Newspapers in Canada - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Full page article on Sonya Gillick Kaplan from 1965 in Montreal Star or Gazette

rrobbin51 — 2013-04-18 23:06:23Z

I don't know anything about this article, but noticed that you changed Zassa Gonsher to Zysa Gonsher. Zysa was my grandmother's sister. How are you part of this family?

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

talbotrail — 2012-10-16 23:54:51Z

There is no way to print off Google News. If you have a newer computer, you may have a "snipping tool" that will cut off a section and you can keep it on your computer. You may be able to print off that, although I've never tried.

Another way to to take a "screen shot". Basically you position the newspaper article (it will only "copy" what is showing on your screen), hit the key "Print Screen" or Prt Sc (to the right of F12 at the top of your keyboard). There will be no confirmation. Then you open up "Paint", hit "edit" (top left), then "paste". Again, I'm not sure if you can print off that, but it can be saved to your computer.

Let me know if this works for you.

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

talbotrail — 2012-10-16 23:54:01Z

Hi Marlene,

There's a few old newspaper articles here; you may have to "drag" the paper towards the yellow highlight, as seen in the smaller paper on the right.

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&hl=en&gl=us&...

Re: newspaper archives subscription is it worth it ??

andsonb — 2012-05-12 18:21:16Z

Thankyou for the reply I have been in all the above sites - newspaper archives will not let me browse ( think they know I am tempted to join lol) I am working on quite few cemetery unmarked graves so I would be constantly bothering Mike :) but the offer is great. Think I will just try a month's trial subscription and see how it goes.
Thanks

Re: newspaper archives subscription is it worth it ??

talbotrail — 2012-05-12 17:18:42Z

Hi,

Try this site.
http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers

Play around with this site - it allows some free searches and browsing.
http://newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations/c2.html

MikeMelen1961 has a subscription to Newspaper Archives and has kindly offered to do look-ups.
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.canada.manitob...

newspaper archives subscription is it worth it ??

andsonb — 2012-05-12 15:13:10Z

I am looking for obits published in Manitoba Canada newspapers back to the 1800's if possible.
I went to Winnipeg Free Press and they have an archives
but it is a paid site. I have called them numerous times and can't talk to anyone?? Leave a message and no return call sent an email no reply? Does anyone use this site and if you find an obit you would like to print a copy of do you have to pay for it? I see they have a shopping cart ?? Death notices usally say next of kin and burial cemetery info. Hate to give them my credit card and then it is no good or can't contact them to cancel it either lol Genealogy bank looks like it is only United States papers.
Thankyou

Re: Matilda, Dundas, Ontario,Canada Newspapers

johnson845 — 2012-03-26 02:03:47Z

Did you find any newspapers? All I can find are mentions of matilda in the Ottawa Citizen

Re: Dragutin Petrovich of Thunder Bay

joseph_r_potvin — 2012-03-04 00:47:15Z

Ashley, This afternoon I was told about your posts to assemble some family roots. Great work. I am a grandson of Dragutin Petrovic(h) and Matilda Perisic. In 2004 on a trip to Italy, I took the opportunity to also drive to Croatia to explore the area around Sunger and Mrkopalj. All I had were Draguin's and Matilda's names, but very quickly I managed to connect with the extended family there, who were very welcoming. So I have a considerable amount of information to share with you. Do you have a structured family tree file or site to work with?

Re: need to find

debby362 — 2012-02-15 20:40:14Z

Thank you It is much appreciated and please contact me if you do get any information back from anyone in the area.thanks again. debby

Re: need to find

mavis333 — 2012-02-10 23:54:30Z

Hello Debby,
I looked up a few telephone numbers and called: but one for Victor G. Stratton was out of service and the other 2 I called - I left messages for them to call back if they were Grace Mathieson Stratton. I will let you know if anyone in Toronto, Ontario, Canada calls me back...
Mavis

need to find

debby362 — 2012-02-03 22:38:34Z

Hi
I am trying to find out if my mother's half sister is still alive or if there are any living family of hers.
Her name was Grace Mathieson born 17th April 1923 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She emigrated to Canada and married a Victor Stratton? Last nown to be living in Rexdale, Ontario in the 1970's but have not had any contact with her since her father Thomas Mathieson died in 1977 when she went home to Ireland for his funeral. This is the last known time for her to be alive.
If there is anyone who could point me in the direction of how to find out if she is still living or if she has any living family, then I would be most grateful for any information however small, as I live in the UK and do not know how to search for her in Canada.
Thanks In Advanced

Debby

Re: Richard J. Hart of Montreal

hartp — 2012-01-31 00:52:44Z

My latest info is that he died in Montreal on 13 Feb 1901. Still looking for his obituary.

Re: birth information

shasa711 — 2012-01-28 03:46:14Z

I have some information for you, limited, but may be helpful :)

Murray Stenton

MarleneDainesRussell — 2012-01-04 20:52:44Z

Looking for info or clippings for my uncle Murray Stenton who lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia during the 1900-2000. I recall seeing a plastic coated bulletin from his funeral but nothing else. Thanks in advance for any help.

Murray Stenton

MarleneDainesRussell — 2012-01-04 20:52:34Z

birth notice for Ewing in Vancouver BC 1960 or 61

joblom99 — 2011-11-26 17:27:47Z

I am looking for a possible birth notice in any of the Vancouver newspapers for Ida Cristina EWING born October 27 in either 1960 or 1961.

Full page article on Sonya Gillick Kaplan from 1965 in Montreal Star or Gazette

corinnemitchell — 2011-11-18 22:22:56Z

I would really appreciate if someone could tell me how I could get a copy of this article. Background below:

As told to me by her nephew:

"My Aunt Sonia, as my father and his siblings, had status for entry into Canada as Russian refugees. My Aunt married my Uncle en route to Canada, He was a Polish refugee so they were no longer considered Russian and quotas for Poles were filled that year. Cuba and Argentina were the 2 countries allowing entries for Poles that year and as my uncle had some relatives there, they chose the latter. At that time, Argentina was richer and attracting more immigrants than Canada! The idea was that they would eventually move to Canada but they never did.

She married Shlomo Kaplan on leaving Europe and they settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina.She had 3 children.

She came twice to Montreal. She stayed for a few months each time.In 1953-4 alone and in 1965 with my uncle. I can't remember if it was the Star or the Gazette but in 65 they did a whole page article about her and how she got separated from the rest of the family."

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

MarleneDainesRussell — 2011-11-07 23:56:43Z

Thanks in advance. marlene

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

talbotrail — 2011-11-03 15:22:41Z

Marlene, I have some of the articles clipped and would like to email them to you. I don't have a paid account, so I cannot email you privately through Ancestry. Please send me your email address. Thanks.

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

talbotrail — 2011-11-02 04:01:45Z

If you have a paid ancestry account, please send me a message with your email address and I will clip the articles for you. Or you can post it here and later delete it once I contact you.

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

MarleneDainesRussell — 2011-11-02 03:40:31Z

None of the methods so far have worked and don't have firefox.I tried copying some articles by hand but I have hand tremors so can't write by hand for very long.

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

ArtisticGene — 2011-10-31 22:04:59Z

Oh darn. Can you get Firefox? It has less viruses than IE

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

talbotrail — 2011-10-31 18:06:31Z

Sounds great, except that it doesn't work with IE.

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

ArtisticGene — 2011-10-31 17:12:04Z

Download this

http://awesomescreenshot.com/

It will do it all for you. Just follow the instructions and mouse over each symbol to find out how to use it. If you use capture whole page, you can save the entire page and not just the clipping. I use this all of the time and it is 10x easier than screenshot or paint options.

Re: Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

rm_russell1 — 2011-10-28 20:14:44Z

Thank you so much for sending the info in Google Archives about my Dad Basil Wm. Daines .I hope you will reply again as I can't figure out how to get copies of it all no matter what I try it does not print and I even tried contacting Google to pay for copies but got no where. While I am totally grateful for what you sent what do I do to get copies.?

Western Welter Weight Boxing Champ 1940s

MarleneDainesRussell — 2011-10-27 04:34:09Z

Looking for earlier info on my Dad? He was in the RCMP,Canadian Army,well known in ski world. Was part owner of Whistler in 1944 or 1945. His name was Basil William Daines ,the family lived in Innisfail Alberta from about 1911. Any newspaper clippings or photos would be greatly appreciated. Marlene

Re: Looking for info on suicide in 1975

whoknew1967 — 2011-08-29 19:28:31Z

I'm not sure what info you are looking for exactly but here are some ideas....Can you apply for a death certificate?
Maybe look for an obituary?
Contact the funeral home?

Good Luck

Parker Family

DebraLavoy47 — 2011-08-26 22:28:20Z

Searching for information on John C. Parker, son of John and Rebecca Parker. Married Charlotte Lavoy/Leavoie/Leavoy in 1873/1874 in York, Ontario. Children Charlotte Moorehouse(Stanley);Henrietta;Henry John. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Taylor Family

DebraLavoy47 — 2011-08-26 22:24:38Z

Searching for information on Enos Taylor married Hannah Lavoy/Leavoie/Leavoy in 1864. Once lived at 71 Vanauley St., York, Ontario. Children Rachel(Moore); William Easton; Frederick Charles married (Smiley); Lena married (Goodfellow). Needing assistance.

Re: Leavoy/Lavoy Descendents

DebraLavoy47 — 2011-07-07 16:29:02Z

Quebec,Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta. In the USA Michigan, Detroit, Florida, Chicago.
I have many names to which family they married to put I would like to gather newspaper, etc on the people.
Thanks

Re: Leavoy/Lavoy Descendents

JoyceGuinasso1967 — 2011-07-07 10:32:23Z

There are many Lavoys in Canada and in the U.S.. Do you have any specific area in Canada and or in the U.S.?

Leavoy/Lavoy Descendents

DebraLavoy47 — 2011-07-06 19:31:34Z

Searching for any news about Achan and Mary Ann Leavoy/Lavoy extended families. Obituaries, photos, wedding/birth announcements, etc. I'm gathering as much as possible to add to my collection of notes. Eventually this will be put in a booklet form. Please HELP.

Re: Henry Douglass, grocer, Hamilton, ONT, d. 1896

ethelmae2 — 2011-03-04 15:24:41Z

Hello Stephanie,

No, I have not accessed an obituary for Henry Douglass. I understand that there were two Henry Douglasses who died in Hamilton 3 days apart. That complicates things when doing research from a distance. It is most kind of you to offer to look for me. If you should find two obituaries, perhaps you could send me both and I can sort them out.

The Henry Douglass in my family was s/o Robert and Jane Douglass, and was born in 1843 in Halton County, Ontario. He moved to Woolwich with his family and then to Southhampton but back to Hamilton, I believe. A family record says that he died 18 Jul 1896, age 53 yrs. 3 mos, 13 days. If you find a notice that seems to fit these parameters, it is probably him.

Thank you for your offer. Ethel Ingalls

look up help please

duster1234 — 2011-03-04 11:35:22Z

can some one help me with a look up in the hamilton spectator for march , april of may of 1944, all i know it has a picture of my grandmother coming to hamilton,i checked the hamilton library and called the spectator but there is nothing there
any help would be appreciated Thank you

Re: Henry Douglass, grocer, Hamilton, ONT, d. 1896

Stephies81 — 2011-03-04 07:31:21Z

Did you ever get this obituary? Because I am heading to the library soon, and I can look. :)

Re: look up help please

Stephies81 — 2011-03-04 07:29:22Z

Hi there,

Any idea WHEN in Mar, Apr, May? And her name, any other information on her? Did you or someone else look through the newspaper when you checked the library?

Re: Ottawa Newspapers

thenance333 — 2011-02-28 10:27:02Z

Hello and thank you very very much. I truly do appreciate it.

Re: Ottawa Newspapers

talbotrail — 2011-02-28 04:06:50Z

Hi Nancy,

From the Ottawa Citizen, Feb 5, 1962....an article about his death; you have to "drag" the paper to read it all:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QNwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E...

Obit is left of the blue highlight:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QNwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E...

Re: Marriage records for Manitoba

rgiokas — 2010-10-31 21:22:07Z

http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

1851 MURDER MYSTERY - CAN SOMEONE HELP, PLEASE?

kellymccay318 — 2010-09-10 23:06:21Z

James MC KAY b <1811> IRE murdered <1851> CAN

Family immigrated IRE > CAN between <1828 - 1851>

According to the 1851 Ontario Census (Fredericksburgh, Lennox Co),

under Column Heading "Deaths during year 1851" is noted:

Murdered 40 years of age

As advised, I contacted a Customer Service rep at the Archives of Ontario, who did a "quick search" of their databases with no results. She said "murder cases can only be accessed by the defendent's name....."

What's ironic is the information that I need for my own records is the information that is needed for the Archives office to search !!!

Does anyone have any ideas as to where to begin with this mystery of a mystery?

Looking for info on suicide in 1975

callthedoctor — 2010-07-03 20:54:56Z

A family member committed suicide in 1975. It's a quiet topic in the family, so the only information I have to work with is a name and a year of death. Unfortunately, I have no info on birth date, location of death, etc.

Any tips on where to begin? Many thanks.

looking for death notice in Montreal paper 1918

shalee2 — 2010-05-26 17:29:12Z

Is there anyone who would be able to search the montreal Star or gazette for a death notice in 1918?

Re: Whittaker, Lillian Sarah: Edmonton Journal Obit. 1964

q8canuck — 2010-04-18 23:07:03Z

Hello Angela,
Many,many thanks for the obit information for Lillian Whittaker.....I have been searching in the wrong direction and will now pursue other names listed in the obit.
Sincerely,
Carol Silver

Re: Whittaker, Lillian Sarah: Edmonton Journal Obit. 1964

agmaciaszek — 2010-04-17 20:38:23Z

On May 18/1964 Lillian Sarah Whittaker widow of Thomas passed away. left to mourn one daughter H.M.(Ellen)Silver of Edmonton, one son Thomas of Enderby, BC, 4 grandchildren, 3 brothers Fred W. Lench of Winnipeg, Sidney of Victoria, Herbert of Sioux Lookout, Ontario and 1 sister Mrs violet Tomilnson of Victoria. Interment at Westlawn Cemetery.

Thomas Howe Whittaker died Feb 22/1964 obit the same as above.

Thomas Peter (Tom) Whittaker passed away on Nov 29/1992 in Fallis formerly of Maple Ridge, BC @ 72 years. Survived by his wife Barbara, daughter Ita, son Patrick & sister Ellen (Herb) Silver. No Funeral services.

On Sept 11, 1997 Mrs Ellen Silver of Stony Plain, Alberta passed at the age of 79 years.

i hope this helps your research
angela

Re: Whittaker, Lillian Sarah: Edmonton Journal Obit. 1964

agmaciaszek — 2010-04-16 17:31:21Z

these are the dates that whittaker obits were in the edmonton journal - i will look up lillian & thomas when i go to library tomorrow

Last Name Initials Obituary Date
Whittaker Chester 1982 March 18
Whittaker Ethel Margaret 1966 September 19
Whittaker Gertrude Augusta1979 May 29
Whittaker H. 1975 March 19
Whittaker Helen 1980 March 01
Whittaker Hilliard Leighton1973 October 30
Whittaker Jack (Barney) 1970 December 10
Whittaker Jack (Barney) 1970 December 11
Whittaker John Dean 1981 November 02
Whittaker John Dean 1981 November 03
Whittaker Lillian Sarah 1964 May 19
Whittaker Ora Willard 1967 April 17
Whittaker S. 1973 March 17
Whittaker Theresa 1965 October 26
Whittaker Thomas Howe 1964 February 24
Whittaker W. 1974 March 11

also there is another thomas whittaker obit in paper dec 2 /1992 ellen whittaker silver in paper sept 14/1997

Names of French papers in Monteregie 1700s-1800s?

danbodah — 2010-02-03 05:47:49Z

I am researching my family, who lived in Laprairie starting around 1700, then later in St-Phillipe and St-Constant, and gradually migrated south toward the US border into St-Edouard, St-Jacques-le-Mineur, Napierville, and Sherrington throughout the 1800s. Can anyone tell me the names of historic newspapers from those areas during the 1700-1800s? Are any of these available online yet?

Re: Train Derailmeant and a Church burning in Limoges (South Indian)

dslegtenhorst — 2010-01-06 00:16:36Z

Post is old but if you are still looking; see below link for Ottawa area railroad history. Your dates do not match train accidents given (1909 most likely). As for the church fire, St-Viateur along with a few houses burned sometime in the 1920s to early 30s. I beleive it was caused by business fire that spread (cheese factory?) Haven't been able to factually verify yet.
http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm

Re: Toronto Star

donnaborden1 — 2009-11-12 01:25:24Z

I found it for you, it was in the Toronto Star on Oct 4, 1993. I'm hoping this is the one that you were looking for.

Donna

Orbits

nsfam — 2009-11-08 17:18:02Z

I am looking for a newspaper orbit for Walton Whalen, died on 10 Sep 1915 Canard, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Also his wife Louisa Kierstead died 20 May 1904 Woodside (I believe), Kings County, Nova Scotia.

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Whittaker, Lillian Sarah: Edmonton Journal Obit. 1964

q8canuck — 2009-10-22 04:08:05Z

I have hit a dead end and am seeking obit copy or info on Lillian Sarah Whittaker, wife of Thomas H. Whittaker, died Edmonton, Ab in 1964. Spouse Thomas H. Whittaker also died in Edmonton in 1964.Cannot find family name for Lillian Sarah.
Children of Lillian and Thomas: daughter Ellen Martha Whittaker 1918-1997 (married H.M.Silver) and son Thomas Whittaker.
Any help greatly appreciated; thanks.