Greeting from the Webmaster

Hello everyone!

Happy New Year! Wow it's 2006 already... where did the time go? I can't beleive how quickly the days are going by. My little boys are starting to grow up and the days are just flying! Can't wait for spring to arrive though, as winter seems to be just dragging on!
I hope everyone is having continueing success in tracing their ancestors!

We've all been mostly healthy here this month, but have been busy with lots of other things, so I've not been online as much, please be patient in my responding to emails!


Submissions have been slow this month, but there are some great new additions so check them out!

A Few Notes...

NEW EMAIL

Please note that TheIslands@keepconnected.com email account closed in november. Please use the NEW email address TheIslandsWeb@hotmail.com one good thing is that is has 25MB of space so you can submit more without my mailbox filling up!

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:

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 850 pages up from 835 pages in Nov.
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.

What's New...

NEW:

Jan 20
*Lookups page updated
*New land record 1830 wolfe island- Mary Cumming
Jan 17
*Off island death reg for Wolfe: 2 x1895, 5x1901, 2x1903, 4x1912>BR> *All wolfe death registrations for 1895, 1901,1903 and 1912
*two off island Howe Island death registrations-1903
*All 1895 & 1912 Howe Island death registrations
*All 1903 Garden island death registrations
*Annual report and a page for SSS6 on Wolfe Island
Jan 16
*Annual school reports for SSS1,2 and 4-wolfe island-see pages for these schools
*New class photo names-wolfe island pages 4 and 6
*New photo wolfe island people page 44-Kelly

RECENT:

Jan 13
*Early Annual School reports for SS12,SS13, SS14, & SS15 Wolfe Island
Jan 12
*SS11 wolfe island school report added
*minor corrections etc
*Researcher emails updated
Jan 11
*Bell Operators photo wolfe Island People Photos pg 44
*LaRush photo added to top of Wolfe Island People Photos pg 42
*New school photo on wolfe class photos page 6
*Names for wolfe school photos on class photos page 5
Jan 6
*2 off island tombstones (pics and transcriptions) Blaine Cem in Washington-see Cemetery Online> Off Island section
Jan 4
*Lots of new island articles-all types! (see Written word>articles>Yr>new at top of yr)- 1857x2, 1870x1,1905x5,1918x4,1919x4,1922x2,1923x2
*9 wolfe obits-see bottom of wolfe obits pg 5
*will of Anne McRea-1867-Wolfe Island
*will of Flora MacDonald-1877-wolfe island
Jan 3
*a number of links fixed/updated
*1 garden Island birth announcement-see main birth reg page
*1 wolfe island off island birth registration 1901-see wolfe birth reg main page
*Island Tree Project page updated-new tree link + thank yous
Dec 22
*3x 1897 wolfe off island death reg, 10 x1918 off island death reg
* ALL Wolfe Island 1885, 1897 & 1918 death reg
*2 x Howe 1918 off island death reg
*All Howe 1885 death reg
* 1 Garden off island death reg-1918
Dec 22
*8 Wolfe obits; 3 at bottom of pg 5, 5 at bottom of pg 6
Dec 19
*Newsletter sent out

Focus On...

Wolfe Island Class Photos

There have been LOTS of great additions to this part of the site. See SCHOOLS, Wolfe Island then scroll down to school links to find SIX pages of class photos!
Many of these have at least partial names. If you can provide further information please contact me!

Jen

Additions still welcome! Please do feel free to send in your submissions over the Holidays! I'll get to them as soon as possible!

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.

Have You...?

Submitted your surnames?
ISLAND RESEARCHERS

Submitted your online webpage?
ISLAND LINKS

Submitted other online sites you've found?
ISLAND LINKS

Posted to the Forum?
ISLAND FORUM

Signed the Guestbook?
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Have a Question?

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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!!

Visiting an Island this Winter?
Be sure to take your camera and snap photos of any old buildings (schools, churches, barns, houses etc) to send to the site. I'm also looking for tombstone photos and transcriptions for Amherst Island-check out the site to see what is there.
If visiting relatives make copies of any interesting documents, everything is welcome on the site-please remember we are trying to document, save and preserve the genealogy and history of the islands. Thanks to all for their help!!

Check this out! OFFSITE!!Digital Kingston "..we have digitized the KFPL’s newspaper
index to the Whig and its predecessors from 1810-1848."