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From: "WEST" <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Historical Atlas LOOK UP SHER symbols help
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 08:30:46 -0500
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I am loking for land owened by Hugh Mcdonald and Peter
MacCorkindale/McCorkindale
They lived in Eldon, Victoria North, Ontario, est from 1840 to after
1870
Peters wife died abt 1853. Did they live close?
Hughs son Malcom and Neil married and moved to Michigan.


Thank you for your help.

Paul
in Michigan USA



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sher Leetooze" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Historical Atlas symbols help


> Ah, now I see your problem... when a parcel of land, on the map, was too
> small to print the whole name, initials were used. It is a coincidence
> that Wesleyan Methodist and William Malloy have the same initials.. So,
> the
> land could have in fact been his. If he did not own it, merely
> rented/leased it, it would have said occupant (shortened to Occ if the
> parcel was too small to print it in full)- or left blank. So it seems
> that
> William Malloy did in fact own the parcel. If you can find the
> subscription lists at the back of the book, and if he is listed there, as
> the McGill scans suggest, then his location will also be given by lot and
> concession. This is how the McGill transcripts know it is William Malloy.
> Sher
>
>
>
>
> At 11:09 PM 03/12/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>>Yes, and we were discussing if William Malloy was a patron. He had no
>>other land according to the McGill search.
>>
>>If you have access to the SDG atlas, could you check the patrons list
>>for Winchester to see if he was?
>>We cannot determine how the small parcel of land for his sawmill and
>>lumber yard, labelled WM and SSM, was attributed to him by the McGill
>>transcription.
>>It seems that everybody here thought WM meant it was a church.
>>
>>Nat has used Archives.org to access the images of the Atlas, but only
>>2 of the patron pages are in the listing, neither of them covering
>>that township.
>>
>>Steve O.
>>
>>At 06:51 PM 12/3/2010, Sher Leetooze wrote:
>> >Steve and others with an interest:
>> >Subscription is what paid for these atlases to be made. At the back of
>> >each one is a listing, by township, of the people who subscribed to the
>> >atlas - if your ancestor's name isn't there, then he/she didn't
>> >subscribe. Most people didn't - why should they pay good money just to
>> >see
>> >their own name in print - who'd want to buy an atlas to see THAT? Thank
>> >goodness those few who DID subscribe, did so! These atlases are so
>> >valuable in research today, not just genealogical research, but
>> >historical
>> >as well.
>> >Sher
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >At 09:25 PM 01/12/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >For some reason my reply of yesterday bounced.
>> > >
>> > >"I found the record in the on-line Atlas, using the people search
>> function.
>> > >After narrowing the search to the township, and using M as the last
>> > >name, I got lucky, as he was top of the list.
>> > >The lot and concession matched.
>> > >I can't remember the contents of the County Atlases, so do not know
>> > >if these people are also listed.
>> > >But the "Lumber constantly on hand. Lumber planed to order" seems
>> > >almost like an ad - I'd bet that William helped subsidize the original
>> book.
>> > >
>> > >Thanks for the hint on the atlas downloads - will go troll for a few
>> > >right
>> > >now"
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >I downloaded a couple of the atlases, and examined the SDG volume.
>> > >Since the only land for Malloy is so small it only has his initials -
>> > >McGill had to have a source for the lot and concession
>> > >I expected to find Malloy listed as a patron, but it seems this
>> > >downloadable volume is missing a few pages of patron names.
>> > >I have not poked around in McGill so cannot say if they have those
>> > >images on-line
>> > >
>> > >Steve O.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >At 12:59 PM 11/30/2010, Nat Skuce wrote:
>> > > >Hi Steve,
>> > > >Could you tell me what page you found that on? I've found a
>> downloadable
>> > > >copy of the Atlas on archive.org (yay me!) and would love to see it.
>> > > >
>> > > >Thanks!
>> > > >Natalie
>> > > >
>> > > >On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Steve Ostrom
>> > <> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > The land in question did not belong to the Dewars, note that
>> > > > > their
>> > > > > total package is 198 acres.
>> > > > > This 2 acre lot at the corner in the road belonged to William
>> > > > > Malloy,
>> > > > > Proprietor, Saw and Shingle Mill. Lumber constantly on hand.
>> > > > > Lumber
>> > > > > planed to order
>> > > > > This info is from the record in the Atlas.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > >
>> > >
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