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Just M
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- Names I Research & their locations
- McCURDY, COLGAN, McNINCH - County Antrim Ireland to Ontario Canada then west to Saskatchewan.
LITTLEJOHN/S, METHERELL - Devonshire, England to Ontario, Canada then on to North Dakota with my grandfather ending up in Saskatchewan.
LAWRENCE, HUME - Scotland to Douglas, Manitoba
PETERS - Germany to South Dakota and on to Saskatchewan
LUEHRING - Germany
HILLMAN - Wiltshire, England to Ontario, Canada
McINTYRE - Scotland to Ontario, Canada
BUDD - Ontario to North Dakota then on to Saskatchewan and Manitoba
SINCLAIR - Scotland to Ontario to North Dakota then Saskatchewan
GRAY, SINCLAIR- York Factory and Selkirk, Manitoba
SAWYER - Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba
THOMPSON - Scotland and Manitoba
- A Little About Me
- Grew up a farm girl at Browning, Saskatchewan, Canada. Got tagged with the nickname M as a child and have gone by M most of my life. Have lived in Estevan, Regina and Moose Jaw over the years.
Retired in rural Manitoba in 2011. Now we hope to travel a whole lot more, visiting places our families lived and meeting our many 2nd and 3rd cousins for the 1st time
- I got started researching my family history ......
- Coming from a family where both a Gramma and a Great- Gramma married twice, I had all kinds of cousins whom I had no idea how we were related. As a result I started keeping little notes whenever I heard anything about that family.
The hobby has been put on hold many times throughout the years of childraising, but was never very far away.
When my little sister got ill with a disease that we were told was usually hereditary, I started digging harder then ever.
Then came the internet, and the bug really bit.
- How long have you been doing genealogy?
- Since 4th grade on and off - we won't say how many years that is.
- My biggest brick wall?
- Alvin Sawyer, has been a brick wall for us. Have been looking for him since 1973 and stuck at the same place with no new information since then.
Born: unknown where or when
Married: unknown where or when or if ever
Died: unknown where or when
What I know:
Was the father of 2 children born to Olive Florence Gray. He is listed as father on the birth record and baptism's of:
1. Harold Victor Sawyer born 25 Feb 1906 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
2. John Alvin Sawyer born 06 Mar 1908 in Selkirk, Manitoba
He seems to appears:
Henderson's City Directory - Winnipeg
1906 Henderson's City Directory
Sawyer Albin M sawmill hand CPR
Sawyer Elvan carp h 304 Gunnell
1907 Henderson's City Directory
Sawyer Alvin M sawmill hand CPR h 1611 Elgin
Have never found:
His birth
His marriage
His death
Him in any census
On 26 Feb 1909 Olive Florence Gray married Henry Hoskins in Winnipeg, Manitoba at which time she states she is a spinster
Can anyone help me solve this mystery
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Guidelines For Using Message Boards & Submitting Queries
Posted on April 22, 2012 at 10:13am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Guidelines For Using Message Boards & Submitting Queries
Posts to message boards, mailing lists, and newsgroups are great ways to connect with researchers with similar interests, to seek information, or to locate family members and can yield great results if they are written to gain the attention of potential cousins, or someone in a position to help you.
Resist impulse posting. Taking a few moments and care in writing a query will give your request…
Continue Genealogy Is
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:01pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Genealogy
According to the dictionary genealogy is:
1. A record or account of the descent of a family, group or person from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
2. Direct descent from a progenitor; lineage or pedigree.
3. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
To me, however, genealogy is a whole lot more than those three dry sentences. It is finding my roots, my family, and my home.
It is seeing my…
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Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:00pm 6 Comments 0 Likes
We have added a link to Alexa and would appreciate if our site users would take the time to write an honest review of Looking 4 Kin on:
After writing the review please check that it is posted as several have had problems getting their messages to post there.
We are # 61 today - Please help us make it to the top 50.…
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How to confuse your descendants
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:30am 3 Comments 4 Likes
(1) Thou shalt name your male children: James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William.
(2) Thou shalt name your female children: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May.
(3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children.
(4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call them by strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey.---making them difficult to trace.
(5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names…
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Thanks for your welcome M. I will do as you suggest and find my way around the site. I hope to contribute more in the future. Many thanks, Gabrielle.
Hi, just m, i am a beginer at this, so it will take a while.
regards, paul holbrok
Will do soon. Busy at the moment with a new baby in the house. Thanks! :)
How cool is that? I just discovered on "comments" that you can retrieve msgs that you think that you have lost!
Cheers, Marilyn.
Looking for my Covington lineage, have found them back to Thomas Covington, in Huntingdonshire, England, b. 1609. Can anyone help me with some pointers on how to get new leads in England. Also, if you need help with Covingtons, just ask.
Thanks for the warm welcome.
hi just m i reseaching my family history john turner banker in glouscester england at the moment back in the 1700 so it getting harder
Dear M, As the past president, secretary, and program chair of a genealogical society I helped start 5 years ago, we seemed to have a run of those type emails last year. My response was that we are not mind readers, and if they didn't post or interact, how were we supposed to know what they needed help with? Some people are just mean-spirited; I know it can be hard, but just ignore them. This is a wonderful site and you are doing and have done a terrific job!!! Feel better! Ellen Healy
HI , i SEEM TO GOING NO WHERE. HOW DO I DIECONNECT FROM THIS SITE.REGARDS EAMON.
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