Greeting from the Webmaster

Hello everyone!

Wow the May newsletter is on time!
Quite a few submissions this month, I'm still behind but am working to get them up as quickly as possible. June is a very busy month for me, lots of birthdays etc, but do keep sending your submissions and I'll get them up as soon as possible!!

A Few Notes...

1851 census images now online!!

I've recieved a few emails with links to the new online 1851 census images... so here it is for those who haven't heard yet!
1851 census images

Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)
At this point there is no name or street index. However, the images I looked at were excellent, much better than the microfilm.
Toronto researchers should be aware that the returns for Scarborough and the City of Toronto (1851 boundaries) have been lost, but if they are looking for a family that lived north of Bloor Street, or east of the Don River, or west of about Dufferin Street, they should be able to find them in York Township.
All researchers should be aware that the census was taken in January of 1852, although it is often referred to as the 1851 census.

Search

Please don't forget that you can search THIS SITE using the Freefind search engine at the top left. Unfortunetly there is no soundex search so be sure to try various name spellings. The transcriptions on this site are as accurate as possible in spelling, and we all know how terrible some of our ancestors, and those who wrote down records, were in the past! Best of luck!

Volunteer:

New submissions to the site are always welcome! Even if it is just ONE obit we don't have! Please contact me for submission details. If you would like to transcribe any of the 1911 census in full for the site please let me know. Automated genealogy is only transcribing select headings.

Still looking...
I'm looking for someone to complete the Wolfe Island 1861 census. Chris Morrell (who passed away suddenly in march) had completed and submited Ward 1. It is on the site. If you would be interested in finishing the census please contact me.

This site now has over 867 pages up from 858 pages in feb.
This Newsletter has 158 subscribers, up from 144 in July.

If you would like to submit a "BRICK WALL" problem to the newsletter please email me with "Newsletter Brick Wall" in the subject line.

Other comments, notes, articles are also welcome to be added to the newsletter.

Other submissions to this newsletter are also welcome! Please email me!!

What's New...

NEW:

May 23
*13 island articles-see new articles page
*2 wolfe island 1903 wedding announcements
*Island Tree updated

RECENT:

May 19
*ALL wolfe birth reg for 1871,1874 & 1875
May 17
*2 new Howe Island people pics, pg 26-Garrah
*New military info added to WW1 page
May 16
*20 wolfe island obits, see pg 22
*3 Howe obits, see pg 6
*Links to new 1851 online census images
*New Howe Researchers
May 10
*New howe island assessment roll info-see government
*30 articles added to New articles page
*April newsletter archived
*Something fun! A genealogy game-see Island misc
May 1
*April newsletter sent out
*New island researchers added

Coming soon!

-Diaries of John George MacDonald (Wolfe Island)
-MORE of the Bamford Diaries!! (wolfe island)-being transcribed now!
-wolfe island mystery photos
-various marriages
-various estate records
-SS3 Wolfe island class photo

Working Together

The Islands site is built and grows through the efforts of those who use it. I do what I can to add new information, but I am only one person. Please consider submitting information, photos or anything else you have to add to this site. Credit will be given to the submitter.
Submissions are greatly needed for Amherst Island. Surf the pages to see what IS there.

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If you would like to post anything to this newsletter please email me about it. I'd be happy to put little blurbs- either about family or if you would like to discuss an island topic or recount some island memories.

BRICKWALL

Please email me with your Brick Wall questions!!

can you help? Email me!
From Cliff Huber
"My brick wall relates to the 'disappearance' of a Woodside ancestor who died on Amherst Island c1826. No record seems to be extant of where he is buried or just what happened.
Some of his children, who were of majority age when the family left Derry Island, are known as the Woodsides of Bruce County, and later of Port Arthur ON. For a few years, the family farmed in Manvers Township of Durham, south of Owen Sound.
A daughter, Mary Anne Woodside, married one of Isaac and Sarah Preston's sons, Isaac Jr. who grew up on Amherst Island at the homes now called Poplar Dell, a B & B run by the Caugheys. In 1839, Isaac Jr. and Mary Anne moved to Manvers Township where some of his brothers were living.
I have checked the cemetery records of Amherst Island with no luck."