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From: "Susan Daily" <>
Subject: [MAMiddle] Coastal Canada roots - directory 1870-71
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:25:40 -0600

Some of my ancestors who settled in Woburn, MA had their roots in
Acadia, or more recently Canada, and Nova Scotia. The NEHGS newsletter
just issued this site as a recommended place for research. I thought I
would share it, because this site has a "Mariner's Directory" from
1870-71 online (free), which includes the names of many of my
ancestors and relatives.

I apologize for it not being about Middlesex County, per se, but
thought researchers here would find this useful if you, too, had
coastal Canadian roots.

Web site: www.OurRoots.ca
I searched by surname and found this link near the end of the list of matches.
"McAlpine's Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71"
This might be a link to the directory:
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=279800

It also helped me to pinpoint what town in Antigonish County it is
likely that my great-great grandfather's second wife came from.

Susan Daily

>From NEHGS:
Research Recommendations

OurRoots.ca/NosRacines.ca
by Michael J. Leclerc

Those researching their New England ancestors usually discover quickly
how tied the history of New England is to that of eastern Canada. Many
New Englanders left as early as the eighteenth century to settle in
parts of Canada such as Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, and New
Brunswick. In the nineteenth century, the descendants of many of these
individuals, along with the descendants of other early Canadian
families, left for better prospects working in the mills of New
England.

www.OurRoots.ca/NosRacines.ca is a bilingual website that can assist
you in researching your Canadian ancestors. The primary partners are
Université Laval; University of Calgary; University of Toronto;
Dalhousie University; Galileo Educational Network; Calgary Exhibition
& Stampede; iXmédia; and Canadian Initiative on Digital
Libraries/Initiative canadienne sur les bibliothèques numériques.
Twenty other repositories from around Canada have also contributed to
the website. It is generously supported by Canadian Culture Online and
the partner organizations.

The site offers a large number of local histories from around the
country. It adheres to strict scholarly standards, so that users can
be assured that the content is dependable, and it posts these
standards on the site:

Project will strive to create the most comprehensive collection of
Canadian local histories possible.
Content will be reviewed and vetted by an Editorial Board.
The content policies will be clearly explained on the web site.
No item is digitized without written consent of the copyright holder
unless the item resides within the public domain. The cleanest copy of
each item available is digitized. If marginalia is present, it will be
digitized as well.
All local history pages within a book, even those that are blank, are
digitized to ensure clients know that nothing has been left out or
edited.
Page edges will be digitized to ensure clients know that nothing has
been left out or edited.
Local histories included in this project are those that have been
published or reproduced in print previously.
Users have access to hundreds of works from A brief history of
Alliston: from the founding of the first settlement by William
Fletcher in 1847 until the year of centennial, 1947 to Zorra boys at
home and abroad: or, Success illustrated by example. The site is
keyword searchable, as are the contents of each of the books. Users
can also browse by title, author, or subject. Ever wondered what your
great-great-great-aunt had to do when she joined the convent? Check
out Constitutions des Sœurs de la Charité de la Congrégation de
Québec.

Each book has its own search page. An image of the title page is
displayed, as well as the chapter titles, which are hotlinked to the
first page in the chapter. The publication information is included on
the page, as are links to similar works on the site.

If you have ancestors in Canada, this is a must-use website. It will
give you access to many materials that are just not readily available
anywhere else. There is a link to a feedback form on the site, so
please take a moment or two to share your thoughts with the site's
partner organizations.

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