Mr. McGraw-Nicol,

     I also have been researching in the Provinces of Ontario along with Quebec.  I have a question for you.  I''m trying to find records that pertain to Provincial Surveyors in Ontario in the early 1860's.  A GG Grandfather of mine, Daniel H. White was listed as a provincial surveyor, but at present have not been able to locate those records.  He married a Mary Galbraith from Osgoode and I have had some positive results in those records.  Any suggestions you may have on provincial surveyors would be most appreciated.

Sincerely,

Kim Callahan

I would like to know how to find (free) birth dates and death dates for my paternal great grandparents (John and Angeline McNeal) and great great grandparents (Robert and Eliza McNeal).  I know they are buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, but can't seem to find any records of their birth and death dates.  I would also like to find birth, marriage and death records.  I have been able to locate them on several censuses.  On another side, my paternal great grandfather (Peter Johnson) emigrated from Norway and married in Buffalo, NY.  I feel there is a possibility that he and his future wife (Ase Andrea Anonsdtr) came through Canada.  The McNeals were hotel keepers.  When I was a child, we visited Ontario and stayed at a hotel there.  It was supposedly run/owned by a "cousin" named Kretchman or Kritchman.  I think it was in Hamilton, Ontario.  I would be interested in any knowledge of the hotel and it's history.  Any help would be appreciated.  

Mostly Nova Scotia (Lipsett, McMaster, Bruce, O'Brien) and Quebec (Pleau, LaMothe, LeClair)