LANARK COUNTY Genealogical SOCIETY NEWSLETTER MARCH 1995 #3 The regular meeting of the Lanark County Genealogical Society was held on Saturday, March 4, 1995 at the Family Research Centre at the Church of Latter Day Saints on the North Gower Road, Smiths Falls. The meeting opened at 1pm and the President Marilyn Snedden welcomed all the participants. Members attending included: Cecil Buck, Walter Brown, John F. Belisle, Christina Currie, Marion Cavanagh, Jim Carter, Georgina J. Doe, Gordon Darly, Gary Darly, Helen Gillan, Jean Hossie, Alice & Lloyd Hughes, Lorne Hunt, Eric Knudsen, Dorothy Lewis, Audrey Lackey, Ed & Mildred Livingston, John Morrow, Gladys Macfarlane, Margaret Moffitt, Theresa & Ann McKenna, J.R. Ernest Miller, Lynda Moulton, Don Oliver, Marion Plunkett, Barbara Purdy, Marilyn Snedden, Janet & Charles Stewart, Shirley Somerville, Bob & Roberta Sargeant, Sharon Swanson, Irene Spence, Laura Wall, Shirley Watton and Irma Willoughby. Moved by Ed Livingston and seconded by Georgina Doe that the minutes be approved as printed. Motion passed. Treasurer Helen Gillan reported a bank deposit of $487.96, bills of $117.88 with a bank balance of $2795.06. Moved by Bob Sargeant and seconded by Irma Willoughby that the Treasurer's report be accepted. Motion passed. Moved by Mildred Livingston and seconded by Ernie Miller that a donation of $25.00 be given to the Family History Centre. Motion passed. The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa will be hosting George Bushells, author and lecturer, at 10am on Saturday, March 11, 1995 at the Family History Centre on Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa. Marilyn Snedden read some letters of appreciation from members who have received replies from LCGS. Those members are to be congratulated who have taken the time to answer these inquiries. President Marilyn Snedden has received the original of the Pakenham Anglican Cemetery which had been sent to Ottawa OGS in 1989. It was decided to attempt our first publication so that the records be made available. Moved by Helen Gillan and seconded by Alice Hughes that the LCGS should attempt to publish Clayton and St. Marks Cemeteries if these can be completed for less than $250.00. Moved by Eric Knudsen and seconded by Lynda Moulton that the LCGS purchase a table ($15.00) at Gene-o-rama so that we can show our presence at this Region 8 endeavour. The President advised that the packet for new members is available for distribution; the cost of mailing these packets will be $.64. Alice Hughes reported that the library has received copies of genealogies for the Kilfoyle family. Thanks for the donation, it was much appreciated! It was agreed to forego our May meeting as the OGS Region 8 meeting in Brockville will be held on the same week. We were advised that due to government cutbacks at Statistics Canada, it has been decided to eliminate listing the heads of households and only produce an agricultural census. We will await OGS's position on this issue. The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid is available on the Certa Cito bulletin board, as well as all published cemetery records from the Kingston and Ottawa OGS branches. Walter Brown then gave a presentation on the Family History Centre. It is hoped that the on-line access will soon be operational. It is anticipated that the Centre will be open by appointment only. Walter then introduced Peter Day who is in charge of microfilming birth, marriage and death records as they become available. This is a tremendous task but is progressing with amazing speed throughout the world. Peter informed us that numerous records are becoming available from Russia, China and other previously "closed" countries, as well as records from the Church of Scotland. This was a most interesting talk, everyone appreciated the time and efforts on behalf of Peter and Walter. Thank you. Meeting was adjourned at 3pm. Submitted by Lorne Hunt - Recording Secretary ================== We've had a few letters from members mentioning that they hadn't received their December 1994 newsletter as yet. Please take note that we did not publish a newsletter that month, as a rule we skip the month of December as we do not hold a January meeting. Just so you don't think that Canada Post has been remiss in their deliveries! ================== LOST Left at McMartin House, Perth, a red 1 inch 3-ring binder with YORK UNIVERSITY on cover. Contents were family notes and letters re: FRIZZEL, GIMMEL and MOORE. Any information as to its whereabouts, please contact: Mildred Livingston, RR 1, Prescott ON K0E 1T0. QUERIES Mildred Livingston, RR 1, Prescott ON K0E 1T0 CAMPBELL- Robert D. Campbell had a business school at Saskatoon, developed typhoid and returned home 1909-1910. Where? any relations. BROWN- Watson Brown, a widower, married at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa 1866 to Ellen MURPHY. Any info. ------ John A. Maguire, 470 Pleasant Park Pl., Ottawa ON K1H 5N1 PATTIE- John PATTIE, b.1768, Jocksthorn, Scotland (believed that the name "De Patie", French Huguenots who escaped from France in 1650) m. Jean HUNTER (1776-1834). Their son David PATTIE 1806-1853 m. Mary CASHEN b.1817, Belfast. Their children: Jane Hunter, John, William, Mary Anne, Sarah Elizabeth, Catherine and Margaret Sophia. William b.1842 Carleton Place m. Mary GLOVER b.1848 Bennie's Corners, d.1923. Their oldest child Elizabeth b.1868 m. Herbert Charles CHAPMAN (1867-1918). I have some information on the other 9 siblings and would like to correspond with other descendants. ------ June Allen, 141 Springdale Drive, Barrie ON L4M 4Y1 McPHERSON- I wish to be in touch with descendants of John McPHERSON and Mary MURRAY. Children: 1- Henry McPHERSON b.21 April 1828, USA; 2- Robert McPHERSON b.8 Jan 1830, USA m. Jane JORDAN 29 Jan 1850, Darling Twp.; 3- Mary McPHERSON b.27 March 1832, Lanark Twp. m. Martin TOOLEY 14 Oct 1849, Darling Twp.; 4- James Brock McPHERSON b.15 Feb 1834, Lanark Twp. ----- E.A. Pollard, PO Box 293, Wellington ON K0K 3L0 WILLIAMS- I am still looking for information on the brothers David and John WILLIAMS who were born in Clonegal, County Carlow, Ireland and who came to Lanark County in the 1820s or early 1830s and worked on the Rideau Canal, and died of swamp fever in 1848. I would like to know where they were buried and if there were any descendants. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. ----- FAMILY HISTORY CENTRES Family History Centres operate as branch libraries of the main library in Salt Lake City. Nearly everything available there that has been microfilmed is available here through interlibrary loan on a short term basis (3 weeks) or on a longer basis (6 months). Patrons can even request that some records there, not already filmed, be filmed (original documents are never loaned). Although each Family History Centre strives to obtain local material, the main resources are filmed (or computerized) materials, either kept locally or ordered in from Salt Lake City. Everything on CD disk is also kept on microfiche because most branches can afford only one computer, but usually have many microfiche readers. This allows a larger number of people to access the same material, albeit more slowly with microfiche. The "Family Search" programme contains all the resources held on CD disks by the church. This includes the International Genealogical Index (IGI), the Family History Library index (FHL), the Ancestral File (AF), the Social Security Index, and the U.S. Military Index. The IGI is a database of over 200 million names submitted by members of the Latter-day Saint church, listed alphabetically by name and geographical location. The major portion of these names originate from Britain, Germany, and United States. The FHL catalog lists and describes all the materials held by the main library at Salt Lake City. The catalog includes census records, birth records, family histories, church registers, land records, probate records, and many other record types. The AF is a database of over 25 million names, submitted by members and non-members alike, of their pedigrees, some very extensive. Generally each name on a pedigree chart will have a family group chart with that person listed as either a child and/or parent. Everyone is encouraged to submit their pedigree to the Ancestral File in a mutual effort to help each other extend their family lines. The Social Security Death index is an index of over 39 million deceased Americans who had social security numbers. The index mainly covers deaths between 1962 and the end of 1988, but some records are as early as 1937. These records generally list birth and death dates, as well as the person's last place of residence. The Military Index lists individuals in the U.S. miliary who died or were declared dead in Korea or Vietnam from 1950 to 1975. The index indicates birth and death dates, as well as place of last residence. The main use to which FHC's are being put is to read film which has been ordered from Salt Lake City. These are mainly films of parish registers from England and Scotland, as well as many European countries, because a very high percentage of these parishes have been filmed. Smiths Falls will take many years before it has any amount of permanent holdings, but it is recommended that genealogists go to Ottawa and Kingston where both have indexes to the vital records of England. Ottawa also has indexes to the Church of Scotland registers, as well as a rewarding amount of Irish material. Ottawa also has a copy of the vital records of Ontario. Information on FHC CD disks ("Family Search") can be downloaded to your own floppy disks or printed out on paper for your convenience (to obviate copying everything out by hand). However, you must have the Personal Ancestral File (PAF) programme on your computer at home to read the disks. This software (Version 2.31) can be obtained for $35 American by calling 1-800-537-5950 and using your Visa or Mastercard. Or you may write the Salt Lake Distribution Center, 1999 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104, giving your floppy specs (e.g. 3.5" 2HD) and computer model (e.g. IBM compatible 386). I do not know whether a Windows version exists. You might ask if you're interested. The Smiths Falls Family History Centre now has a computer and will be opened by appointment by calling Walter Brown at 283- 8382. However, we will not have public hours until we have trained some librarians and got everything organized. Our intention, initially, is to open one day a week for 10-12 hours (e.g. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.), probably on a Thursday. However, due to our limited facilities, we will open by appointment at other times for individuals or groups. Submitted by Walter Brown ================ EVENTS REGION 8 ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday, May 6, 1995 Centennial Hall, Brockville Programme 9:00 Registration 13:00 Elwood Simons Marketplace "Researching in Coffee American records" 9:40 Annual report and welcome 13:45 Dave Lorente from the Director One on one for individual cases 10:00 Dave Lorente Marketplace "The home children" 15:00 Concluding remarks 12:00 Lunch Registration: $12.00 or $15.00 (non-OGS members). Includes lunch. Send cheque or money order as well as name, address and OGS number (if applicable) by April 15, 1995 to: Region 8 OGS, 90 Aylmer Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2X5. LOGGING ON TO CERTA CITO Following is a typical session for a first time caller. What you see here is what will appear on your screen after the modems have connected. My responses to questions will be in BOLD print. I will also enclose further explanations in square brackets and italics, like this [this is a further explanation]. Our hypothetical caller's name is John Smith, you will use your name. Now, you have called Certa Cito and the modems have connected - here we go... Welcome to Certa Cito First on line November 1, 1988 Enter your first and last names: JOHN SMITH Calling from (City, Province)? Perth, Ontario Certa Cito Welcomes JOHN SMITH Calling From PERTH, ONTARIO Is this correct? Y [Certa Cito wants to make certain you have entered your name and calling location correctly. If you mis-typed something you may respond with N and Certa Cito will ask again for your name and location.] VIDTEX TRS-80 1/3 VT-52 ATARI H19/H89/Z19 IBM PC Televid 925 VT-100 Enter letter of your terminal, if not listed: F [Certa Cito is listing several common terminal types. By far the most common is the IBM compatible (XT, AT, 286, 386, 486 based machines), so we respond with an F.] Terminal Profile Set to: ANSI codes Allowed IBM Graphics Allowed Upper/Lower Case Line Feeds Needed 0 Nulls after each Do you wish to modify this? N Do you wish to have a pause after each display page(normally yes)? Y How many lines per Display page (normally 24)? 24 [Certa Cito knows about the IBM terminal type, it is only under exceptional conditions we would want to modify any of this. Most computer screens can print 80 characters on a line with 24 lines on a single screen. Information comes in much faster than you can read, so we tell Certa Cito to pause its display every 24 lines. It will show the word at the end of each screen. Press the letter S if you want to abort the display, any other key for the next screen of information.] Please Enter a 1-8 character Password to be used for future logons. This password may have any printable characters you wish. Lower case is considered different from upper case and imbedded blanks are legal. REMEMBER THIS PASSWORD. You will need it to log on again. Your password? NUTS Re-enter New password to verify: NUTS [Choose any password you like. John Smith chose NUTS, not a password I would recommend. Occasionally, "line noise" causes spurious characters to appear while you are entering the password, so you are asked to re-type it as confirmation that the password is as you want it.] You have read through message 0 Current last message is 17485 You are caller number 54511 You are authorized 45 mins this call Type P to Pause, S to Stop listing What's New ========== Hello, John, this file has been changed since the last time you were here. Just press P to make this listing Pause or S to Stop it (abort). July 22, 1993 Certa Cito is now a true multi-line BBS. The telephone number for Line 1 is 264-9093. The telephone number for Line 2 is 264-8114. Sysops are Jim Carter and Eric Knudsen. Cheers! Jim & Eric -Press Any Key- [This is a message entered by the sysop. It will not be repeated in your subsequent logons, unless it has changed. Please read it carefully, I change the announcement if I make changes to Certa Cito, so you may be caught by surprise if you skip over this.] Certa Cito Main Menu ==================== ll message boards combined onference Areas WK Software Option (Off-line reader) enealogy area (files & message areas) nternational Genealogy Network ocal messages et Mail

rivate Mail ar Room (games) ransfer area (non-genealogical files) tility Section nformation ye bye (logoff) Command: G [This is Certa Cito's Main Menu. A function is selected by pressing the letter that is contained in angle brackets. In this case, I wanted to go to the enealogy section, so I pressed the letter G. This took me to the following sub-menu.] Genealogy ========= <1>_Genealogy Echo <2>_Genealogy Software (GENSOFT) <3>_Tiny Tafels (GENEDATA) <4>_European Genealogy <5>_WGW (Who's Got What) <6>_Canadian Genealogy <7>_MW_GENE <8>_Adoptees Conference <9>_Tiny Tafel Reply (GENREPLY) ll files available for download ownload a file pload a file <.>Main Menu <->Back one <$>Logoff <&>Msg to Sysop <%>Time Conference Command: $ [The bottom line of this menu contains several commands. Pressing a period will return you to the Main Menu, a hyphen will take you back one menu, a dollar sign will cause Certa Cito to immediately hang-up, an ampersand initiates the logoff procedure but allows you to leave a message to the sysops before it disconnects, pressing the per cent sign causes current time and length of this logon to be shown and pressing an exclamation mark allows you to type to a caller on the other line (if there is someone else logged on). In this case, I chose a dollar sign for an immediate logoff.] Logged on at 09:23:29 Logged off at 09:26:56 Thank you for calling Certa Cito. Host disconnects... NO CARRIER [The important thing to remember is that there is nothing you can do that will "hurt" either your system or Certa Cito - feel completely free to experiment and poke around in all the little nooks and crannies of the bulletin board. One caveate, I do not suggest that you alter much in a section called "ecofigure your terminal". This could cause your display on line to become unreadable if set incorrectly.] Submitted by Jim Carter =============== The April meeting of the LCGS will be on Wednesday,April 5, 1995 at 8pm at the Mill of Kintail Gatehouse. (The Gatehouse is 5 miles north of Almonte on Hwy 15, then turn left on Clayton Rd, follow signs to first turn (8th Conc.). Our guest speaker will be Norah LaRoque, the Director for our Region 8 OGS. Ms. LaRoque will bring us up-to-date on OGS happenings and will speak on her "Research in Upper Ottawa Valley & western Quebec records". ---- PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE HOLDING A MAY MEETING OF THE LCGS AS THE OGS REGION 8 MEETING IN BROCKVILLE WILL BE HELD ON MAY 6. ***WE WILL NOT BE ISSUING AN APRIL 1995 NEWSLETTER (AS WE ARE NOT HOSTING A MAY MEETING), BUT WATCH FOR THE NEWSLETTER TO ARRIVE AT THE END OF MAY). --- The June meeting of the LCGS will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 1995 in the Resource Centre (Library) of Algonquin College, 7 Craig St., Perth. The library will be open at 7pm, with the business meeting commencing at 8pm. Our guest speaker will be Louise Hope on "Searching the Vital Statistics records of Ontario". Please submit all correspondence to: LANARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 512 PERTH ON K7H 3K4