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Related to my family genealogy
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- My little page on Family Tree Maker's web site
- A family tree of some 500 people spanning over 240 years
(to around 1750) has been collected and stored using the software
'Family Tree Maker'.
Assorted Ancestors
- Joel Stone, 1749-1833, 4th Great grandfather - founded Gananoque in 1792, united empire loyalist.
- Thomas Cockburn, 1792-1852, 3th great grandfather[not completely sure yet] - Fife, Scotland, inheritances he left behind include: Eight day clock, furniture, feather bed, blankets, cow, pig & dung, clothes.
- Charles MacDonald, 1784-1826, 3rd great grandfather - Sucessful business in Gananoque
- Charles MacDonald, 1837-1928, 1st cousin 3 times removed - Railroad builder, iron bridges, built clock tower in Gananoque, prisoner in Gettysburg, Blinkbonnie residence in Gananoque.
- Neil Morrison, 1830-1908, great great grandfather, Dominion Police, Ottawa
- Joseph Cockburn, 1845-1892, great great grandfather - Emigrated from Fife, Scotland, farmed near Sutton/Lake Simcoe, ON
- Samuel McCullough, 1860-1929, great grandfather - acid shed worker in Stevenston, Ayr, Scotland a place known for explosives production at the time.
This must have been Alfred Nobel's factory (the guy who also created the Nobel Prize).
Rancher, builder in Prospect Lake, Saanich BC.
- C.S. MacDonald, 1887-1954, grandfather - Dominion Land Surveyor, mapping Canada's north, 1930 aerial survey. 1935 President 'The Canadian Institute of Surveying'.
- Other names: Lake, Kay, Leslie, Kitchen, Aird, Rycroft, Winfield.
Cockburn (my father's family). Also Rycroft/MacPherson, Kaye, Lake, Leslie.
- This portion of the family history has been traced back to the 1800's in Scotland and southern Ontario.
- Clan Cockburn From Chebucto Community Net in Nova Scotia, in the heritage section.
- Clan Cockburn See the coat of arms and tartan here. Also has search tool for other Cockburn's on the net.
- Electric Scotland - Clan Cockburn They even have a link to my page!
- Captain George Cockburn Another famous Cockburn in history.
- Russell Cockburn's Cockburn/Coburn page Includes brief early history of the Cockburn's.
- Craig Cockburn's page In Scotland. This guy also maintains a FAQ for the newsgroup soc.culture.scottish
- COC... section of Family Tree maker user area
- Cockburnspath, Scotland Some assorted information on it's history.
- The Scottish Genealogy Society The Scottish Genealogy Society was founded in Edinburgh on 30 May 1953 by a group of historians and genealogists. The aims of the Society are to promote research into Scottish family history and to undertake the collection, exchange and publication of material relating to genealogy.
- Geneology.com forums: Cockburn Family, ancestry.com
- Geneology for Cockburns and Coburns worldwide This one doesn't really seem operational currently but give it a go, maybe it'll work for you!
- Other Cockburn's
- Cockburn's Port An unofficial site relating to this drink.
- A family album with a Cockburn branch Ontario, Quebec and a few other locations. From Ed Robertson.
- Charles Cockburn's website As far as I know we are not related. A photographer, see some fine pics on his site.
- William Cockburn, 1806 Deed, Albany/Brownpoint, New York Not at all sure if this is a relative or not.
Macdonald (my mother's family). Also McCullough/Wray, Morrison, Stone.
- This portion of our family tree has been traced back to several McDonalds in Scotland, southern Ontario, New York in the 1700's. Included is a link to Joel Stone who founded Gananoque in 1792.
- Apparently there may also be some connection to Sir John A. Macdonald but this link has not yet been completed. More information is needed about cousins and uncles of his.
- Richard Bourke Findlay's page on Family Tree Maker's web site He is related on my mother's side of the family.
- Leeds & Grenville Genealogical Society
- Rootsweb - Grenville/Leeds section
- Geneology.com forums: Gananoque, Macdonald Family
- MAC... section of Family Tree maker user area
- Electric Scotland - Clan MacDonald
- Ian Roberts's homepage He may also have some tie to Sir John A. Macdonald. Also see Ian Robert's page on gencircles Here he has a genealogy of the family of Sir John A. Macdonald
- World Gen Web Project
- Canada Gen Web Project
- UK+Ireland Genealogy
- Authentic Ireland Travel Irish Genealogy - list of links
- Scotland WWW Page
- Cyndi's list of geneological sites on the net - Scotland
- Scottish Clans, Septs and Families in Nova Scotia
- soc.genealogy.uk+ireland
Genealogy in General
- * The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints Lots of information now available online!
- Gen Circles Searches many databases, i've found some helpful stuff here
- Rootsweb - Grenville/Leeds section Message board organized by family and location.
- RootsWeb Message Boards The have boards by location and family name
- Canadian Genealogy Center Canada government - includes 1871, 1901 census, Canadian National Archives Search 1871 Ontario census, 1901 census of Canada, records of those serving in WW1
- Canadian virtual war memorial Some information about those serving in WW2
- * The Canadian County Atlas Digitial Project Has many old maps of Ontario
- Family Tree Legends Search Social Security Death Index here (USA)
- RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative Ontario Gen Web See some online census records: 1881, 1891, 1901
- * FreeCen UK Census online
- Native Soil Manuscripts collection, deeds in particular
- The Gathering of the Clans www.tartans.com
- Genes Reunited
- mytrees.com You get credit for searches by entering data for them. 1871 census.
- Scottish surnames on the net Has a surname and clan based search tool. Doesn't give much info but can put you in touch with people of interest.
- Genealogy Toolbox See the search engine
- Ancestry.com accesses more than 800 databases - latest on genealogy trends, practices and insights from professionals; resources books, software and more. USA info is strength. Commercial, need to pay to access much of this.
- Who Where search for ancestors
- See my searching page also for living people searches.
- GENDEX -- WWW Genealogical Index Claims to index nearly 4 million individuals. <-- Seems to be hijacked to some medical company?
- Searchable Genealogy Links A good list of on-line databases <-- Gone
- Search 1871 Census of Canada - Genealogy - ONTARIO <-- GONE
- Surnames info for posting to soc.gealogy.surnames
- Canadian National Archives
- Canadian Genealogy Resources new location
- Canadian Genealogy Resources old location
- Canadian Genealogy Sites list
- Genealogy SF Interesting genealogy page
- The Genealogy Home Page Old location.
- Isle of Man - Genealogy Resources - Resources in Canada
- OCFA - Genealogy Links
- Cyndi's list of geneological sites on the net
- McKenzie Genealogy Home Page Has some links of interest
- Genealogy Search Engines
- Society of Genealogists - UK Not much on-line here.
- Ontario genealogical society
- Ontario genealogical society - Ottawa Branch
- genealogy.com and Celebrity trees
- Ellis Island Online
- Family Tree Maker Online Genealogy Software package
- CommSoft's homepage Roots family tree software
- GED2HTML Homepage GED2HTML: A GEDCOM to HTML Translator
- Cyndi's list of geneological sites on the net - Software
- soc.genealogy.surnames Newsgroup - specially formated headers for finding people
- alt.sigs.genealogy general discussion
- ncf.sigs.genealogy NCF Newsgroup
- soc.genealogy.uk+ireland
- soc.genealogy.methods Genealogical methods and resources. (Moderated)
- soc.genealogy.computing Genealogical computing & net resources.
- soc.genealogy.marketplace Genealogy services and products.
- soc.genealogy.medieval Genealogy in the period from roughly AD500 to AD1600.
- soc.genealogy.misc General genealogical discussions.
Other groups in the soc.genealogy series include:- african -> Genealogy of Africa and the African Diaspora.
- australia+nz -> Australia, New Zealand, and their territories.
- benelux -> Genealogy in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
- computing -> Genealogical computing & net resources.
- french -> Francophone genealogy.
- german -> Family history including a German background.
- hispanic -> Genealogy relating to Hispanics.
- jewish -> Jewish genealogy group.
- marketplace -> Genealogy services and products.
- medieval -> Genealogy in the period from roughly AD500 to AD1600.
- methods -> Genealogical methods and resources.
- misc -> General genealogical discussions.
- nordic -> Genealogy in the Scandinavian countries.
- slavic -> Genealogy of Slavic peoples.
- surnames -> Surname queries & tafels.
- uk+ireland -> Genealogy of Britain, Ireland & offshore isles.
- west-indies -> Genealogy of the West Indies.
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