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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 - Regular Hours Wednesday & Thursday 1:00 to 4:30 PM and 6:30 to 9:00 PM Zellers - Club Z#: 840345301 |
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Meeting Notice
May 14, 2001 in the Society Room of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic at 7:30 pm.
Program - Tracking grave sites of the men of the West Nova Scotia Regiment. Gordon Romkey will discuss his travels to France and his efforts in locating the graves of the men of Lunenburg County who died in the Second World War. He has produced a booklet called "Our Glorious Dead".
We are delighted to announce that the SSGS received a grant for our '2003 Project' to publish indexes to the vital statistics in Lunenburg Co. newspapers.
This has been made possible through a special government employment program.
Both research clerks will work full-time on the first phase until the end of November. By that time we hope to have completed and published the first book covering all the local 19th century newspapers.
References will cover births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, burials, lost at sea, and missing in action.
Note: Is anyone aware of a newspaper published in the Aspotogan area (Hubbards, Blandford etc.)? If so, please contact the SSGS.
Volunteers will be required to assist in the proofreading, i.e. to read and verify the information. Please leave names at the office 634-4794, Ext. 26.
Hillcrest Cemetery Registers by Nancy Haughn
Churches of Lunenburg, Baptisms (3 discs)
A Register of Deceased Persons of the Seat on Grosse Ile in 1847
Betchel Family Genealogy (internet printout)
Sabin/Sabine/Sabean Newsletters
Photocopy of Trials of George Fred & John Boutilier
Fancy's of Lunenburg Co., Daniel's of Lunenburg Co., Ramey's of Lunenburg Co. by Denise (Daniels) Rice
Reflections 2000 History of West Northfield Area
Katharine Boehner Hockin Biography
Keddy Family History by Vernon S. Keddy
The Miller Family Tree by Royce Miller
submitted by Janet Heisler
from the Lunenburg Progress Enterprise, October 17, 1928
Rose Bay & Riverport News
The following letter received from an old friend, Abraham Fancy, J.P., of Marie Joseph, will doubtless be read with interest by many readers of the Progress Enterprise:
"Marie Joseph, October 8, 1928
I received a letter from you, but was not able to answer it sooner, as I was very miserable.
My father was married on the 21st day of April 1818, to Elizabeth Himmelman, daughter of Peter Himmelman, LaHave, and his family by his first wife was: Michael, who married Louise Crouse, and lived at Petite Riviere; Elizabeth married Jacob Conrad of Rose Bay; Catharine married Christian Zinck of Rose Bay; Mary Ann died a spinster; Ann married William Hilton of Petite Riviere; James went to California, and I think was killed by the Indians on the Sacremento [sic] River. We never heard from him since 1855; Joseph married Mary Falkenham; Sophia married a Crouse; John, I think died an old bachelor; four boys and five girls, all dead.
I am the only Fancy living. I am 87 years old. I was a son by the second wife. Three of my uncle Jacob Fancy's sons went to Australia. My mother was Eliza Langille of Martin's River. My Aunt Julia was married to Joseph Strum of Martin's River.
I had a stroke December 8, 1927. My left side was gone for 2 ½ months. I was as helpless as a baby and had to be lifted on and off the chair. I could not stand one mite alone but thanks be to God, I can walk two miles alone. Never had a doctor and I have to write without glasses as I can't see through any. So I shall have to close this letter.
I was agent for Mr. Rice, Conservative, in the recent election. In our booth we had 56 majority for the Conservatives but some places went strong for the Liberals. So with kind regards, I am,
Yours truly,
Abraham Fancy, J.P."
[Mr. Fancy left Conquerall Mills with his parents seventy-six years ago. He served in the Civil War and went to sea for several years.]
There are various groups working vigorously in the background to make the 2003 Celebrations of the Founding of Lunenburg a tribute of which our forefathers would be very proud.
One such group is made up of voices in cyber space, literally from all over the world via the internet, who are among the subscribers to the Lunen-Links mailing list (the originator and administrator of which is Cathy di Pietro - please visit here to subscribe!). The chairperson of this particular group, is Chris Young.
« In preparation for the grand Family Reunion we are planning for the summer of 2003, Lunenburg genealogists on the mailing list were asked for ideas of what they would like to see while at the reunion.
« The most common answer was: "Maps so that I can go and stand on the land first held by my ancestors."
« Consider it done, two years early. There have been such maps on my web site for a year or two, but not keyed to road maps.
« Topographical maps have now been scanned and overlaid with where the lot lines probably weere for the Garden, 30 acre Farm and 300 acre Forest lots.
« Four sources were examined for such information:
1. The end papers of Bell's Book for the Garden Lots
2. Figure 8 in Bell's Book for the 30 acre lots and some 300 acre lots
3. Ken Paulsen's PhD thesis figures of 30 and 300 acre lots
4. "Plan of the Townships of New Dublin, Lunenburg and Chester", drawn by William MacKay of Halifax November 14, 1834 for the 30 and 300 acre lots.
« The sources did not always agree. Since the original survey documents were not available, the lines should be taken as best estimates.
« While preparing the 300 acre lot maps, it quickly became apparent that many of the up-country roads were laid out along the lot boundaries and the small communities tended to spring up at corners where four lots came together.
« I, too, have wanted to go to where ancestors held land. This summer I'll test the maps out.
« It should be noted that for the 30 acre lots, there are many gaps in who held the lots. That info is elsewhere on my website (Master Land Grant Index) and will be integrated onto the updated map pages in due course.
« The best path to the maps is via my home page http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8785, then to "Shortcut" and "Maps of Land Grant Areas".
« The Lunenburg 250th Anniversary Celebrations in 2003 page of this group is at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8785/L250.htm
In response to the question "Why did I create the site?", Chris explains: « My interest in genealogy was really inspired by my grandfather, Captain Leo Corkum of Lunenburg, when at age 80 he wrote his memoirs for his grand children. My own children started coming shortly thereafter and I thought that the best unique gift I could give them was a sense of who they were.
« With both parents from Lunenburg, virtually all my ancestry came from the county. To date, 44 families have been identified as having sum in my gene pool, with several showing up in multiple locations. I discovered, after my parents had passed away, that they were 4th cousins, which makes me my own fifth cousin. After trying to work on the 44 families simultaneously, it seemed worthwhile to work on all Lunenburg families, so that needed data would be in hand when the remaining families are identified.
« Each summer vacation spent east is marked by a specific quest. In 1997, it was to find the wills for all my ancestors. This led to the formation of an index to the some 16,000 wills probated in the county since 1770. Others suggested putting that information up on the web and my site, The Wizard's Cove, was born. The next summer the quest was to find out where my ancestors held land and the land grant indices followed.
« In 1999, I was interested in visiting and photographing my ancestors' headstones. That spring, the SSGS was interested in creating maps for their website showing the location of all the cemeteries. Since I've always had a fascination with maps (carry-over from my navy navigation training), with the help of Martha Farrar, Paul Harmon, Sheevaun Nelson, George Newbury and others who worked together to produce the cemetery maps set featured on the SSGS site. Then that summer I used the maps to locate the cemeteries and headstones back to most of my great-great grandparents.
« The website is my way of saying 'thank you' to all those who have helped me so far. »
An interesting question appeared on the internet mailing list, Lunen-Links: "What type of ship was the Murdoch?".
Bryan Keddy's answer was as follows: « It could have been a brig, frigate, snow or possibly even a galley...hence to be somewhat accurate as to illustrations - this is the first thing to find out... and once this is found, probably your best source of seeing what these looked like is through various ship model builders and maritime museums...as you may know, I've been researching the frigate 'Winchelsea' for over a year now with some luck and have started to build a scale model from plans acquired from the Maritime Museum in England - but it's in the very early stages and probably won't be completed for a couple of years...I've set up a page attempting to solve some of these ship questions at http://sites.netscape.net/bryankeddy/immigrantships.html»
May 24-26, 2001 "Heritage in 3D". Digging, Documents and Displays: Linking Archives & Artifacts. Acadia University, Wolfville NS. Fax 902-422-0881. Fee - $180 for three days or $60 for single day.
May 26, 2001, 10 am - 3 pm. St. Luke's Hall, Annapolis Royal NS. Terrence M. Punch DLitt, CG(C), renowned genealogist, author and lecturer, will be giving a lecture pertaining to the early families of the area. There will be a question period.
Pre-register: Ian Lawrence, Historic Restoration Society, Box 503, Annapolis Royal NS B0S 1A0. 902-532-5626. Fee - $15.00 (lunch included).
July 12, 2003 Foreign Protestant Memorial Unveiling. As part of the 2003 Celebrations a memorial will be unveiled to the founders who came to Lunenburg in 1753. An insert was enclosed with this Newsletter
New images of M'kmaq have been added to this website, totalling almost 800 images ranging from rock carvings (petroglyphs) to historical paintings and modern day photos spanning 500 years.
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Murphy's Law for Genealogists
- Copies of old newspapers have holes occurring only on the surnames.
- The only record you find for your great grandfather is that his property was sold at a sheriff's sale for insolvency.
- The one document that would supply the missing link in your dead-end line has been lost due to fire, flood or war.