Death Records: 130 Coffin Plates online

I put a bunch of coffin plates on line today. The new coffin plates are for the U.S. and Canada. I now have over 130 coffin plates with names and dates of death online. If you want to take a look for one of your ancestors go to COFFIN PLATES

Funeral Card Martha Wilcox, 1909

Funeral Card
Martha Wilcox
died Jan 24 1909
aged 44

Funeral Card Albert Withee

Funeral Card
Albert Withee
died Jan 23 , 1892
aged 13

More coffin plates

New uploads today of death records on coffin plates at Ancestors At Rest.

Elmvale Cenotaph Simcoe County, Ontario, Now Online

I have put the Elmvale Cenotaph in Simcoe County, Ontario online.

New Ontario Cemetery Records Online For Simcoe And Perth County

I have put up some photos of graves in Batteau Hill Cemetery South of Duntroon on Hwy 24, Simcoe County, Ontario.

I also have added photos of all the grave markers in the Old St.Marys Protestant Cemetery in St.Marys Downie Twp, Perth County, Ontario.

Marriage Records for Rosemary Street Church in Belfast Ireland Update.

I have added more marriage records for Rosemary Street Church in Belfast Ireland. The records start in 1811 and I am now up to 1833.

1911 Canadian Census online!

The 1911 census (images only) is now online at Library & Archives Canada.

This database of 1911 census data allows researchers to search by geographic location only. As this is not a nominally indexed database, it is not searchable by family name.

More census records are available at AllCensusRecords.com

Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario

Here's a few inscriptions I copied down while browsing through this Cemetery on a recent trip. I also have photos of other graves at Cataraqui Cemetery, which I will be putting up on Ancestors At Rest main website this week.

*~*~*~*~*
Horace Adams Harbeck
Born Feb 19, 1840
Died Jan 3, 1888

*~*~*~*~*
Wm. H. Vrooman
1857-1942
his wife
Letitia Blake
1859-1925

*~*~*~*~*
Three Stones flat in ground, side by side, last one half-buried by grass:

1. Victoria Middleton
1857-1903

2. Robert Middleton
1829-1890

3. Susan
1835- [covered in grass and ground]
wife of
Robert Mid [rest covered by grass and ground]

*~*~*~*~*
Jemima
beloved wife of
George Mooers
departed this life
July 27, 1855
[can't read this line]
Also her infant daughter
Jemima
died August 11, 1855
age 6 weeks

*~*~*~*~*
Edith Ann Yeo
wife of C. C. Meyers
died
Jan 31, 18..

*~*~*~*~*
George Metzler
born July 3, 1817
died March 22, 1895
Nancy Shannon
his wife
born July 3, 1822
died August 22, 1887

*~*~*~*~*
broken stone:
In memory of
William Vrooman
died April 16, 1873
age 74 years

Bruce Co. Cemetery & Indian Reserve Cenotaph Photos online

Updates to Bruce County Ontario Canada pages:

I have put up photos of all the graves in the Old Methodist cemeteryin Allenford, Amabel Twp, Bruce County, Ontario.

I have added some photos of the Saugeen Indian Reserve Cenotaph in Bruce County Ontario.

Temple Church Cemetery London England Update

I have added more names to the Temple Church Cemetery Burials Database for London England.

Temple Church is one of the oldest churches in London. Located between Fleet Street and the River Thames The records start back in 1628 and I am now up to 1736. This is a great database for early London.

If you want to search for burial records go to Cemetery Records and scroll down to Temple Church Cemetery.

New Data For Bruce County Ontario

I have made some changes and updates to my Bruce County Ontario Canada pages.

I have put up photos of all the graves in the Old Methodist cemetery in Allenford Amabel Twp, Bruce County, Ontario.

And I have added some photos of the Saugeen Indian Reserve Cenotaph in Bruce County Ontario.

If you want to take a look go to
http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/ontario.shtml

Hope this helps.
Brian.

40 Family Bibles online

Over 40 Family Bibles have been added to FamilyBibles Blog

SHELLEY Family Bible (SHELLEY, RICHARDSON, HEWETT, FOSTER,BLOOD)

Greaves Family Bible, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

FARNUM family Bible (FARNUM, HUTCHINSON, KETCHUM)

HUNTINGTON-SPEAR Family Bible (HUNTINGTON, SPEAR, STEVENS,MERRIFIELD, WARREN, KNIGHT,BLAKE)

KNIGHT/HUNTINGTON family Bible

Family Bibles LACY, MICHIE, McNEILL

Haynes E. BAKER Family Bible (BAKER, ADAMS, HAYNES, BUSWELL)

CARPENTER Family Bible (CARPENTER, GROVER, GRAVES, POWELL,JABBOUT)

MASTIN Family Bible (MASTIN,PEASLEY, NEUZEN)

PUTNEY-WAITE Family Bible (PUTNEY, WAITE, KALLERMAN,BOGART, WOODBURY)

WAITE-PERRY Family Bible (PERRY, WAITE, WHITCOMB)

1800'S DAVISON FAMILY BIBLE INDIANA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA

FLECK, WILDERSON 1856 Franklin Co. PA

WILDER Bible 1840s, probably New England

SHAW Bible 1831-1951

SMITH Bible 1874

HALLADAY Bible 1840s

1850 Bible McClure Brady Duncan Families

CHAPIN SCOTT Bible 1825

1848 Bible Pennsylvania MAUGER BAKER Families

1848 Bible Hyndman & Walker Families

Vermont BIBLE with Hyde family genealogy 1812

FAMILY BIBLE: Brooks - Gray, New York & Massachusetts

BIBLE: Thompson & Brown 1826

FAMILY BIBLE: Smith - Stringer, Pennsylvania

FAMILY BIBLE: Plum 1808, Ohio

FAMILY BIBLE: Hoffman 1712

BIBLE: Bearry - Cook 1842

BIBLE: Read - Swisher 1838

BIBLE: Lewis - Moore 1900 Kentucky

BIBLE: Maris - Millis 1826

1818 Family Bible Ephraim Billings of New Bedford

1797 Family Bible Daniel Whitcombe & Billings Family

BIBLE: Cawley - Koch Family Genealogy 1851

BIBLE: Deacon Family New York

BIBLE: Brontano - Wilson Pennsyvania, N. Jersey 1851

BIBLE: Rutter & Supernacht, Missouri & Ohio

BIBLE: Townsend Family, Ohio 1863

FAMILY BIBLE: Susan Sawyer, Vermont

See more Family Bibles at Ancestors At Rest Family Bibles section

Canadian Directories (Annuaires canadiens) online!

Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of phase two of the Canadian Directories site (a project funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage through its Canadian Culture Online initiative). The addition of 80 new directories to our growing database brings a total of 95 searchable directories to the site.

With this phase, LAC has focused upon the regions of Ottawa, Halifax and environs; these regions were selected to complement the digital initiatives of our colleagues across the nation, including Bibliothèque nationale de Québec and Our Roots: Canada's Local Histories Online.

In addition, LAC has introduced a new section entitled CityScapes, which offers a brief historical overview of the cities whose directories have been digitized. You are invited to visit the site

For more information, please contact Project Manager Susan Globensky at 992-2520, webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca

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En français:

Bibliothèque et Archives Canada a le plaisir d'annoncer l'achèvement de la deuxième phase du site Annuaires canadiens, projet financé par le programme Culture
canadienne en ligne de Patrimoine canadien. La base de données du site s'est enrichie de 80 nouveaux annuaires et compte maintenant 95 annuaires faciles à consulter.

Cette phase a permis notamment de mettre sur le site des annuaires des régions d'Ottawa et de Halifax. Le choix de ces régions s'est imposé afin de compléter des initiatives numériques d'autres organismes canadiens, dont la Bibliothèque nationale de Québec et Nos Racines : les histoires locales de Canada en ligne.

En outre, une nouvelle section, intitulée Panoramas urbains, donne un aperçu historique des villes dont Bibliothèque et Archives Canada a numérisé les annuaires.

Venez visiter le site

New Death Records (Coffin Plates, Cemetery, WW1 soldiers)

New Death Records for Ancestors At Rest include:

~ Added German Death Cards, WW1 soldiers
~ Added more Coffin Plates in USA
~ Partial Cemetery Listing for Concord Cemetery Hale County, Alabama
~ Added information about St Marys Perth County Ontario Cenotaph

Cooley Pioneer Cemetery May be Bull-dozed

The City of Hamilton has declared the recently discovered Cooley Pioneer cemetery to be an "Unapproved Cemetery." The land owners want to relocate this cemetery for the purpose of development. Many of those buried are most likely Loyalists who settled in this part of Upper Canada (present day Ontario) after 1783.

An archeology firm hired by the developers believes the cemetery might contain as many as 102 bodies, and dates from the late 1700s.

Please see notice below:

Re: Burial Site located at the Proposed Lime Kiln Road Subdivision, Part of Lots 48 & 49, Concession 2 and the Wildwood Estates 5 (Block 3, 62M-898), Part of Lot 48, Concession 2 (Formerly within the Township of Ancaster),
City of Hamilton. (Physically located in a field off Rousseaux St. between Greenravine Dr. and Lime Kiln Rd.)

Take notice that on November 30, 2004 a burial site at the above location was reported to the Registrar of the Cemeteris Act (Revised).

An investigation conducted under the provisions of the Cemeteries Act (Revised) indicates the discovery of 99 distinct grave shafts. This early pioneer cemetery circa 1786-1824, now archaeologically known as the Cooley Cemetery, is likely the original cemetery for the Ancaster community. Members of the Cooley and Hatt families are known to be buried here.

The Registrar hereby gives notice of the intention to declare the site to be an "Unapproved Cemetery," and invites representatives of persons whose remains are still interred to contact the Registrar in writing within two
weeks after May 13, 2005.

Dated at Toronto this 6th day of May 2005.
Michael D'Mello
Registrar, Cemeteries Act (Revised)
Cemeteries Regulation Unit
Ministry of Consumer and Business Services
250 Yonge Street, 32nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2N5
Telephone: 416-326-8393, Fax: 416-326-8406

Contact Michael D'Mello before May 27, 2005 if you object to this cemetery being declared an unapproved cemetery, and wish the graves to remain undisturbed

Further Reading:
HERITAGE CEMETERY HOLDS 100 BODIES Author: Daniel Nolan Source: Hamilton Spectator, The (ON); 27/11/2004

Ancestors At Rest Uploads

Ancestors At Rest uploads include the following

Waverley Cenotaph names of WW1 soldiers from Medonte, Tay, Tiny, and Flos Townships in Simcoe County Ontario.

Temple Church Cemetery Burials Database in London England. This is an ongoing project and this upload completes the years 1628- 1723.

Saugeen Cemetery Bruce County Ontario Photos of gravestones, partial transcript. Many native graves are found in this cemetery