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0; phone: 634-4794; email: ssgsoc@hotmail.com; or visit their website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nslssgs

Posted: April 2007, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Who were William O’Brien’s parents? His father was born in Ireland, his mother in NS. William, born c.1815 possibly in NS, married Catherine McDonald in c.1825, possibly at Canso. He died April 16, 1903. During the 1850, 1860 and 1880 US Census, the couple lived in Maine. Catherine’s parents, Mina and D. McDonald, were from Canso. Contact: Judith O'Brien Beck, 293 Blue Rd Apt 11, Monmouth, Maine 04259 USA; email: msjudith41@juno.com

Posted: March 31, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Mary (Mary Ann) and James Dunn’s parents? The couple lived in Colchester County in the early 1800's. When did they arrive from Scotland? Their children were John JamesElizabeth (1840-1921), Agnes (died 1863), Olive (died 1865, age 22), Annie Jane (died 1894) and Burton (died 1882). Contact: Kim Barlow, 1 Killarney Cr., Thorold, ON L2V 4C2; email: kimbarlow9@gmail.com

Posted: March 2007, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Who were Peter Goss’ parents? Born November 1867 at Tor Bay, Peter first married Mary Ann Bradbury in c.1884 and second married Margaret Furlong in November 1909. Peter

Posted: March 28, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; ___, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking volunteers to help transcribe headstones in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater and Hillcrest Cemetery, Lunenburg. Dedicated volunteers have been working three years to record headstones in all cemeteries and burial grounds in Lunenburg County. Now, only four of the 216 areas remain unrecorded. The Lunenburg Burial Index is found on the Lunenburg GENWEB site (http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/lunenburg/cemeteries.html). Contact: Roger Mason, email: roger.brookside@yahoo.ca

Posted: March 25, 2007, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on the Pettipas family in Isle Madame, Richmond County, NS. Contact: Charlie Pettipas, PO Box 949, Westville, NS B0K 1A0; email: sliprock69@hotmail.com

Posted: March 24, 2007, AMHERST; April 1, 2007, HALIFAX
QUERY: When did Sarah ‘Louisa’ and William Holland Mailman die and where were they buried? Their children were Mary Matilda, Clarence William, Kathleen Mae, Ella Jane, VernonGrace. Louisa and William were living at the County Home, Bridgetown and possibly died around 1939. This Mailman family was from Graywood, Annapolis County, NS. Contact Information: Debby Brown-Warren, 39 Lansdowne Court, Riverview, NB  E1B 3E5; email:  debbywarren@rogers.com

Posted: March 21, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who is this Second World War veteran (photo to the right)? Flight Officer Tibert with the Royal Canadian Air Force was photographed at #8 SFTS in Weyburn, SK during the war. His first name is unknown. Contact: Diana Lynn Tibert, RR#1 Milford, Hants County, NS B0N 1Y0; email: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 10, 2007, MONCTON; March 13, 2007, SUSSEX; March 14, BRIDGEWATER & LUNENBURG
QUERY: Who were Christopher Mailman’s parents? Christopher was born 1783, possibly at Lunenburg or Annapolis Valley, NS and married Catherine Beam (Boehm) in c.1808, at Saint John. He died January 4, 1858 and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Saint John. Contact: J. Galbraith, 95 Leighside Court, GrandBay-Westfield, NB E5K 1Z6; email: jzhudson@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 10, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Looking for Ann and Hugh McLean from East River area of Pictou. They had two sons: Daniel Alexander (1843, went to US in 1864) and James Donley (1848, married Lucy Embree at Oxford in 1877, went to US in 1880). Contact: Jim Newman, 28 Dogwood Lane, Grove City, PA 16127 USA; e-mail: bipbauer@zoominternet.net

Posted: February 14, 2007, Journal-Pioneer; March 4, 2007, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who are Edward McGuigan and Mary McKearney’s parents? They married in St. Paul’s Church (?), Sturgeon and in lived on Lot 61, St. Mary’s Road in 1911. Their children were Florence, James, Patrick Vincent and Ann Mae. After 1911, the family moved to NS, where Mary was killed by a car in Trenton. Edward returned to PEI and remarried. Contact Barb Campbell, 64 Oakland Street, Waterville, Maine 04901 USA; email: bluenoser100@hotmail.com

Posted: March 7, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; ___, PEI
QUERY: Where was James Anderson born? Perhaps Scotland or Maryland? James, born 1748, married Mary (Marie/Maria) Brimmer (Brymer). They had four children: Mary (1776, Baltimore, USA), Eunice (1782, New York, USA), John Secombe (1790, Chester) and Ann (Anna/Isabella) Brimmer (1796, Halifax). Contact: Patrick Hagan: 15244 Victoria Av., White Rock, BC V4B 1G6; email: pathagan@telus.net

Posted: AMHERST, March 3, 2007
QUERY: Seeking information on the Milton family of Springhill. Contact: Carissa Atkinson; West Brook, RR #3 Southampton, NS  B0M 1W0; email: jandc.atkinson@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 28, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
Who were Joseph Tibert’s parents. Were they  (died 1890), may have been a butcher and a fisherman. Contact: Donald Lopes, 20 Mattapoisett Road, Acushnet, MA 02743 USA; email: Dplopes@comcast.net and Melinda West and George Michael Tibert? Joseph, born c.1826, was a lumberman and accidentally drowned while driving logs in Wentworth Brook, Ponhook on April 29, 1857. He was married, probably to Ethel Lee of Wellington, Queens County. Contact: Diana Tibert, RR#1, Milford, Hants County, NS B0N 1Y0; email: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 2007, GUYSBOROUGH JOURNAL; ____, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on Nicholas Wright and his descendants. Nicholas was murdered by Walter Lee in Canso. His widow was recorded living in the Gut of Canso in the 1817 census. Contact: Lillian Wright Jolotta, 132 Rabbit Road, Salisbury, MA 01952 USA; email: ljolotta@adelphia.net

Posted: February 21, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; later HALIFAX and AMHERST
QUERY: Who was Barbara Joyce Murphy’s birth mother? Barbara’s mother left Nova Scotia and gave birth to her on December 28, 1954 in Hamilton, Ontario. Barbara’s late grandfather was a guard at a large power plant. Contact: Susan R. Leitch, 1710 East Heights, Saskatoon, SK S7J 3B9; e-mail: srleitch@sasktel.net

Posted: February 17, 2007, AMHERST; March 11, 2007, HALIFAX; February 24, 2007, MONCTON; February 27, 2007, SUSSEX; February 22, 2007, NL
QUERY: Seeking information on Jane McGrifith (1775-1850). Jane married Henry Greene. They had a son, Hugh. At one time, they lived at Shubenacadie, NS. Interested in connecting with McGrifith researchers from NS, NB and NL. Contact: Nancy Greene, 114 Joffre Street, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3C9; email: courtney.nancy@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 14, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; February 25, 2007, Halifax
QUERY: Who were the parents of Ann Pierce and Thomas Cook and where were they born? They were married in 1808 in NS. Thomas owned a tavern at Port Mouton in the late 1700's. Contact: Barb Meredith, PO Box 1242, Claresholm, AB T0L 0T0; email: barbmeredith@gmail.com

Posted: February 10, 2007, AMHERST; February 18, 2007, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who were Frances Pierce’s parents? Frances, born March 25, 1824, married Joseph Craig on February 5, 1846 at Wilmot, Annapolis County, NS. Contact: Susan Napier, 17 Ascot Way, Lower Sackville, NS  B4E 2H7; email: susannapier@eastlink.ca

Posted: February 7, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; ____ Halifax
QUERY: Where was the homeland of James Sheehy who settled at Douglas Township? James married Margaret Elizabeth Miller on December 8, 1831 at St. James Anglican Church, Rawdon, NS. They had two sons. James died in 1833. Where is he buried? Contact: Jack Sheehy, 90 Trinity Lane, Beaver Bank, NS B4G 1C2; email: sheehytree@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: January 31, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; February 3, 2007, MONCTON; February 6, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Who were Christopher Mailman’s parents? Christopher, born 1783 in Lunenburg or Annapolis Valley, married Catherine Beam (daughter of Catherine and John Beam/Boehm) in c.1808 at Saint John, NB. He died January 4, 1858 and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Contact: J. Galbraith, 95 Leighside Court,  Grand Bay-Westfield, NB E5K 1Z6; email: jzhudson@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: January 27, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Looking for family of Jennie Allan, of (Tyndal Road) Amherst, NS, mother of Douglas Vaughan who was born St. John, NB, April 24, 1926. Doug's father was Donald Bliss. Jennie gave up Doug to his grandfather, Dr. Gerald Bliss, Amherst, after his birth. Contact: Denise Allan, 29 North Adelaide St., Amherst, NS; email: allandenise@hotmail.com.

Posted: January 24, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
For Website: QUERY: Seeking information on Captain Henry Hebb (Master Mariner), born December 12, 1865, Lunenburg and died January 29, 1932. Henry married Ella Mae Meisner on September 15, 1888. What ships did Henry command and was were the purposes for his voyages? Are their sources available to learn more? Contact: Carole Van Lindt, 83-49 Dongan Avenue, Elmhurst, NY 11373 USA; email: Jessie1879@aol.com

Posted: January 20, 2007, AMHERST; January 28, 2007, HALIFAX; January 27, 2007, MONCTON, January 31, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking information on James Andrew Marshall. James was born 1837 in NS or NB, the son of John Marshall. He married Ellen Whalen of NB in St. Luke’s Church, Portland Parish in 1864 and they had about nine kids before moving to Millbridge, Maine, USA. Who was James’ mother? Contact: Barbara Campbell, 64 Oakland Street, Waterville, Maine 04901 USA; email: bluenoser100@hotmail.com

Posted: January 14, 2007, HALIFAX; January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Aubrey E. Oxner who was born at Mahone Bay, NS, married Lena and died at Hazel Brook, PEI in 1962. What was Lena’s maiden name? Were there obituaries and where were they buried? Contact: Elizabeth Burbidge, 186 Highbury School Road, Kentville, NS B4N 4K1; phone: 902-678-5634; email: 5burbs@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: January 13, 2007, AMHERST; January 2007, HALIFAX; January 2007, MONCTON & SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking information on Albert Swinnmer (Swinhammer) of Hants County, NS who married Mary Swinnmer. Their children were John, Fred, William, Laurie, Brenton, Gladys, Annie, Eleanor (Ellie), Henry, Haddon and Bessie Matilda. Bessie, born 1874 at Upper Vaughs, NS died 1956 at Moncton, NB. She married David Synton MacQuarrie of Nixon, NB in 1902. Contact: Robert MacQuarrie, 212 Sumner Ave., Moncton, NB  E1C 8A7; email:  relisum@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: January 10, 2007, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were John Henry Leary’s parents? John, born c.1795, married Charlotte Uhlman on December 30, 1829. He is listed as a Chelsea farmer in the 1838 census. He died October 20, 1872 at Upper Chelsea. Contact: Betty Anne (Colp) McDorman, 232 Northumberland St., Fredericton, NB  E3B 3J5; email: mcdorman@nbnet.nb.ca


2006

Posted: December 27, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 14, 2007, HALIFAX; January, GUYSBOROUGH JOURNAL
QUERY: Who were John Frederick Silver’s parents? John, of Lunenburg, was born c.1811. He married Margaret Elizabeth Fanning, the daughter of Maria and Edward Fanning, in the 1830's. John, Margaret and daughter Mary moved to Isaac’s Harbour, Guysborough County in 1838/39. Contact: Malcolm Silver, 32 Clysdale Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2W 2P6; email: silvermh@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 30, 2006, Western Star; December 24, 2006, HALIFAX, NS
QUERY: Seeking information on Florence Gabriel. Florence was born October 29, 1862 at Lamaline, NL, the daughter of Elizabeth Helen and Alfred Edmund Gabriel. She married William George Harvey on February 17, 1891 at St. Mary’s Church, St. John’s, NL. Did they move to Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, perhaps? Contact: Doug Phillips, 20 Reid Street, St. John's, NL A1E 2K6; email: phillipsd@nl.rogers.com

Posted: December 20, 2006, Journal-Pioneer; December 20, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER, NS; December 23, 2006, AMHERST, NS
QUERY: Who was David Leahy’s mother? David was born in December 1859, possibly at Charlottetown, the son of John Leahy of Limerick, Ireland and his first wife. John married his second wife, Ellen Doyle, in October 1863 at Charlottetown. David married Martini Rogers of NS in c.1883. Contact: Bill Leahy, 1018 E Julie Drive, Tempe, AZ 85283 USA; email: bill_leahy@hotmail.com

Posted: December 16, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Elsie Margaret MacArthur’s parents? Elsie was born 1897, died September 30, 1956 and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Amherst, NS. She married George A. MacArthur (1891 - 1956). Their son, Pilot Officer George Reginald MacArthur was KIA July 20, 1944 over France. Contact: Linda Bell, 764 Kitley Line 3,  RR# 2, Jasper, ON; email: BELLLcb@aol.com

Posted: December 12, 2006, SUSSEX; December 16, 2006, MONCTON; December 13, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Loyalist William Hargrove of the 104th Regiment. William, born 1780 at or near Worcester, Worcester Co., Virginia, USA, settled in York County, NB in 1783. He had two brothers, also soldiers, William (initially settled in Shelburne, NS then went to NB) and Benjamin. Contact: Susan Taylor, email: bstaylor@telus.net

Posted: December 9, 2006, AMHERST; December 2006, Halifax
QUERY: Seeking information on Viola Madill, including her mother’s maiden name. Viola, born September 1894, daughter of Mary and George Madill, married Martin Theodore O’Connell. Viola and Martin had four children and both died young during the 1920's. Contact: Debbie Siler, Newport, RR#2, NS B0N 2A0.

Posted: December 6, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: What happened to Robert Moyle Smeltzer? Robert was born December 24, 1891, son of Emma L. Lohnes and John Henry Smeltzer; married Harriet Louise Schnare (born 1889) January 6, 1915 in United Baptist Parsonage, Mahone Bay. Their son, raised by Schnare family, was born beforehand, in November 1914. Contact: Jean (Smeltzer) Thomas, 4987 Gertrude St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 6K8; email: jeanshrthm@netscape.net

Posted: December 2, 2006; AMHERST; December 14, 2006, NEWFOUNDLAND; December 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who was Mary Elizabeth Alexander’s mother? Was she aboriginal? Mary was born in 1866 at St. Georges, NL. She died June 4, 1947 at Halifax. Her father, Joseph Alexander, was from Montreal of Southern France. Among Mary’s siblings were twin sisters, Hariette and Henryetta. Contact: Lorraine Maskill, 3801 Eastern Ave., PO Box 554, Parrsboro, NS  B0M 1S0; email: maskill@eastlink.ca

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer; December 3, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Frederick and Pearl Knight. Fred, born 1886, PEI, son of Rev. Matthew Richey Knight. Lived in Halifax, Toronto (1926) and Alberta. Pearl was widowed and married Mr. W. L. Smith. They lived at Port Coquitlam, BC. Contact: Barbara Capron via Diana Lynn Tibert: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 29, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on the Coombs family of Milton, Queens County, NS. More specifically information on James Coombs who married Carrie Godfrey. Contact: Richard Morris, 75 Roxbury Cr., Halifax, NS  B3M 4S9; email: rmorris@hrsb.ns.ca

Posted: November 26, 2006, HALIFAX; later Guysborough Journal
QUERY: Seeking information on Annie and Patrick Murphy who owned property and lived on Sober Island Road at Sheet Harbour, NS from the late 1880's to about 1919, when Patrick died. They possibly had five children: Martin, William, John, James and Joseph. Contact: Gregory Barrett, 28 Church Court, Bedford, NS B4A 3V5; email: gbbarrett@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 25, 2006, AMHERST; and HALIFAX at a later date
QUERY: Seeking information on Olive Theresa Fields (Field) and her family who may have been from the River John or River Herbert area. Olive, born 1910 at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, was the daughter of Charlotte Fields of Brookfield, Colchester Co. Charlotte’s parents were Mary Luxton Parnell Dennis and Martin Luther Fields. Need adoption information on sister, Elizabeth Baker, born 1904 at New Glasgow, NS. Contact: Pat Mathews, 2152 West LaHave, Pleasantville, NS B0R 1G0; phone: 693-2015; email: michaelmathews@eastlink.ca

Posted: November 22, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; HALIFAX
QUERY: Looking to make contact with Diane and Kenneth Zinck or their daughter Angelina. In 1974, they lived at Bridgewater, NS. Kenneth is related to Hazel Swallow (daughter of Hattie and Harland Swallow, born June 1905), formerly of Annapolis, NS. Contact Hazel’s niece: Phyllis Pottle, 89 Bartlet Street, Andover, MA  01810 USA; or email: ppottle@comcast.net

Posted: November 18, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY (2 of 2): Timothy Copp lived at River Phillip in the 1840's. He married three times: 1st, Eliza Clarke; 2nd, Pamelia Davison; 3rd, Lucy McAlmon. Would like to correspond with descendants of his children: Eliza Inglis, Clifford, Fred, Alfred and George. Contact Alfred’s great granddaughter: Mary Deming, 1676 Ridge Rd., Frye Island ME  04071 USA; email: demingmary@hotmail.com

Posted: November 22, 2006, LUNEBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on John Corkum. John (1792, Chester - 1845, Chester) was the son of Elizabeth Collicut and George Henry Corkum; married Martha Etter (daughter of Elizabeth Cleverly and Franklin Etter) on August 2, 1814; children, Joseph Etter Corkum (1815) and maybe Sophia Catherine. Contact: Virginia Basken, 358 Center St., Groveland, MA 01834 USA; email: ginnyb@basken.com

Posted: November 12, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who were Lavinia Ware Schrum’s parents? Lavinia was born in Halifax or Eastern Passage around August 1899. Were they Susan (Vowden?) and Peter Schrum? Contact: Paula Jones, 8460 213th Street, Langley, BC V1M 2J1; email: pjj100@telus.net

Posted: November 11, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY (1 of 2): Where did Loyalist William MacIntosh settle? William, served with the 84th Regiment until it disbanded in 1783. He married Almira. Their daughter, Elizabeth, who married Neil Campbell of Windsor in 1784. Elizabeth and Neil’s son, Neil, married Martha Hill in 1832 at Londonderry. Contact: Mary  Deming, 1676 Ridge Rd,. Frye Island, ME  04071; email: demingmary@hotmail.com

Posted: November 5, 2006, HALIFAX; November 8, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Sarah, George and Thomas Dalton. These children of Mary (nee English) and Thomas Dalton were born between 1835 and 1840 at Lunenburg. Contact their eldest sister’s, Mary Ann, relative: Jack Kelly, 428 Great Rd., Unit #14, Acton MA 01720 USA; email: yllekland13@verizon.net

Posted: November 4, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: (2 of 2): Seeking information on Matthew Ash Johnson (1787-1863) and wife, Mary Higgins (1783-1871) of River Philip, Cumberland, NS. Matthew and Mary had seven children: Nelly Hollis, Mary, Cynthia Oxley, Jonathan Weatherbee, Sarah Ann, Hannah Higgins and Amos Page. Contact: P. P. Moseley III, Esq., PO Box 12664, Wilmington, DE 19850-2664; email: bppm3@comcast.net 

Posted: November 1, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Anthony Fredericks. Anthony, born in 1770, lived in the Lunenburg area. He married Amy (?) and together they had three children: William, George and Joseph. Where did Anthony originate and is he buried? Contact: Ev Fredericks, 127-2440 Old Okanagan Hwy., Westbank, BC  V4T 1X6; email  photographybuff@shaw.ca

Posted: October 29, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking obituaries for Windsor Howard Luddington, born November 10, 1912; died December 1, 1970, and Joseph William Luddington, born November 19, 1910; died July 5, 1981. Births and deaths occurred in New Glasgow, NS. Contact: Barbara Campbell, 64 Oakland Street, Waterville, Maine  04901 USA; or email: bluenoser100@adelphia.net

Posted: October 28, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Matthew Johnson (c.1821-1877) and his wife, Dorcas McNutt (c.1826) of Little River, Cumberland County. They had ten children: James Hiram, Thomas Hazen, Matilda (Nancy?), Lucinda, Ida, Lucy Victory, Gaius Silver, Mary Ann, Thomas Frances and Robert Corey. Contact:  P. P. Moseley III, Esq., PO Box 12664, Wilmington, DE 19850-2664; email: bppm3@comcast.net 

Posted: October 25, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who was Maria Knock’s parents? Maria, born 1812, married Johannes Mossman on December 10, 1835. She died May 2, 1885. Contact: Carole Van Lindt, 83-49 Dongan Avenue, Elmhurst NY 11373 USA; email: Jessie1879@aol.com

Posted: October 21, 2006, AMHERST; October 22, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Where was Mrs. Minnie E. Gray (Grey) buried? Minnie, died October 9, 1909, age 47. The wife of John Gray, Minnie lived on Fairbanks Street. She had three daughters, one living at Springhill, two at Dartmouth. Her headstone was found by police and delivered to Fairview Lawn Cemetery, but she is not buried there. Hoping to find her place of burial, so the headstone can be returned. Contact: George Newbury, email: georgen@ns.sympatico.ca; or Diana Lynn Tibert.

Posted: October 18, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on the children of James Mason (June 11, 1820 - 1855, Black Point,) and Mary Ann Richardson (November 10, 1824 - c. February 1854, Black Point). The couple married August 11, 1840 at Chester. Their early deaths orphaned about eight small children, including Daniel Mason (born August 22, 1848 at Mason’s Point). Contact Claudia Malloch, 129 Parkview Dr., Wetaskiwin AB T9A 3J6; email: Malloch@incentre.net

Posted: October 15, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on Neil McDonald, born September 1, 1819 at Bateston; died July 29, 1917, married Flora McDonald, born May 1, 1851; died April 19, 1934. Family resided at Catalone, NS. Contact H. C. Russell, PO Box 877, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA 03866; or email: matimi@metrocast.net

Posted: October 14, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: How do I gain access to old issues of the Oxford Journal? Specifically, looking for an article concerning the 1867 Election where Henry Pineo of Pugwash was elected to the local assembly. Contact: Dorothy Rafuse, 1 Portland Estates Blvd., Dartmouth, N. S. B2W 6A1; email: drafuse@accesswave.ca; phone (902) 434-5085.

Posted: October 11, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were Mary's 'Matilda’ parents and what is her maiden name? Matilda, born December 31, 1839 (from 1901 Census), married Josiah Sarty. They lived at West Northfield and are buried there. Matilda died April 8, 1908. Contact: Lana Veinotte, 2280 HWY 10, RR #2, Bridgewater NS  B4V 2W1; email: lanav@eastlink.ca

Posted: October 7, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who is Olive Dunn from Waugh River, Brule Point, Colchester County, NS? Olive married William Joudrie on December 3, 1863. She died May 5, 1865. Did she die in childbirth? Is Burton Dunn who is listed on her headstone in the Avondale-Brule Cemetery her son? Contact Kim Barlow, 1 Killarney Cr., Thorold, ON L2V 4C2; email: kimbarlow9@gmail.com

Posted: October 1, 2006, HALIFAX; October 4, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were Joseph Carver’s parents? Were they C. Brazil and Ambrose Warrne? Presumably, Joseph was born December 17, 1928 at LaHave, NS. Apparently, he (age 4) and his brother, Walter, (age 5) were found in bed with their deceased mother. Both were abandoned by their father. Joseph was adopted by Emma and Stephen Carver of Italy Cross. Walter was adopted by to a Mailman family. Contact: Lee-Anne Carver, 811 Railway St., Kenora, ON P9N 1A5.

Posted: September 30, 2006, AMHERST; October 1, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who was Arnold Joseph White’s mother? Arnold, born July 19, 1912, was the only child of Frank White who lived at Truro, NS in the 1940's. It is believed Frank was Roman Catholic and that he and Arnold’s mother were not married. Contact Arnold’s daughter: Dolores Phinney; email: doloresphinney@hotmail.com; or contact Diana Lynn Tibert

Posted: September 27, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY (1 of 2): When was John Greek born and when did he die? John married Jezebel Corinda ‘Jessie’ (nee Mossman) Smith (born March 9, 1879; died May 10, 1927). John was Jezebel’s second husband. Was Jezebel John’s first wife? Contact: Carole Van Lindt, 83-49 Dongan Avenue, Elmhurst NY 11373 USA; email: Jessie1879@aol.com

Posted: September 23, 2006, HALIFAX; September 27, 2006, GUYSBOROUGH; October 2006, HALFIAX
QUERY: Seeking information on James ‘Jim’ Ehler of Guysborough County who married Nellie M. Smith of Lower Stewiacke, Colchester County, around 1920. Contact: S. Diane Smith, PO Box 593, Stewiacke, NS B0N 2J0; or email: sylviadianesmith@hotmail.com

Posted: September 20, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Where is Dock Cove, Queens County? Edward Haliburton Nowe of Black Rocks married Emma MacDonald of Port Medway in 1897 at Dock Cove. Was it a private dock or does it now go by another name? Contact Sandra Town, 3710 Burnt Hickory Drive, Dacula, GA 30019  USA; email: supertemp@earthlink.net

Posted: September 16, 2006, AMHERST, September 17, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on Pierre Geoffroy who was the son of Nicholas Geoffroy. Also interested in all information on the Geoffroy family in Nova Scotia. Contact: Margaret Coules, RR#3 Renfrew, ON  K7V 3Z6; email: gmisskit@sympatico.ca

Posted: September 13, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were Catherine Johnston (Johnson) parents? Catherine, born c.1825, was residing at Lunenburg when she married Samuel Lowthers on September 9, 1843 at Windsor, NS. They had one son, William, born October 2, 1845 at Lunenburg. Contact: V. Bergmann, Box 542, Baddeck, NS  B0E 1B0; email: ginnybergmann@hotmail.com

Posted: September 9, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were James Donley McLean’s parents? Were they Ann and Hugh McLean from East River Pictou? James married Lucy Embree, daughter of Malinda and Jacob Embree, on May 29, 1877 at Oxford, Cumberland County. Contact: Jim Newman: 28 Dogwood Lane, Grove City, PA 16127 USA; email: bipbauer@zoominternet.net

Posted: September 6, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 10, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking details on the life of mechanical engineer Emil Vossnach (Vossneck). Emil lived at Lunenburg  and worked at Halifax, once employed by William Montgomery, Halifax's NS iron foundry. Did he help development of three steam locomotives for Intercolonial Railway in the 1870s? Contact NS author and president of NS Railway Heritage Society, Jay Underwood: 16 Brook Court Unit A, Elmsdale NS  B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: September 3, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Where was John Tardy, captain of Brig Hooper out of Salem, born? John was born 1738; died 1791 (or 1797); buried in Little Dutch Church Cemetery (?), Halifax. He married Ruth M. Blaney at Marblehead, MA. Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Avenue, Rockwood, TN, 37854; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: August 31, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking an obituary for James Keizer, born April 4, 1819 at West Chester; died after the 1891 census and before the 1901 census. Where was he buried? He was a merchant at Conquerall Banks. Contact: Sherry Comeau, Box 164 Stewiacke, NS  B0N 2J0; email: sherrycomeau@rushcomm.ca

Posted: August 27, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who were Edward Phalen's parents and where was he born? Edward born c. 1874; died December 19, 1928, age 62; married Mary Ann Gallivan; lived Bridgeport - Glace Bay area; Edward’s known siblings: Hugh, Andrew, Patrick, John and James. Contact Edward’s grandson: Leo F. Peters, 187 East Emerson Street, Melrose, MA 02176 USA; email: LeoPeters@Comcast.net

Posted: August 23, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking origin/parentage of Johan McDonel born c.1812. Married Eliza Tanner of Stonehurst, Lunenburg County in 1837, a school teacher in Black Rocks and had 13 children. Contact: Dave Tanner, 6824 Edward Arab Ave., Halifax, NS  B3L 2E1; phone: 902-454-8119; email: dave.tanner@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 19, 2006, AMHERST; August 20, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Looking for Daniel Campbell (Cambell) and his son, Enoch (born 1867) in the 1871 Census for Culloden, Digby County, NS. Was Daniel married twice? Contact: Carolyn R. Larsen, Gamleveien  13, 3218 Sandefjord, Norway; email: carolyn.larsen@lycos.com

Posted: August 16, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: A Family of Teachers - Searching for former students, colleagues or memorabilia of Susie (Silver) Leary, Florence Silver, Lottie (Silver) Smeltzer, Miriam Smeltzer, John Smeltzer and Ruth (Smeltzer) Haughn who taught in Lunenburg/Queens County schools. Contact: Joan Parks-Hubley, RR #3, Bridgewater, NS  B4V 2W2; email: jm.parks@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 13, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Thomas Flowers married Ruth Tardy at Halifax, December 6, 1789; son, George married Rachel Morton at Halifax, 1808. Thomas lived at Dutchvillage when he died c.1792. Is this the same Thomas Flowers of Halifax who owned land near the Old Dutch Church in 1755? Contact: Mrs. Ben J Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave. Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email:  kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: August 12, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Elizabeth Dunn’s parents? Elizabeth was born October 6, 1840, possibly at Brule, Waugh River, Colchester County, NS where she is found in the 1871 Census; died 1921. Elizabeth never married; her daughter, Evelyn Dunn, born 1872. Elizabeth’s siblings: John J. (died December 2, 1890), Annie J. (died July 27, 1894), Agnes (died November 13 or 18, 1863), Olive (died May 5, 1865, age 22, Brule Cemetery) and Burton (died August 15, 1882, age 19, Brule Cemetery). Contact: Kim Barlow, 1 Killarney Cr., Thorold, ON L2V 4C2; email: jennill@cogeco.ca

Posted: August 9, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
Who is Jane Typhard living with John (born 1850 LaHave) and Margret Typhard (Typert) in the 1881 Census, Marie Joseph, Guysborough County? Jane, widow, age 58, French, born NB. Is she John’s mother and is she really German, born in Lunenburg County? Contact: Diana Lynn Tibert, RR#1 Milford, Hants County, NS   B0N 1Y0; email: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 6, 2006, HALIFAX (later PEI)
QUERY: Seeking information to link three original MacInnis’ brothers in Cape Breton to Archibald MacInnis (McInnnis), born Sleat, Scotland on March 4, 1840, son of Katharine Robison (Robertson); married Euphemia ‘Effie’ Murchison, settled in PEI c.1861. Contact: Donald ‘Dan’ MacInnis, Suite 1802, 2 Silver Maple Dr., Brampton, ON  L6T 4R1

Posted August 5, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Daniel Chisholm’s Parents? Daniel was born at New Glasgow, March 1861; living with step-father, James Ryan, in 1901 Census; married Anetta Jane Connors from Spry Bay after 1901. Contact granddaughter: Barbara Smith, 48 Lemoine Street, Belleville, Ontario  K8P4G9; or email: barbcam@sympatico.ca

Posted: August 2, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on James Milne and his wife, Anna Sophia (Ross-Hebb). They married in 1867, Bridgewater, NS. When and where did they die? Where were they buried? Last found in 1871 Census, Lunenburg, Division 1. Contact: Douglas Ross, 79 Garden St., Forestville, CT 06010-6760 USA; email: dncross1@comcast.net

Posted: July 30, 2006, HALIFAX (and same week, PEI)
QUERY: Seeking information on Alexander Marshall Sr. (born 1766, Scotland). Alexander married Jane Brown (daughter of Jean Jamieson and Lawrence Brown) in January 1799, Canada; son, Alexander Jr. (born 1805; married Christy Stewart; son, Albert Dewar Marshall (born 1878, PEI). Contact: Charlotte Marshall-Potts, 8338 Stansbury Street, San Diego, CA  91977 USA

Posted: July 29, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who was Maria who married Mr. Curry (died 1857) on March 17, 1850 in Hantsport? Maria's mother was alive in May of 1850. Contact: Carolyn McGrath, 300 Front St. # 107, Pawtucket, RI  USA  02860; email: mcgrath_carolyn@yahoo.com

Posted: July 26, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on the daughters of Harriett and Hector McLeod: Catherine Rebekah, born July 5, 1827, and Mary Harriett, born July 11, 1835; both baptized at Dutch Reformed Church, Lunenburg. Contact: Sandra Romkey, #1-66 Lakefront Road, Dartmouth, NS  B2Y 3C6; email: ser@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: July 23, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Looking for obituaries for Charles Robert Luddington, born 1914; died March 31, 1962; Beatrice R. LeLacheur Horne, born 1896; died 1984, and William LeLacheur, born 1893; died 1969. Births and deaths occurred in New Glasgow, NS. Contact: Barbara Campbell, 64 Oakland Street, Waterville, Maine  04901 USA; or email: bluenoser100@adelphia.net

Posted: July 22, 2006, AMHERST; July 25, 2006, Sussex, NB; July 29, 2006, Moncton, NB
QUERY: Who were John McNab Cameron’s parents, born c.1836, possibly Pictou County, NS; married Christianna ‘Anna’ c.1847 at Nashawack, NB; children, Annie, Caroline, Mary, James, Samuel, Jessie, John, Emmie, Byron Middleton (1886) and Everett Lorne. Contact: Karin L. Allan, 2 Sunrise Crt, Cobourg, ON  K9A 4J7; email: krallan@eagle.ca

Posted: July 19, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Norton Cook, born 1861 on Port Mouton Island; married Melvina Pierce. Where did Norton go after leaving Port Mouton Island? Seeking Cook and Pierce researchers who might have information on this couple. Contact: Barb Meredith, 4 Grange Dr., Suite 8, St. Albert, AB T8N 3W9; email: barbmeredith@gmail.com

Posted: July 2006, Guysborough Journal
QUERY: Seeking information on Patrick Breen and his wife, Mary Jane McGuigain. They had a daughter, Matilda A. Breen, born November 20, 1879 at Goshen. Contact: John Breen, 204 Old Turnpike Road, W. Townsend, MA 01474 USA; email: jbreenm@comcast.net

Posted: July 16, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on Thomas Henry/Harvey Milliken. Thomas, born at Bangor/Newtownards, Ireland in 1895, was a widower residing at Halifax on December 1932, possibly a marine engineer. No information past this date. Contact: Peter Bowman, PO Box 373, Roxboro QC  H8Y 3K4; or email: snoman@aei.ca

Posted: July 15, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who is William E. Rowe, born Wenham, MA USA April 16, 1855; married Nettie McGrath, Bessie Dexter and a NS lady. William boarded a steamship at Yarmouth for Boston arriving September 1897. Is Sarah McKenna of NS connected to him? Contact: Carol Rowe, A3 Grandview Drive, South Burlington, VT 05403; or email: vtcarol50@gmail.com

Posted: July 12, 2006, LUNENBURG
QUERY (3 of 3): Seeking information on the Hessian soldier, Johan George Schneider (Snyder) and his descendants of Lunenburg County. Contact: Priscilla Haines, 1995 South 800 East, Mapleton, UT 84664, USA; or email: phaines@rockisland.com

Posted: July 9, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who were William H. White’s parents? William was born July 1871 at Tusket, Yarmouth County, NS. Were they Margaret and John White? Contact: Susan Mace, 4206 Avon Dr., Dumfries, VA 22026; or email: s_m_mace@yahoo.com

Posted: July 8, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Hugh McKenzie’s parents and where was he born? Hugh of East River, Pictou, born c.1800; married Catherine Anne Hamilton (Arran Settler) in March 1832 in St. James Anglican Church; children John and Anne; living Chaleur Bay in 1835. Contact: Lorna McKenzie Xixis, 94-1061 Aoku St., Waipahu, Hawaii 96797; or email: xixis@hawaii.rr.com

Posted: July 5, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who were Regula Jr. Rudolph’s siblings? Regula Jr., daughter of Regula and Jacob Rudolph, arrived in Canada onboard the Ann in 1750; married Conrad Vosseller (Fauzler/Foseler) in 1753; lived in Lunenburg then Halifax. Contact: Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave., Rockwood, TN 37854  USA; or email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: July 2, 2006, HALIFAX; August 2006, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY (1 of 3): Seeking information on Henry Luddington (August 1878, New Harbour - December 1962, New Glasgow); married Jessie Christine LeLacheur (January 1890, Rhode Island - February 1961, New Glasgow), daughter of Catherine Christina MacKinnon and William LeLacheur. Contact: Barbara Campbell, 64 Oakland Street, Waterville, Maine  04901 USA; email: bluenoser100@adelphia.net

Posted: July 2, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information for Joseph Cook (Cooke) born 1790 at Yarmouth and died 1860 at Digby. Contact: Chester W. Cook, 4 Gables Circle, Salem, MA 01970-1218  USA; or email: chetcook@comcast.net

Posted: June 28, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY (2 of 3, June 28, 2006): Seeking information on the Feindel family of Lunenburg County. Contact: Priscilla Haines, 1995 South 800 East, Mapleton, UT 84664, USA; or email: phaines@rockisland.com

Posted: June 25, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who did the sons of Thirza Mill and John Edwin Hosking marry? Joseph Hosking, born 1880 and Charles Hosking, born 1884, both born at Halifax, NS. Contact: Heather Brown, 153 Park Avenue, Shiremoor, Newcastle upon Tyne, England  NE27 OLD; or email: heatherhosking@blueyonder.co.uk

Posted: June 24, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Where in Ireland was John Anderson (1800) born? His daughters were Margaret (born 1833 at Wilmot, NS) and Mary Anne (born 1836 at Bridgetown, NS). The family moved to Ontario in 1842. Contact: Gayle Dodd, 10 Grazebrook Road, London, United Kingdom N16 0HS; or email: doddles@blueyonder.co.uk 

Posted: June 21, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
Second QUERY: Who were Regula Jr. Rudolph’s siblings? Regula Jr., daughter of Regula and Jacob Rudolph, arrived in Canada onboard the Ann in 1750; married Conrad Vosseller (Fauzler/Foseler) in 1753; lived in Lunenburg then Halifax. Contact: Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave., Rockwood, TN 37854  USA; or email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: June 17, 2006, AMHERST; June 18, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: When and where was Margaret (nee McClusky) Wyatt (Whyatt) born in Scotland? Conflicting information found. Have information from 1875 onward, including mother’s death in 1880. Willing to share. Contact: Trena Heater (nee Wyatt), 1020 Shewell Court, Kingston, ON K7P 2R8; or email: amheater@cogeco.ca

Posted: June 14, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; June 2006, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY (#1 of 3): Seeking information on the Loyalist family Haines (Hen) of Lunenburg County and Guysborough County. Contact: Priscilla Haines, 1995 South 800 East, Mapleton, UT 84664, USA; or email: phaines@rockisland.com

Posted: June 10, 2006, AMHERST; June 11, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Where is Samuel Crosbie’s grave? In Halifax? Samuel was born December 2, 1793, Dumfries, Scotland and died November 20, 1823, Halifax, NS; married Jane McKenzie who died August 24, 1851, Granville, NS. Contact: Richard Tucker, 27 Pine Plain Rd., Wellesley, MA 02481 USA; or email: tgen04@comcast.net

Posted: June 7, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
First QUERY: Who were Regula and Jacob (died 1750) Rudolph’s children? They arrived onboard the Ann in 1750 with at least one child, Regula Jr. Regula married again to Nicholas Eiggley. She died after delivering a child. Contact: Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Ave., Rockwood, TN 37854  USA; or email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: June 4, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: When did William Ledwidge arrive in Nova Scotia from Cork, Ireland and which ship brought him? William was granted land in Halifax County and settled on the Guysborough Road where he owned a grist mill. Contact (great great-granddaughter): Ms. Jean Palmeter, 561 Long Island Rd E., Grand Pre, NS   B0P 1M0

Posted: June 3, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information for brothers, Chalmers (born August 2, 1883, Tidnish) and Lloyd A. McGlashing (born August 1, 1885, Tidnish), son of Elizabeth MacKinnon and John Ritchie McGlashing. The family lived in Amherst for many years. Contact (their grandniece): Sandi McIntyre, 8 Pine St., Woburn, MA  01801 USA; or email: nanapapapapanana@yahoo.com

Posted: May 31, 2006, LUNENBURG and BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on the late Hazel Swallow of Cambridge, Massachusetts. and the Lunenburg/Bridgewater area. Is she related to Cecil O. Zinck or his wife? Contact: Phyllis Pottle, 89 Bartlet Street, Andover, MA  01810 USA; or email: ppottle@comcast.net

Posted: May 28, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Searching for descendants of John Purvis, born 1884 at Halifax, son of Mary Kennedy and Andrew Purvis. John was a brakeman for the ICR; married Maud Caroline Emmett; children Elsie (born 1905) and Arthur (born 1910). Contact: Ginny Carroll, 42 Linden Blvd, Hicksville, New York 11801 USA; or email: maternal.circle@verizon.net

Posted: May 27, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Former students and staff from the Interprovincial School for the Deaf at Amherst, please, contact: Ms. Carla Cummings, 31- 35 Clark Crescent, Nackawic, NB  E6G 1E1; or email: csgfam@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: May 24, 2006, LUNENBURG and BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Is there any connection between these two Emanuel Bolivars who could both be from the Conquerall areas
of Pleasantville? One is Emanuel Bolivar (1837-1883) who married Sophia Elizabeth Faulkenham. The other is Emanuel Bolivar (1930-2002) who married Elsie Stewart. Contact: Wilf Morley, 34 Elizabeth Ave., Bridgewater, NS B4V 1M2; email: wilf.morley1@ns.sympatico.ca; or call (902) 543-4358.

Posted: May 17, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Matilda Jane (nee Weagle) Aulenback and her mother Margaret Oickle who lived in Chelsea. Contact: Carolyn Zwicker, 327 Leary Fraser Road, RR#7, Dayspring, NS B4V 3J5; or call: 543-2135

Posted: May 2006, GUYSBOROUGH; and May 21, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who were the parents of John Agustus Behie? John was born c.1784 at Halifax and died September 9, 1867 at Sheet Harbour; married Ann Elizabeth Balcom. Contact: Doug Frizzell, dafcpa@comcast.net, 35726 Abelia Street, Murrieta, California, USA; or email: dafcpa@comcast.net

Posted: May 13, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Norman and Isabella Graham, and John and Isabella Graham, who lived in Wallace, Cumberland County in 1838. Known children of John and Isabella were Alexander (born 1838) and David (born 1847). Contact: Maxine Staples, 10 Candlewood Lane, Lower Sackville, NS, B4C 1A5; or email: maxstap@accesswave.ca

Posted: May 10, 2006, BRIDGEWATER & LUNENBURG (May 24, SUMMERSIDE, PEI; May 16, SUSSEX, NB)
QUERY: Seeking information on Peter Robert (Roubier), born c.1754, French Protestant. Sent to Saint Johns Island in 1778; married Catherine Lonchel at Charlottetown, PEI, July 9, 1781. Moved to Westmorland County, NB c.1810. Is he connected to Lunenburg, NS or the Huguenots from New Jersey? Contact: Frederick B. Roberts, PO Box 143, Joggins, NS, B0L 1A0

Posted: May 7, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who were Henry Snow’s parents? Where was he born? Henry born c.1796; married Alice O. Innes in 1839 at Halifax County; resulting in six children. They lived in Porter’s Lake. Henry may have had two brothers. Contact: Wallace Snow, 6331-13 Ave., Edson, Alberta  T7E 1S2; or email: wssnow@telus.net
ADDITIONAL: Wallace’s father William had a brother, Charles, removed from parents in 1914 and placed in the Halifax Industrial School for three years. William adopted by McLeod family in Cape Breton; Charles adopted by Roach family.

Posted: May 6, 2006, AMHERST, May 14, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on Loyalist settler William Lynch and family who came from Virginia to New Brunswick and then was granted land in Newport, Hants County, NS. Where in Virginia did William originate? Contact: Fred Gilligan, 13209 Windy Leaf Court, Woodbridge, VA  USA  22192; or email: fgillig@comcast.net

Posted: May 3, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information and old photographs of the old East Chester Post Office (originally called Duncan Post Office: 1881 - 1943) located at 3133 #3 Highway (across from Duncan Road) operated by the Duncan Family. Contact current owner who is restoring the home: Cathie W. Carroll, Executive Director, Nova Scotia College of Family Physicians, Suite 234 Sunnyside Mall, 1595 Bedford Highway, Bedford, NS B4A 3Y4; or email: admin@nsfamdocs.com

Posted: April 29, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Where was John Hines (1818 - 1866) born (was it Noel, Hants County?), who were his parents and siblings? John married Mary Gilmore McLellan (1825 - 1904). Where did the family originate? Contact: William LoGoff, 13 Cunard St., Richibucto, NB   E4W 3Y3

Posted: April 26, 2006, LUNENBURG and BRIDGEWATER (later in Halifax)
QUERY: Seeking information on The Willow Church Road Cemetery between the village of Waugh’s River and Tatamagouche, Route 311. Years of interest between mid 1800's to mid 1900's. Is there a plot plan available? Contact: Ken Hamilton, 116 Joffre St., Dartmouth, NS  B2Y 3C9; or email: ken.hamilton@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: April 22, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information, including burial place, for Robert Berry of Amherst in the late 1700s. Robert may have been a brother or the father of Thomas Berry who married Mary Scott. They later moved to Two Islands, Parrsboro. Contact: V Bergmann, Box 542, Baddeck, NS  B0E 1B0; or email: ginnybergmann@hotmail.com

Posted: April 19, 2006, LUNENBURG and BRIDGEWATER, PEI, April 26, HALIFAX, April 30
QUERY: Who were the parents of Sarah Dunbar McKay? Sarah, born c.1835 in Nova Scotia; married Daniel Forbes (of Lot 48, PEI) on June 8, 1859. She died 1889, Lot 64, Murray Harbour, PEI. Contact: Catherine Fryer, 1299 Lidgate Court, Victoria, BC  V8Z 7E3; or email: nomdeplume@shaw.ca

Posted: April 15, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information for Margaret (nee Millard?) and Charles Edward Haley (1854 - 1900), and children: John ‘Jack’ William (c.1876 - 1924), Mary Ellen ‘Maizie (born 1872), Catherine ‘Kate’ (1878 - 1964?), Ida May (1880 - 1972), Ella (1884 - 1973) and Margaret ‘Mag’ (1887 - 1961) of Salmon River, Colchester County and Wallace, Cumberland Co. Contact: Glenda Daken, 1097 Cove Road, Oxford, NS B0M 1P0; or email: rdaken@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: April 12, 2006, LUNENBURG/BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Who are the parents of Kate and Austin Zwicker of Seabright or Indian Harbour, Halifax County? In a double wedding, Kate (1848 - 1917) married Thomas Warden Bezanson of Middle River, Lunenburg County and Austin married Caroline Victoria Bezanson in 1871. Contact: Cavell (Bezanson) Stevens, PO Box 28, Chester, Lunenburg County, NS B0J 1J0

Posted: April 8, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Madeleine Doiron and George Noiles who are interested in DNA testing to prove or disprove the connection to the De Noyelles family. Contact:  Ernest Gallant, PO Box 1344, Charlottetown PEI, C1A 7N1; or call: evenings (902) 566-3463; or email; egallant@isn.net

Posted: April 5, 2006, LUNENBURG/BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking relatives of Mary Ann and Stephen Messer. They lived at Bridgewater from 1880 onward and had a daughter, Sarah Jane. Contact: Jack Kelly, 17 Lakeview Ave., Waltham MA  02451  USA; or email: yllekland13@verizon.net

Posted: April 5, 2006, GUYSBOROUGH - later to Halifax
QUERY: Looking for information on Mrs. Carr who died before 1925. Her maiden name may be McIsaac. In 1925, her son, Martin, died in a train wreck at Long Point on the Inverness Railway. He is buried in Antigonish. Contact: Jay Underwood: 16 Brook Crt., Elmsdale, NS B2S 1J8; phone: 883-9773; or email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: April 2, 2006, The Citizen, AMHERST - April 16, 2005, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking descendants for the following orphans who arrived in Canada in c.1925, all born in Maidstone, Kent, England: Francis Philip White (1909), Dorothy May White (1910), Frederick Charles White (1913) and Clara Elsie Freda White (1914). Contact: Mr. Phil J. White, 14 Troughton Place, Tewkesbury, Glos. GL20 8EA  England; or email: velost@pjajwhite.fsnet.co.uk

Posted: March 29, 2006, BRIDGEWATER/LUNENBURG - also PEI
QUERY: Looking for adoption records for Nathaniel, born 1866, son of unmarried Sophia Conrad (born 1844; daughter of Barbara and Benjamin Conrad of Lunenburg, NS) and Nathaniel MacLaren (born 1844, Brudenell, PEI). Adopted by Ann (Sophia’s sister) and Louis/Lewis Randall of Sturgeon, PEI. Contact: Lynn Quillen, PO Box 1205, Charlestown, RI  USA; or email: lsquillen@cox.net

Posted: March 25, 2006, The Citizen, AMHERST - also Halifax
QUERY: Seeking birth parents and family members of Elizabeth Baker, born November 24 (or June 4), 1904, New Glasgow. Adopted by Reverend Martin Fields, Brookfield, Colchester County. Contact: Pat Mathews (who is supporting Elizabeth in her search), 2152 West LaHave, Pleasantville, NS B0R 1G0; or email: michaelmathews@eastlink.ca

Posted: March 22, 2006, BRIDGEWATER/LUNENBURG; April 2, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Ruth Smith, age 20, and Joseph Wise, age 40, Preston farmer, married July 9, 1881, Halifax County. Ruth, born Liverpool, England, daughter of Elizabeth and David Smith. Where is Ruth’s brother, William Smith, British Home Child sent to St. Margaret's Bay c.1870? Contact Karen Crawford, 822 Marywood Dr., Royal Oak, MI  48067 USA; or email: iamkac2@worldnet.att.net

Posted: March 18, 2006, AMHERST
QUERY: Looking for Catherine Morris’ (Morrison) father, killed in a mine explosion in Nova Scotia c.1850. Catherine and two sisters were ‘bound out’ to other families. Location of mother unknown. Catherine raised by Reverend Christie, Halifax. One sister lived with lighthouse keeper family and became a famous swimmer. Contact: Sandra Shaw/Schoch Hartwick, PO Box 491, Pinconning, MI  48650-0491 USA; or email: s.s.hartwick@centurytel.net

Posted: March 15, 2006, LUNENBURG/BRIDGEWATER and March 26, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who was Lucinda Publicover’s parents? Lucinda born August 8, 1831; died February 28, 1909 at Lunenburg; married Jacob Joseph Falt. Contact: Nancy Baldwin, RR#1 New Glasgow, NS  B2H 5C4; or email: john.baldwin@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 11, 2006, The Citizen, AMHERST; March 19, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Where was Edward Bauld Stone born? Marriage certificate states: Edward Balls, son of Edward Stone, married Mary Elizabeth Phillips in 1849 at Yaxley, Huntingdonshire, England. Two sons born with Balls surname in England. Arrived at Halifax c.1855. May have settled at Amherst. Contact: Trena Heater, 1020 Shewell Court, Kingston, ON  K7P 2R8; or email: amheater@cogeco.ca

Posted: March 8, 2006, Guysborough Journal, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on the descendants of Ralph Cook, a Loyalist, who settled in Guysborough County. Contact: Alice Marwood, 311-45520 Knight Road, Chilliwack, BC  V2R  3Z2; or email: amarwood@imag.net

Posted: March 5, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who is Alonzo Wilson? Where did he come from and where did he go? In 1921, Alonzo was heir to his Aunt Robertina McLeod’s property at Pictou. He sold the property in 1925. Contact: Judy Myatt, 6725 # 7 Highway, RR # 1, Gaetz Brook, NS  B0J 1N0; or email: caseygirl@hfx.eastlink.ca

Posted: March 4, 2006, The Citizen, AMHERST
QUERY: Where are Mary Carrie McRae and Albert King’s children? Listed in 1911 Census for Prince Arthur Street, Amherst: Albert Edward Chesley Cameron (13), John Albert Stanwood (11), Whitney Perle (10), Norman (7), Ada Lily Jean (6), Albert Rainsford (4; married Rosamond Milne) and William Albert (22). Contact: E A Kilcup, 14-115 Woodhaven Drive, Saint John, NB  E2K 4M3; or email: puclik@nbnet.nb.ca