The
Ontario Genealogy Society journal Families
has issued its November issue, and here are the papers included in Part II.
The
first paper More Than Dates: Lives Revealed Through Ecclesiastical Records by Ellen
Paul, the 2nd place Keffer Writing Contest winner.
In
addition to the story she tells of Jean Baptiste Cotton, she demonstrates how
to use the Drouin Collection when proving genealogy.
The
surname keywords are Archambault, Beaudry, Cotton, DeGuay, Débussat, Dussault, Gauthier,
Gauthier dit Landreville
“Up to Rawdon”
Explained
is a paper by Daniel B. Parkinson in which he explains how he came to write his
2-volume set of genealogies about the people from Rawdon, Quebec and their
migration to such Ontario counties as Wellington, Huron, Grey, Bruce and Simcoe
Counties.
The
surname keywords are Burton, Bourne, Copping, Corcoran, Dugas,
Eveleigh, Gray, Hamilton, Holiday, Holtby, Jefferies, Johnston, Keo, Mason,
Norrish, Parkinson, Pearson, Scroggie, Rourke, Sadler, Smiley, Tiffin, Turner,
Wade
“Feathers in the
Family”: The Story of Magdeleine Pewadjiwonokwe by Lynne Duigou
is the story of a ‘county marriage’ between Charles Denys de Laronde
Thibaudiere and Magdeleine.
The surname keywords are Croteau, Pewadjiwonokwe, Laronde, Gaucher, piot, Langevin, Missosikwe, Tessepatikokwe, Gradmotagne, Okajagaw, MacFie, Douglas, Robinson
I Am a GOON: The Willox Search by Cathie Blackburn is the influence that the Guild of One-Name Studies has had on her study of her family name – the Willox.
The surname keywords are Willox, Cole, Harper, Legge
Postscrpt: December is the yearly membership drive by the OGS. This year the basic membership is $61.20 which is a deal for all the benefits that you can receive from the Members Only pages at http://www.ogs.on.ca/index.php
