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To: Poet who wrote (2)	3/9/2004 5:46:53 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 443

The Whitten in my family is a great grandfather on my father’s side who I’ve been told was a French immigrant. Because of divorce things are a little unclear, but he would be the last member of my family to come to the US. I’m having good luck tracking the Rochester and Lord lines that come from my maternal grandmother. * * *

To: Poet who wrote (2)	3/10/2004 9:53:42 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 443

HI, Poet, long time no post, hope you're doing OK. Let's stay away from politics for a while :)

To: Poet who wrote (2)	3/10/2004 9:01:10 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 443

Hi Poet! Actually, there are Canadian resources, and I'm sure Irish ones as well. To answer your question: Yes, I believe there are professional geneologists in business to do that for you. I will try to find out about it and get back to you. The Mormon Church is very active in geneological research and probably has more data than any one. I'm pretty sure they were the originators of some of the commercial sites like Ancestry.com.

To: Poet who wrote (2)	3/11/2004 10:40:30 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 443

I copied this out of an email from Geneology.com. It refers to Canadian resources: Question: How can I get birth, death, and census records for Toronto, Canada? Answer: Ontario is one of the better Canadian provinces when it comes to record availability. Many of the records that you are interested in are available on microfilm in a number of places. If you live in Toronto, the Archives of Ontario may be the best place to begin your research of such records. The Reading Room is located at 77 Grenville Street in Toronto. For those who do not live near Toronto, the best source for these microfilm records will be the local LDS Family History Center. Each year the Archives of Ontario receives an additional year of records which the Archives then transfers to microfilm. Once they are on microfilm, they are added to the holdings of the Reading Room. It is important to note that while you are free to use the microfilms, you cannot write to the Archives and request a lookup. The vital records for Ontario have been indexed for each year. These indexes have been microfilmed. The microfilmed indexes are of the computerized printouts that are generated in the Registrar General's office. The indexes may seem a little strange when you first begin to use them. They are not all-encompassing for the complete years. Currently there are indexes for the following information: births (1869-1902), marriages (1801-1917), and deaths (1869-1927). As I mentioned above, the indexes are not all-encompassing. First, the indexes were compiled by first letter of the surname. Then, the records were organized by year of the event. Finally, within each year the records were organized by complete surname. This means that when you are looking for your surname, you will need to first determine which microfilm contains the first letter of the surname you are interested in. So, if we were looking for DOLLAR, we would first have to determine which film would have that on it. Then we could start by finding DOLLAR in the first year we were interested in. We would then need to crank ahead on the film to the next year and locate the DOLLAR surname again. You would then need to repeat this until you had extracted all the DOLLARs that were either in the index or were for the years you were interested. The index will then tell you the full name, date of the event, place of the event, registration number, registration year, and control codes. Armed with the information found in the index, you can then turn to the microfilmed vital records. It is essential that you record the registration number and the registration year to locate the correct microfilm. There are bits and pieces of census records existing for the censuses taken in 1796, 1806, 1813, 1823, 1824, 1842, 1848, and 1850. The 1851 and 1861 censuses are only missing a few sections. Unlike the earlier censuses that were head of household only, these were every-name censuses. Microfilmed copies of the census records are available through your local Family History Center. For those interested in the 1871 census for Ontario, you can search the database by visiting the National Archives of Canada Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario.