Best way to obtin an original of this Ontario church record?

[RedMystic]

 

PM is on it's way. You rock. I look forward to receiving the document as well as getting the contact info for the person you spoke with.

It's a happy day. Maybe I'll get to the bottom of this yet.

Thanks again.

[RedMystic]

It is from the Commemorative Biographical Record, do you still want me to send it to you, or do you have this

I have Googled  Alsace-Lorraine, it did not come under the German rule until 1871, so may be your and records may be in France ? and Joseph does state on the earlier census he was born in France

Margp

Hi Marg, thanks for the follow-up. As far as I can determine it, the land that is Alsace-Lorraine changed hands between France & Germany about 6 times over an 80 year span during the time I'm searching.    Some of the people from the area who came to Canada list France & some Germany as the country of origin (and some alternate on different Cdn census). 

I think you're referencing the same story as I have in my tree. Is it, by chance, the Fisher tree you're looking at in Ancestry? If not, I'd love a link to what you're seeing. I'll PM you my e-mail.

Thanks again. 

[MargP]

It is from the Commemorative Biographical Record, do you still want me to send it to you, or do you have this

I have Googled  Alsace-Lorraine, it did not come under the German rule until 1871, so may be your and records may be in France ? and Joseph does state on the earlier census he was born in France

Margp

Hi  RM


Hi Marg, thanks for the follow-up. As far as I can determine it, the land that is Alsace-Lorraine changed hands between France & Germany about 6 times over an 80 year span during the time I'm searching.    Some of the people from the area who came to Canada list France & some Germany as the country of origin (and some alternate on different Cdn census). 

I think you're referencing the same story as I have in my tree. Is it, by chance, the Fisher tree you're looking at in Ancestry? If not, I'd love a link to what you're seeing. I'll PM you my e-mail.

Thanks again. 

Hi RM, it is the Fisher tree, where I had the story from

Marg x

[KarenM]

Hi Red,

I have family buried in the cemetery next to St. Boniface, it is a pretty cemetery with some ornate headstones.

Karen

[RedMystic]

Hi Karen

It does look quite beautiful based on the cathedral photo that markmccormack667 posted the other day. 

It frustrates me no end that I used to travel to Ontario for business at least monthly back in the 1980s, but I wasn't interested in family history at that point. If I had been, I might even have been able to track some of the elderly people when they were still living.  Oh well, better searching late than never.  One day, I hope to come across a branch of the family who stayed put & perhaps kept some of the family photos & stories.