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From: Robert Heiling <>
Subject: Re: Canada E?
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:51:42 -0800


Jan Dool wrote:

> My g.g. grandfather, Hugh/Lewis DOOL lived and died in Phila. PA (usa) He was
> born in March of 1837 or 1838.
>
> On the census records from 1850 to 1870 it indicates that he was born in
> Ireland but in 1880 - 1900 it indicates he was born in Canada "E".
>
> His parents were Hugh and Ann Dool. He also had a brother Robert, who would
> have been born in 1844 or so, in Canada. I guess they went back to Canada to
> have him, because they were in Phila in 1840.
>
> So, my question is..... Where is Canada "E"?

For Canada East read Quebec, also called Lower Canada. Lot's of Irish & Scots went
there.

> Any how does one go about finding
> information on births?

With difficulty. I've have often had to rely on census records for ages. The
nominal censuses start in 1851 and continue for 1861, 1871 etc. by county.

> I know in places in America, they didn't have to record
> the births in civil records, just usually in churches.
>
> Is there a newsgroup for Canada Genealogy? Can't seem to find one.

The World GenWeb project http://www.worldgenweb.org/index.html will lead you to
Canada and then to the provinces. You will find messsage boards included among the
resources. Although the title is somewhat misleading in this sense,
soc.genealogy.french covers Quebec extensively and doesn't limit itself to only
Francophone surnames.

> Any ideas??

Try those for starters. Also check Cyndi's List http://www.CyndisList.com/ if you
haven't already. Good luck.

Bob

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