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Mark, I am just curious if you don't mind my asking ... what is your Crowhurst connection, if any?  I am descended from Edward, Trayton's brother, to Stephen Crowhurst 1831, to William 1856, to my grandmother, Lilian Harriet Crowhurst, 1884.  Thanks for the info on LDS, very helpful.  I am also wondering if it's possible that Of, Sussex on LDS site might be Offington, some Crowhursts from there, may be just an abbreviation?  What do you think?
Janine

Any birth/marriage/death certificates from Canada are generally available from Vital Statistics Dept. for each province, not a federal resource for these I don't think.  Also difficult for Catholics in Quebec and Manitoba mostly, baptism certs.  were considered sufficient so birth certs. difficult to find for these folks.  Even my 1st husband born 1943 has never been able to get a birth cert. from Manitoba.
Janine

Hi Jane (Masri) - can you find me Edward Crowhurst marrying Judith (Judeth) Boniface (Bonnyface) around 1827 (Arlington?)
Would  be most helpful!   Thanks

Mars Barr - that would be NAPANEE, Ontario.  And for others ...
From my own research on Irish ancestors, (among the million or more who left Ireland in famine) most of them settled in Ontario and some in Quebec.  I gather from extensive research that many farm workers travelled quite freely back and forth over the border for work, marrying willy nilly - each other, canadians, americans ... unlike today with our soon to be armed customs gates!  I did find a skeleton in my closet ... a Great Grandad who had 7 children, one of whom was right in the middle and was illegitimate ... so the entire family sort of disappeared from the records for a bit, very hard to trace.

It takes a lot of work and imagination.  For example I know that my grandfather Collier moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta, from County Erin, Ontario around 1903 - so I typed in search "postmasters canada" as I knew he was one, and found a most interesting list in Canadian archives.  I have written to all the Colliers still in that area and have had no replies.  Disappointing, but .... never give up.  If you have any idea what city or county your ancestors may have emigrated to, just type that and province in your search box.  You never know.

Again my apologies for being MIA for literally MONTHS!  For more info on WOOLGAR, try www.one-name.org for Woolgar, it is full of information, I am on their emailing list now.  GIve it a try!  Would be wonderful if all surnames had this many dedicated searchers.