LANARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 1994 The regular meeting of the Lanark County Genealogical Society was held on October 5, 1994 at the Mill of Kintail Gatehouse near Almonte, Ont. Members in attendance included: J.F. Belisle, Jim Carter, Margaret Clifford, Marion Cavanagh, Evelyn Currie, Georgina J. Doe, Marie & John Dunn, Carmel Ferguson, Russ Ford, Betty E. & Dan Findlay, Lorne Hunt, Eric Knudsen, Iva Headrick, Mildred & Ed Livingston, Dorothy Lewis, J.R. Ernest Miller, Theresa McKenna, Ann McKenna, Donald G. Oliver, Mervin Posh, Barbara Purdy, Bob & Roberta Sargeant and Marilyn Snedden. The President opened the meeting at 8pm and welcomed all and asked those members who were attending for the first time to introduce themselves and indicate their families of interest. Moved by Mildred Livingston and seconded by Georgina J. Doe that the minutes be approved as printed. Motion passed. The treasurer Helen Gillan reported 3 new members and a bank balance of $1917.33 after expenditures of $100.12 for stamps and $20.00 for rental of the Mill of Kintail facilities. The cost of printing the last newsletter is still outstanding. Moved by Bob Sargeant and seconded by Ernest Miller that the Treasurer purchase 500 membership cards. Motion passed. Last meeting, members of the LCGS presented our President, Marilyn Snedden with a gavel in appreciation of her efforts in printing the newsletter, handling the mail, leading our club and just being Marilyn. Thanks Marilyn, we appreciate your efforts and will also award you with an opportunity to continue for another year! Marilyn Snedden reviewed the queries in the newsletter to determine if there were any outstanding. It is planned to package an information package for new members. This package would contain a list of libraries, archives and publications pertaining to Lanark County. We would like a map of the County and are looking for a suitable one to enclose with the package. Does anyone have any suggestions? Recent donations to the library include the following: Directory of libraries and archives / OGS Genealogical research directory The Morphy's of Morphy's Falls / Howard Morton Brown Ernest Miller reported that the draft of Elmwood Cemetery, Perth has been sent to Kingston OGS for printing and includes 3377 names. (***ED. NOTE - please see further on in newsletter under "publications available from Kingston OGS" for information as the aforementioned publication is now available). He is presently trying to identify the new and old parts of the Pioneer Cemetery, so that the various internments of Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian may be established. Until 1872, all three denominations were buried in the same cemetery, after that time, cemeteries were established for each denomination. If anyone is aware of the original boundaries, Ernie would be pleased to hear from you. Bob Sargeant reported that the Highland Line Cemetery has been updated and copies are available from Mary Kirkham, Clerk Treasurer. Theresa McKenna will pick up copies for our library. Ed Livingston reported that he has acquired a lineage chart for the MacEwen family that moved from the Harper settlement to Pennsylvania. If anyone is interested, please contact Ed Livingston. Marilyn then introduced John Dunn who have a most enlightening talk on why the Scots emigrated to the Carolinas and Canada. This was most informative and connected the various battles and steps in the Industrial Revolution. A thank you to John, we really appreciated your talk and learned a lot from your presentation. The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 pm. Submitted by Lorne Hunt - Recording Secretary ================== CORRECTION OF ADDRESS- We inadvertently gave Patricia Bays' address as 1101 College Ave., it should read: Patricia Bays, 1701 College Ave., Regina, SK S4P 1B8. ==================== QUERY Jackie Dixon, 3471 Bayou Sound, Longboat Key, FL 34228 USA SMITH- I am anxious to learn more about the family of John SMITH, who arrived on the ship Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1821. John was accompanied by a wife, two boys and two girls under 12 year. He was located on East Lot 12, Conc 10 Ramsay Twp. Is it possible that he had a daughter Mary, born ca 1810, who married Robert SMITH of the Twp. of Huntley on Dec 29, 1833? PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE FROM THE KINGSTON BRANCH OGS (PERTAINING TO LANARK COUNTY) 1861 CENSUS RETURNS - LANARK COUNTY The eleven publications listed below are compilations of the 1861 census returns for 11 Lanark County townships and the towns of Perth and Smiths Falls. They have been transcribed from NAC Microfilms C-1042 and C-1043 by Robert E. Sargeant and compiled and typeset by J.R. Ernest Miller. Each is arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the head of the household, with family members listed following the head. A person in a given household whose surname is not the same as that of the head is listed separately in the alphabetic sequence. Indicated prices include mailing and taxes. (Orders mailed to U.S. addresses are to be paid in U.S. funds.) 1861 Census returns, BATHURST Township 65 pp. $11.00 1861 Census returns, BURGESS Township 27 pp. $5.50 1861 Census returns, DALHOUSIE Township 34 pp. $6.50 1861 Census returns, DARLING & LAVANT Townships 28 pp. $5.50 1861 Census returns, DRUMMOND Township 53 pp. $9.50 1861 Census returns, LANARK Township 59 pp. $10.50 1861 Census returns, MONTAGUE Township 72 pp. $12.00 1861 Census returns, NORTH ELMSLEY Township 29 pp. $6.00 1861 Census returns, N & S SHERBROOKE Townships 26 pp. $5.50 1861 Census returns, Town of PERTH 54 pp. $9.50 1861 Census returns, Town of SMITHS FALLS 27 pp. $5.50 Lanark County 1820 location report 52 pp. $7.00 Lanark County early settlers 1820-1822 & Marshall's report 52 pp. $5.00 Early settlers to Bathurst District, arriving prior to 1822 52 pp. $9.00 Scottish settlers to Bathurst District 47 pp. $8.00 1842 Census records for Lanark Co. (Seven Townships) 45 pp. $8.00 1851 Census : Bathurst and North Burgess Twps. 80 pp. $13.00 1851 Census : Beckwith Twp. 50 pp. $9.00 1851 Census : Dalhousie, N. & S. Sherbrooke Twps. 49 pp. $9.00 1851 Census : Darling, Lanark and Lavant Twps. 52 pp. $9.00 1851 Census : Drummond Twp. 38 pp. $7.00 1851 Census : Montague Twp. 24 pp. $5.00 1851 Census North Elmsley Twp. and Smiths Falls (Town) 43 pp. $7.50 1851 Census : Town of Perth 38 pp. $7.00 First Presbyterian Church, Perth, marriages & baptisms 1817-1857 42 pp. $10.00 Knox Presbyterian Church, Perth, baptisms 1890-1924, marriages 1858-1917 33 pp. $4.00 Methodist Church baptismal records, 1844-1875, Lanark County 52 pp. $8.50 Perth area deaths, Perth Courier & Expositor Record, Dec 1919 to Nov 1922 33 pp. $4.00 Perth area deaths, Perth Expositor Record, Dec 1922 to Nov 1929 53 pp. $6.00 Perth Methodist circuit, baptisms 1820-1942, Ashbury Methodist Church, baptisms 1902-1927, marriages 1858-1920 39 pp. $5.00 Presbyterian churches, Dalhousie & Lanark Twps.: baptisms 1830- 1951; marriages 1847-1896 91 pp. $14.00 Presbyterian and Methodist church records of Pakenham, 1830- 1909 52 pp. $8.00 St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, baptisms 1830-1881, marriages 1830-1887 42 pp. $7.00 Scotch Line Cemetery, burials in, 1886-1989 11 pp. $3.00 Some early Lanark County marriages, 1830-1869 103 pp. $16.00 Elmwood Cemetery, Perth 172 pp. $24.00 These publications can be ordered from: Kingston Branch, OGS, P.O. Box 1394, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 5C6 ================== On behalf of the members of the Lanark County Genealogical Society, our condolences to the family of LCGS member William Terry Bygrove of Young's Point, Ont. who passed away suddenly on Aug. 12, 1994. The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid Eric Knudsen The OCFA computer database is an index to Ontario cemetery transcriptions. The first version of the database had about 30,000 names indexed. By the second version, released in February 1994, the database had grown to nearly 100,000 entries. The third version, which should be available on Certa Cito by the time you read this, will have 353,000 names. Work on the fourth version has already begun. I found the second release of the OCFA to be very useful. Before discovering the OCFA, I spent most of a day fruitlessly searching cemetery transcriptions in the OGS Kingston Branch library (in the Kingston public library) with little result. After locating some probable ancestors with the help of the OCFA, it was easy to find the right transcriptions on a subsequent visit. While OCFA2 is much less complete than OCFA3, it has good coverage of the early cemeteries in the Bay of Quinte and Kingston areas. If you have ancestors who moved around Ontario and you are not sure where they died, the OCFA will make your task much easier. Anna Joan Buxton began transcribing cemeteries and collecting transcriptions by other workers in the 1970's. She acquired a very large collection of transcriptions and decided to index her holdings to make them more usable. Others submitted their own indices and the OCFA became a very large project. She now lives in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, and is part of a team working on expanding the database. The concept of a publicly available database indexing cemeteries was met with suspicion by some members of the OGS when it first appeared. However, as the overwhelming usefulness of this approach became apparent, the OGS has approved of the project. Publicly available databases will play an increasingly important role the future of genealogy. There is a need for volunteers to continue the work towards the next (fourth) version of the OCFA. Ron Demaray reports that he already has 75,000 entries that were too late to be included in OCFA3 but will be in OCFA4. To quote Ron "There are only 300,000+ entries in Version Three and I would guess that it represents less than 15% of all available Ontario cemetery indices. For this version there were only six branches of the OGS who are officially contributing data. While each of these six intend to submit all of their cemetery indices, I don't think any of them were able to input 50% simply because of the sheer size and amount of work required! Obviously the goal is 100%, and as more and more OGS branches AND just plain ole volunteers like you and I, enter the indices of transcripts that we own, we will edge another cemetery closer to that total." To contact Ron Demaray, you can send netmail to him at 1:340/85 Metchosin Central BBS, Victoria B.C., home of the OCFA. The database consists of the names, cemetery name and location of 353,000 interments in Ontario. It does not contain transcriptions or dates, but it does tell the reader which county, township and cemetery contains a given name. The database also includes the soundex code for each surname, which makes it easier to find spelling variants. Because of the huge size of the database, it has been divided alphabetically. OCFA2 was split into eight different files. OCFA3 will contain a much larger number. You only need to download the files that contain the names you are interested in - for example, OCFA3-A.ZIP and OCFA3-B.ZIP will contain surnames beginning with the letters "A" and "B" respectively. The individual files have been compressed in ZIP format and contain a section of the database and information on how to use it The OCFA database is in comma delimited ASCII, a very convenient format. They can be viewed with any file viewing program (word processors, or programs such as "LIST", "XTREE" and many others). It will save time if the program has search capabilities. To make maximum use of the database, the files can be loaded into a database program. This will make it very easy to access the data. If you need help downloading and using the database, just ask. It is very simple, once you have done it a few times, but it is confusing at first. I was interested to read, in a message from Anna Joan Buxton to Jim Carter, the result of her encountering our L.C.G.S. newsletter on her local BBS in Victoria B.C. "After I finished reading it, I sent off a year's membership fee and a donation, to Lanark County Genealogical Society, along with the names I'm searching in Perth." I found all the information in this article on Certa Cito. The documentation with OCFA2 provided a comprehensive description of the database, as well as suggestions about how to use it. Messages from Ron Demaray, Anna Joan Buxton, and others gave information about the history and continuing progress of the project. Stuart Wright wrote an very useful article on the OCFA for the newsletter of the Brant County Branch (OGS) that he posted in the Canadian Genealogy Echo. The telephone numbers to Certa Cito are: (613) 264-9093 and (613) 264-8114 =============== DIRECTORY OF BATHURST TOWNSHIP, LANARK COUNTY 1884 The following listing is from the microfiche: Counties of Carleton, Lanark, Prescott, Russell & Ottawa Directory - 1884. This directory contains a business directory for the towns in the above counties, as well as a rural directory for the townships. In this issue, we will begin listing the names which appear in the Bathurst Twp. section, and continue in subsequent issues. ----- All names not otherwise designated are understood to be Farmers, and are Owners unless marked Occupants or Tenants. The first column of figures gives the Concession; the second the Lot. In (), "fs" signifies Farmer's son; "o" Occupant; "t" Tenant. C L NAME POST OFFICE ADDRESS 2 20 ALLAN Francis Glen Tay 3 22 ALLAN Francis Perth 1 19 ALLAN John Perth 11 6 ALLAN Peter Fallbrook 1 20 ALLAN Robert Perth 2 20 ALLAN Robert Glen Tay 3 21 ANDERSON George Glen Tay 2 27 ANDERSON James (t) Perth 4 9 ANDERSON John Glen Tay 10 20 ANDERSON Robert Fallbrook 6 24 ARMOUR Ephriam Harper 10 18 ASHBY John (fs) Fallbrook 10 19 ASHBY Wm. Fallbrook 10 5 AVERY George Fallbrook 11 23 BAIN Andrew Fallbrook 11 23 BAIN Archibald Fallbrook 11 23 BAIN John Fallbrook 10 22 BAIN Samuel Fallbrook 9 24 BALDERSON James Balderson 9 24 BALDERSON John (fs) Balderson 8 23 BELL Alfred (fs) Balderson 8 23 BELL Christopher (fs) Balderson 6 23 BELL James Harper 2 27 BELL Michael Perth 8 23 BELL Thomas Balderson 8 7 BENNETT Edward Harper 8 8 BENNETT Edward Jr. (fs) Harper 6 2 BENNETT John Brooke 7 7 BENNETT Wm. (fs) Harper 2 13 BLACKBURN Lewis Glen Tay 6 9 BLAIR James Brooke 4 13 BLAIR James Wm Harper 5 6 BLAIR John Brooke 5 5 BLAIR John Jr. Brooke 5 6 BLAIR Robert (t) Brooke 10 18 BLAIR William H. Fallbrook 2 18 BOURNS John Perth 1 19 BOURNS Thomas Perth 8 17 BOWES James Harper 8 21 BOWES John Harper 8 16 BOWES Michael (t) Harper 8 16 BOWES Patrick (t) Harper 1 13 BOYCE James Allan's Mills 2 17 BRADEY John Glen Tay 2 19 BRADEY Patrick Glen Tay 2 17 BRADEY Phillip (fs) Glen Tay 10 24 BUFFAM Henry (t) Fallbrook 6 6 BURROWS Wm. Brooke 6 20 BUTLER John Harper 6 20 BUTLER Thomas Harper 6 20 BUTLER Wm. (fs) Harper 3 3 BYRNE Edward Elliott 3 3 BYRNE John Elliott 7 13 BYRNE Michel Harper 4 12 CAMERON Alexander Perth 4 10 CAMERON Ewan Perth 3 20 CAMERON James Glen Tay 4 12 CAMERON James (fs) Perth 6 18 CAMERON James (fs) Perth 3 20 CAMERON James Jr. (fs) Glen Tay 4 10 CAMERON John Perth 4 12 CAMERON John (fs) Perth 7 19 CAMERON John (fs) Perth 4 11 CAMERON John Jr. Perth 5 25 CAMERON Peter Perth 4 12 CAMERON Robert Perth 4 10 CAMERON Robert (fs) Perth 10 21 CAMERON Walter Fallbrook 4 11 CAMERON William Perth 4 10 CAMERON William (fs) Perth 4 10 CAMERON William (fs) Perth 6 17 CAMPBELL Alex. B. Harper 9 24 CAMPBELL Peter Balderson 11 14 CAMPBELL Richard (fs) Fallbrook 11 14 CAMPBELL Thomas Fallbrook 4 18 CARLL John Perth 4 13 CANAVAGH Benjamin Perth 6 19 CAVERS Peter Harper 3 18 CHAPLIN James Glen Tay 3 9 CHAPLIN John Glen Tay 2 16 CHAPLIN Henry Glen Tay 9 10 CHURCHILL John Harper 6 21 CHURCHILL Thomas Harper 5 26 CLARKE James Perth 6 25 CLYNE Edward Perth 2 20 COLLINS Edward (t) Glen Tay 7 11 COLLINS Michael (t) Harper 1 21 CONSITT Adolphus Perth 4 20 CRAWFORD Charles Perth 5 18 CRAWFORD John (fs) Harper 5 18 CRAWFORD Patrick (fs) Harper 4 18 CRAWFORD Samuel Harper 7 20 CUNNINGHAM James Harper 3 24 CUTHBERTSON Alexander Perth 3 24 CUTHBERTSON George Perth 3 24 CUTHBERTSON John (t) Perth 6 21 DAROU Francis Harper 6 22 DAROU Louis (fs) Harper 10 13 DARROU Samuel Fallbrook 10 13 DARROU Samuel Jr. (fs) Fallbrook 3 21 DAVIDSON Robert (fs) Glen Tay 3 21 DAVIDSON Thomas Glen Tay 2 11 DEWETT John Glen Tay 6 5 DIXON John Brooke 10 19 DIXON Robert Fallbrook 8 4 DIXON Wallace (fs) Brooke 2 20 DODDS Alex. R. (t) Glen Tay 2 20 DODDS John A. (t) Glen Tay 1 18 DODDS Thomas Perth 12 26 DONALDSON Christopher Playfair 6 8 DONNELLY Edward Brooke 6 8 DONNELLY Wm. (fs) Brooke 8 27 DOUCETT John (t) Balderson 4 8 DOWDALL James Brooke 6 14 DOWDALL Peter (fs) Glen Tay 6 14 DOWDALL Richard Glen Tay 2 4 DOYLE James Elliott 5 10 DOYLE John Brooke 11 10 ERWIN James Fallbrook 10 6 ERWIN John Fallbrook 11 8 ERWIN Thomas Fallbrook 4 4 FARRELL Alexander Elliott 1 5 FARREL George Elliott 6 4 FLEMING Joseph Brooke 6 5 FLEMING Michael (fs) Brooke 4 24 FERGUSON James Perth 12 10 FERGUSON Robert Fallbrook 9 26 FINLAY Alexander Balderson 9 26 FINLAY Henry Balderson 8 26 FINLAY James Balderson 5 23 FISHER Donald Jr. Perth 6 20 FISHER Malcolm Harper 6 20 FISHER Malcolm Jr. Harper 9 23 FOLEY Aaron (t) Fallbrook 10 24 FOLEY James (t) Fallbrook 9 22 FOLEY Matthew (fs) Fallbrook 9 23 FOLEY Michael (t) Fallbrook 9 22 FOLEY Thomas Fallbrook 8 10 FOLEY Thomas Harper 9 22 FOLEY Thomas Jr. (fs) Fallbrook 10 15 FOSTER James Fallbrook 3 7 FOURNIER Auguste (t) Elliott 1 18 FRASER Archibald (fs) Perth 1 18 FRASER James Perth 8 19 FREEMAN James Harper 10 21 FUMERTON John Fallbrook ***To be continued.... The library collection of the Lanark County Genealogical Society is housed at the Smiths Falls Public Library. Their hours of operation are: Monday - Thursday: 1pm - 5:30pm, 7pm - 9pm Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday: 10am - 4:30pm Sunday: Closed ======================= Please submit all correspondence to: LANARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 512 PERTH ON K7H 3K4 The annual membership fee to the LCGS is $10.00 ====================== The November meeting of the LCGS will be held in the library of Algonquin College, 7 Craig St., Perth on Wednesday, November 2, 1994. The library will open at 7pm, with the business meeting commencing at 8pm. Our guest speaker for the evening will be John Hay, chair of the Scottish Research Group of the Ottawa Branch, OGS. Mr. Hay will share his experiences with us with respect to researching Scottish records. =================== The December meeting of the LCGS will be held on Dec 7, 1994 at 8pm at the Heritage House Museum, Old Sly's Road, Smiths Falls. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. James Neelin. ===================== NEW MEMBERS #244 HOPE, Mrs. Louise, RR 6, Claremont ON L1Y 1A3 #386 CREIGHTON, Mrs. Mary, RR 2, Lanark ON K0G 1K0 #387 KERR, Mr. A.J., RR 2, Almonte ON K0A 1A0 (researching HALPENNY) #388 DOBIE, Charles, Box 312, Perth ON K7H 3E4 #389 SPLETT, Marion, 9703-112 Avenue, Fort St. John BC V1J 2W1 #390 COOPER, Joseph A., 210-195 Clearview Ave., Ottawa ON K1Z 6S1 #391 DAVIES, Edrie, RR 4, Orillia ON L3V 6H4