Hi all I have not received a single message today is the board down? Barb --- Paula Ryburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, Angela. I enjoyed perusing the census > there. Neat how it's free, > too. I am inexperienced, but I've only seen US > census data available by > subscription. How fortunate you are! --Paula > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angela Gabbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:17 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Thank You Millennia > > > Hi, > > I too searched the 1911 Canada census thanks to the > Legacy newsletter. > > The web address is > > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html > > I had place names for a location and a surname for > my ancestors but I wasn't > sure if my place name was a town, county, etc (I'm > clueless as to how > Canada is divided into what in the US would be > states and counties, etc) > > They had the following choices listed. > > > Introduction and Contextual Help > Search the Database > Census Districts and Sub-districts > > I chose the "Census District and Sub-district" > > With this list I was able to match up the district > and sub-district with the > place names that I had. > > Then I clicked on "Search the Database". > > Here I clicked on the providence (Quebec) > And then in the box below I entered the district, > subdistrict > > ie. Montmorency, L'ange-Gardien > > on the next page you click on associated images. In > this case I had 29 > pages of the census to look through to find my > ancestor. > > (unfortunately there were a lot of "Mathieu" > families out there but it > gives me a place to start.) > > As the website states the census is indexed only by > location and not by > family names. > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found > at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable > archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
