               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

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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.

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                                   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

     
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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          
          
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            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.
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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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                                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
 
          
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