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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: Isobel on Friday 04 March 05 13:40 GMT (UK)
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Looking for any information on family who emigrated to Galt, Canada Looking for Hoggs born in Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1820's then went to Canada.
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Isobel,
I have done a little looking and cannot find town, city or village called Galt in Canada. Would you know the province by any chance. Also there was a predominant family called Galt, I believe he was the first Hight Commissioner to Canada from the U.K..
Ted
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Hi Isobel,
Galt (now part of the city of Cambridge) is in the Province of Ontario, Waterloo County. Here are a couple of website suggestions:
Ontario GenWeb for Waterloo County:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwaterl/index.html
Ontario Vital Statistics Project:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/
You might also be interested in this site which gives a brief history of Galt:
http://cambridgeweb.net/historical/galt.html
~meg
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You can find a transcription of the 1851 census for Galt at this site:
http://www.waterlooogs.ca/census.htm
There are no "Hoggs" listed but there are a couple "Hogg" from Scottland born in the 1820's.
Jeff