Hi, I too searched the 1911 Canada census thanks to the Legacy newsletter.
The web address is http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html I had place names for a location and a surname for my ancestors but I wasn't sure if my place name was a town, county, etc (I'm clueless as to how Canada is divided into what in the US would be states and counties, etc) They had the following choices listed. Introduction and Contextual Help Search the Database Census Districts and Sub-districts I chose the "Census District and Sub-district" With this list I was able to match up the district and sub-district with the place names that I had. Then I clicked on "Search the Database". Here I clicked on the providence (Quebec) And then in the box below I entered the district, subdistrict ie. Montmorency, L'ange-Gardien on the next page you click on associated images. In this case I had 29 pages of the census to look through to find my ancestor. (unfortunately there were a lot of "Mathieu" families out there but it gives me a place to start.) As the website states the census is indexed only by location and not by family names. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne Hollingshead Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Thank You Millennia Hi John, Could you explain "just looked at the data for a town I knew some relatives got married in" How do you enter a town in the search box ? I only found names and dates. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Bayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:44 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Thank You Millennia > I just wanted to thank the good folks at Millennia > for helping me with my genealogical research. Not only > by creating Legacy, but also for tell me (and many others > as well) about the release of the Canadian Census for 1911. > > Using the links on Millennia's home page I went to the web > site yesterday. I was just "foolin around" to see how it worked, > and without even looking for anyone in particular, just looked at > the data for a town I knew some relatives got married in. And there > before my eyes appeared an entry for my great grandfather > Justin Lafleur. Amazing!! At least that's one of his names, and > not the name in the Canadian census. Now I've known about him > for a long time but I did find him living with one of his sons > in the 1911 census. And I did find some children of that > Great Grand Uncle of mine whom I didn't know about. So now > I'm happily entering some previously unknown cousins into > my Legacy database. There, since I tied it in to Legacy, it's > now "on topic"!! ;-) > > jr > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
