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| January 17, 2000 | |
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South Shore Genealogical Society PO Box 901 68 Bluenose Drive Lunenburg NS B0J 2C0 Phone : 1-902-634-4794 Ext. 26 ssgsoc@hotmail.com www.rootsweb.com/~nslssgs Open Hours :Wednesday & Thursday 1:00 to 4:30 PM; Wednesday & Thursday evenings by appointment Zellers - Club Z#: 840345301 |
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The annual meeting will be held on January 17, 2000 in the Society Room of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic at 7:30 PM.
Special thank you to Mary Saul, our treasurer for the past six years.
The SSGS will be open Wednesday and Thursday from 1:00 - 4:30 PM. Evening hours have been changed and will be by appointment only
The 2000 SSGS Membership is due. The deadline to be included in the Directory of Members & Surname Interests is February 1, 2000. Please include your completed yellow form.
Single $15.00 - Family $20.00. Reminder that the Zellers Club Z number is on the back of the Canadian Membership Cards. If you do not use your Club Z points, please show the SSGS number at the Zellers checkout to donate the points applied to the South Shore Genealogical Society.
A Progress Report by Barry Cahill, Senior Archivist, Government Archives Archival Holdings Management Division NS Archives & Records Management. (from NS Genealogist)
In order to comply with both the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Government Records Act, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management has removed the internally-imposed access restriction on school registers and reappraised the entire collection in order to deaccession it with a view to external transfer.
The Education Act, which prohibits the destruction of school registers, does not otherwise provide for their disposition, nor has the power to enact Regulations "respecting the confidentiality of information held by a school board or a school with respect to students and the release of such information" been exercised. AS school boards fall outside the purview of the Governement Records Act, NSARM was able to reappraise and deaccession the school registers for transfer either direct to the Regional School Board concerned or to a museum, archives or other heritage resource centre designated by the Board or selected by NSARM.
The schedule disposition of County school registers is as follows:
| Annapolis | Annapolis Valley MacDonald Museum | ||
| Antigonish | Strait Regional School Board | ||
| Cape Breton | (t.b.a.) | ||
| Colchester | Colchester Historical Society | ||
| Cumberland | Cumberland Co. Museum & Archives | ||
| Digby | Annapolis Valley MacDonald Museum | ||
| Guysborough | Strait Regional School Board | ||
| Halifax | (t.b.a.) | ||
| Hants | West Hants Historical Society Museum | ||
| Inverness | Strait Regional School Board | ||
| Kings | (N/A) | ||
| Lunenburg | *SSGS |
| Pictou | (t.b.a.) | ||
| Queens | Queens Co. Museum | ||
| Richmond | Strait Regional School Board | ||
| Shelburne | Shelburne Co. Genealogical Society Resources Centre | ||
| Victoria | (t.b.a.) | ||
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth Co. Museum & Archives |
It is to be carefully noted that, unlike school registers, the School Census is a record of the NS Department of Education and therefore exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
- Naugler Family of NS, by Mary McCormick
- Index of 1891 Census, District of Saskatchewan, purchased
- Index of 1891 Census, District of Alberta, purchased
- Index of 1891 Census, District of Assiniboia East, purchased
- Index of 1891 Census, District of Assiniboia West, purchased
- Cemetery Inscriptions recorded by George Newbury
- General Research in NS, revised, by Terrence Punch, purchased
- The Wamboldt Family Tree, donated by Jeanne Trimper
- Netting Your Ancestors, by Cyndi Howells, donated by Pat Smith
Ottawa - December 16, 1999 - Liberal Senator Lorna Milne introduced a Private Senator's Bill to the Senate entitled 'An Act to amend the Statistics Act and the National Archives of Canada Act Census Records'.
The bill will amend the 1906 regulations and later legislation which have been interpreted to mean that the records must be confidential forever. The information in census returns up to and including the 1901 census has been released for public use after 92 years. If the 1911 census were bound by Privacy Act regulations, which stipulate the 92 year rule, it would be released in 2003.
"The information contained in the post 1901 census returns is vital not only to genealogists and historians, but as a teaching aid as well. It provides a snapshot to 20th century Canada that should not be withheld from Canadians." said Senator Milne. "On the eve of a new millennium, the records of the 20th century should not be forever sealed from the public's eyes."
The second reading of the bill will be in February 2000.
Bridgewater in 1847
from May 29, 1935 - Bridgewater Bulletin
"We took the following account written by W.J. Gates, from an old copy of the Bridgewater Bulletin dated June 27, 1897. The renewing of these old-time stories keeps us in memory of those who were once active in our midst, but have departed and are amongst the host of witnesses who perhaps look on in wonder and amazement at the doings of the present generation."
At that date, Bridgewater was a small village composed of 300 persons on both sides of the river with old-fashioned houses and a few small stores, and far apart. A short time later, the exact number as counted by the writer and others, was 370. Today (1897), the number of those residing in Bridgewater is about the number of the fingers and toes of one person.
At that time there was one mail per week to Lunenburg connecting with the mail from Halifax, and no other mails. The way to Mahone Bay was via Lunenburg. There was but one church building, a union house known as the "Lord's barn", from the fact that the sheep and lambs of the flock found shelter under its friendly roof. Later it became the property of the Baptists and the church home of the sheep of that flock.
The old school house, known as the "Bridgewater Academy", served the purpose as a place of worship for all denominations, also a day school with teachers James Manning, Wm. Braden and others. It was also used for a union Sabbath School. Obediah Parker, Col.. John Harley and others, superintendents; and Robert Dawson, a young clerk-librarian. The "old pine" stood as a watchman, with some of the seniors noting the pairs as they filed past, "slow march."
There was lots of news circulated but none in printed form. Occasionally a horse and carriage wended its way over the old narrow, low bridge. The occupant would be well scanned, and a full report would pass around the "next issue." There was one Halifax packet, the "Pinkey", owned and managed by Capt. Ambrose Martin (brother of Mrs. Aaron Morse). This and other small craft would be towed up the river by "horn stream" (oxen).
Abram Hebb's father built a small mill, carrying the rude mill-crank into the woods, with the aid of others, on their shoulders. The river abounded in alewives and salmon, as few vessels or boats disturbed the waters. Shortly after this a shook and lumber mill was started by six owners, and built where Davison lower mill now stands. The owners were Capt. J.R. Woman, Capt. Pinked, Dr. Slocomb, R. Gardner and C.E.Gates. Later it was sold at auction and W.J.Gates became the owner. He, in turn, sold it to Christian Ernst and others, and they, or their successors, sold to the Messrs Davison. This was the foundation of the LaHave Lumber business. When at its height, nearly a dozen gang mills were in operation on the river and near by. Fifty years (or nearly) and all these are merged into one big concern (E.D.Davison & Sons)....
Among the preachers of the day were Rev. Maynard Parker, Rev. Mr. Cochran, Rev. Mr. Cossman, Rev. Mr. Gow (father of Andrew), and Rev. Mr. Duff. The writer was present when the little Presbyterian and Lutheran churches were first occupied and heard the Rev. W.W.Bowers deliver his first address in the unfinished church building from the words "I came not to you with excellancy of speech, etc."
Wm. V. Andrews, Mr. Ade, C.E.Gates, R.Dawson, Games Grinton, Wm. Newcombe, Mr. Morgan, John Tobin and others were among the storekeepers fifty years ago. J.L.Oxner, J.R.Woman, R.Gardner, Ward Hall & Co., Robert West, the Rameys, Peter Spearwater and others followed on.
Doctors Masters and Slocomb, then Atkins and Randall were the physicians.
No lawyers then lived in Bridgewater, but the "devil's half-acre," so called, got all the law they required in Lunenburg. John Creighton,Q.C., Geo. T.Solomon and Daniel Owen dispensed the law.
On the east side, Garrett Miller had an old house some distance below the old Miller homestead. Next above the bridge was James Grinton's and two small Ramey houses, one occupied by a Mr. Dunn, the other by the Welshman Davis
Bolman's hill was a favourite place of summer resort. Here tea meetings and picnics were held.
(The article is quite lengthy and includes many names of people in Bridgewater at that time, in case someone would like to look up the article).
The following are a few sites which are useful in searching in Germany.
The following is good to locate German villages, towns or cities:
www.jewishge.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm"
This site will give a better idea of what was happening to the shape of Germany during the 19th century:
http://www.vassun.vassar.edu/~medisque/german/maps.html
Germany map and place name index:
http://www.multimap.com/index/CZ.htm
Rafuse: Looking for parents of Mary Ann Rafuse b. Ca Jan 3, 1790 d. Nov 20, 1878 - age 88, m. Dec 5, 1815, St. John Anglican, Lunenburg to William John Legge b. May 1, 1789 of Wm. Legge & Catherine Margaret Darey (Dare). Loretta Neville, 201 Maine St., Kentville NS B4N 1J6
Smile
....from Bridgewater Bulletin, October 1936
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As Editor of the Newsletter for the past two years, I would like to thank all those who submitted articles, suggestions and made constructive comments. Hopefully you will continue to send articles to the new Editor
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