I have complied a list of wills and probates that are available to download from the British Archieves and from Scotland People. List is mainly Hudsons Bay Traders and some men of the Red River.
Both sites require payment to download. If there is a…
BTW.... Welcome to our group, Carolyn! Are you a descendant? Don't forget to tell us about your connection (start a discussion with your ancestors' names as the subject). We're interested in hearing about your family's history at Red River, too!
I have found an interesting article in the Morning Telegram September 28 1901 at
http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers
with a great accounting of the church to celebrate the anniversay.
enjoy
regards
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MacKenzie Family of Petrolia, living there between 1860 and 1900's
Looking for family descendents of
John 1834-1899 and Jessie Primrose (Dunlop) MacKenzie 1849-1939
Christopher 1836-1915 and Katherine (Web) MacKenzie 1848-1927
thanks and regards Car…
Do you have ancestors from Ontario, Canada West or Upper Canada? These are all the province of Ontario in Canada. This group is for those interested in the history and genealogy of Ontario.
Hi,
Yes, I've seen the Livingston and other gravestone pictures in a few places, findagrave, rootsweb, iowajones.org, etc.
I thought it must have been the article about the church where I saw the list of names but I couldn't find it again.
I look forward to hearing about your Douglas ancestors, and wonder if there is anything we can do to help? Have you had a look at the Douglas Archives? Is your line included?
Have a great Hogmanay, andf I hope 2010 treats you well.
Hi Carolyn, I thought I replied about the census? Gosh things have been crazy, I'll have to look now and see what I got as the link is now unavailable:
HTTP Status 404 - /census/-
type Status report
message /census/-
description The requested resource (/census/-) is not available.
thanks, Lisa