Genealogy Chat

~One of my rellies was a joiner/journeyman (not entirely sure what that was either) After his marriage, his wife joined him in Canada for a time and 3 of their children were born there. Anyone got any idea what the Northern territories are and how I would find the birth details? Pleeeease..... Pam

This might be useful: http://genealogy.about.*com/od/northwest_territories/index_a.htm

Hi Bob, just had a quick look and it seems like a good site. Have saved to favourites and will take another look tomorrow night. I am lucky enough to have an account of some of the time my rellie spent there so should be able to get deatils of roughly where they were. thanks again Pam

Hi Pam, Here is another site you could try. http://www.rootsweb(.)com/~cannt/nwt.htm Regards Barbara

Pam: I use "Cyndi's List" for Ontario and it is wonderful. Here is the address for NWT: http://www(.)cyndislist(.)com/nw-yukon.htm I have a joiner in my family; he was a carpenter. I believe a journeyman was an apprentice. Good luck with your search. PS....Just found a definition for journeyman: "A craftsman who had served an apprenticeship and was no longer bound to serve a master. Distinguished on one side from apprentice, on the other from master." And joiner: "A craftsman who works with wood. A skilled carpenter."

Just to let you know, these three sites are excellent. Haven't found anyone yet but I have gathered loads of really interesting information on the area my rellies were living. Spent all last night reading about the sort of life they would have had in the wilderness, living amongst the indians. Fantastic! Pam :-)