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Genealogy 11: McLane
folder · 1976
Part of Lomas family fonds
Tape-bound McLane Genealogy compiled by George R. Nye (June 1976), inscribed to Mac and Jennie Cruickshank with thanks and appreciation. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #11
Genealogy 2
folder · 1988
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of genealogical information from different Sherbrooke families, including Clan Sinclair, McDaniel, and Anderson. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #2
Genealogy 3
folder · 1948
Part of Lomas family fonds
Collects writing on houses in Stillwater (1860-1948), Sydney County Census (1817), Guysborough County census (1891), birth records c. 1790s, and hand-written genealogies of families including Baker, Archibald, and Anderson. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #3
Genealogy 4
folder · 1967
Part of Lomas family fonds
News clippings, hand-written genealogy of families including McDaniel, McKeen, Anderson, Elliot, and Gould, census of Sydney County NS 1817, blank genealogy forms, and a business card for Elliot family member David W. Elliot “The Singing Cop” of Elliot Investigations. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #4
Genealogy 5
folder · 2001
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of Henderson family genealogy sent by Ferris family, with news clippings, obituaries, “A Series of Letters Descriptive of Prince Edward Island” (1822) with description of the Brig Diana. additional Henderson material with note “Henderson research by Robert Archibald, Smith family, Clan Stewart, Parish of Tynron, Heirloom quilt article and biography of Margaret Fleming Henderson 1-902-833-2518”; correspondence between Aleah Lomas Anderson and people investigating their family genealogy (Manson, Johnstone, Mills, Nichols, Bent, Ross), and a letter from Alton Anderson Lomas to Marie Hollands. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #5
Genealogy 8
folder · 1987
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of research notes on Hurst family genealogy, 1817 Census of Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia, Guysborough County Census records from 1838, 1860-1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, Cole / Greene genealogy, McKay genealogy, Eastern Chronicle news on Morash - McDonald and Olson - Doody weddings (1896), two pages of Eastern Chronicle news from Wine Harbour mentioning Doody family (1903), Doody family genealogy research, list of information requests received by Aleah, research on Jacob Crooks with notes on Hemlow and Crooks families, inquiry about Clooney family in Sherbrooke, election results 1879, thank you letter from researcher Ray Smith, letter of inquiry about John Leet, Keen family genealogy, copy of family record of marriages and births (c. 1834), copy of McPherson to Mitchell Deed (1873), letter to Keith Gallant on McLane family genealogy, and creative story sharing the Rood family genealogy. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #7
folder · 1973- 1990
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of the complete Numbered Chapter Outline for the Lomas’ History of St. Mary’s, the original query letter to the Municipality of St. Mary’s proposing that Alton Anderson Lomas write the region’s history along with an explanation of his plans and his budget (1990), typed notes on the General Background of St. Mary’s, divided in the chapter outline into a) the geography, b) natural history, c) relationships to the outside world, a hand-written essay by Alton Anderson Lomas defending history as a worthwhile subject to pursue, essay on voyages to North America before John Cabot, and magazine article on “Canada’s Ocean Playground” (1973). 2022.006, Ser. 2, #1