Genealogy Chat

Shelagh, Wonder if you'd care to give the names of your relatives and where in Canada they settled, just on the very off-chance it would be in my neck-of-the-woods? I'm in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Margaret

thanks tim. will give it a try. have looked through more cemetaries than you can shake a stick at today with no luck - hopefully this will be more fun - and more useful!! thanks, shelagh

Shelagh - I don't suppose the family you're looking for has an uncommon surname by any chance? You can search online for telephone directory listings at http://www.canada411*ca (replace * with .). Once you find a name of interest, just click on it and that person's address will come up. Even if the original immigrants have passed away, if you found one or more listings for the family name in a small geographic area, there's a reasonable chance they could be descendants. Of course, if their name is Smith, Jones, etc... you're out of luck. Hope this is of some help - Tim

thanks to you all for the replies - even though glen did a neat hijack job there!!!! margaret - you are brilliant; i googled as suggested and have found when and where they arrived, name of ship etc - now all i need is you to tell me how i make contact 'over yonder' and all my problems will be solved. thank you so much for the help - it is really appreciated. shelagh

thanks for all the help - even if it was aimed at glen most of the time (is feeling unloved now!!) i have the names of both parties involved and where they settled now so i will google away and try to locate them. thanks again. shelagh

Thanks for the suggestions and apologies to Shelagh for hijacking the thread. I have tried googling for various members of the family,all i know is the surname of the chap she married was Quinlan,and there are definately links to Quebec. I'm the youngest of my generation,mum the youngest of hers,neither she or any of her sibs survive which means asking for 'first hand' info isn't possible (and it's my birth family anyhow). All i know is there are living first cousins who are either Canada or US based but i don't even know the names. Glen

I know I always seem to suggest 'google searches', but I have found information using them. If you know both the husband and wife's full names, you might start with that? I have found information about my ancestors by typing: 'James Mumford' Essex butcher 1800 Have you checked Ancestry for American records on the chance that you can work backwards?

Glen, I wonder if your aunt would be considered a war bride? There was a 60th. anniversary celebration this year here in honour of the war brides. Mind you, I think most of them married in England to Canadian soldiers and airmen, then came to Canada after the war. If you google 'war brides', there are quite a few sites. I don't know if any have a list of names. Margaret

I know mine are post 1940 probably after 1945. Aunt married a Canadian airman somewhere in Quebec,the family subsequently moved to the USA but i have no idea when,and i know a member of the family did the family tree back to Scottish roots (about 150 years further back than i have managed). Just wish that i could find out who they are and swap a few notes. Glen

Hi Shelagh, The only thing that I can suggest is to google 'archivianet'. They have a list of immigrants to Canada between the years 1925-1935, although it won't tell you where in Canada your relative ended up, and Canada is such a BIG country. We do have the 1901 census online at 'automated genealogy'. It's very good because it gives dates of birth, but it's too early for your relative. The 1911 census is also online now but not yet fully indexed. Wish I could help more. Margaret in Canada

thanks glen - will try that. shelagh

Hi I have the same problem myself,if you put 'canada' in the thread search box there are some threads on the subject A lot of the records are closed or are not on the internet. Glen

can anyone help please? i have recently discovered that we have a link to canada - a cousin of my mother emigrated there in i think 1930-1935. i am totally at sea now - i have a vague idea how to research in england but canada is another thing altogether. can anyone point me in the right direction? thanks.