Amendments To: Tracing Your Saskatchewan Ancestors a Guide to the Records and How to Use Them 4Th Edition
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Amendments to: Tracing Your Saskatchewan Ancestors A Guide to the Records and How to Use Them 4th Edition Page i In the Table of Contents under Chapter 11, Ilene Johnson should be Ilene Johnston. Page ii In the Acknowledgements under Acknowledgments for the 4 th Edition , Ilene Johnson should be Ilene Johnston. Page 2 Additions to Saskatchewan Timeline 1911 - 01 June: Census of Canada taken 1916 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of the prairie provinces is taken 1921 - 01 June: Census of Canada taken 1926 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of the prairie provinces is taken 1936 - 01 June a census of prairie provinces is taken 1941 - 01 June: a census of Canada is taken 1946 - 01 June: a census of the prairie provinces is taken 1951 - 01 June: a census of Canada is taken 1956 - 01 June: the quinquennial census now includes all of Canada 1961 - 01 June: a census of Canada is taken 1965 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of Canada is taken 1971 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of Canada is taken 1976 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of Canada is taken 1981 - 01 June: a census of Canada is taken 1985 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of Canada is taken 1991 - 01 June: a census of Canada is taken 1995 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of Canada is taken 2001 - 01 June: a census of Canada is taken 2006 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of Canada is taken 2011 - 01 June: a census of Canada is taken 2012 - Family History Library adds index and images of Saskatchewan Probate Estate Files 1887 – 1931 to 1910 to http://www.family.search.org Family History Library adds index and images of Saskatchewan Roman Catholic Church records to 1910 to http://www.family.search.org 2013 - Family History Library images of Saskatchewan Provincial Records 1879 – 1987 (homestead files 1908) http://www.family.search.org Family History Library adds Saskatchewan Judicial District Court Records 1846- 1952 (Regina) 1910 to http://www.family.search.org - 1921 Census of Canada released and available on Ancestry.ca 2016 - 01 June: a quinquennial census of Canada is to be taken Page 5 Change in Web site address: Copyright Act http://www.laws.lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/index.html Page 7 Saskatchewan Cemetery Program Change in numbers - To date SGS has located more than 3,485 cemeteries …. At the end of the paragraph the following is added: The index is now available online. Name, spouse, parents, location, cemetery name, Rural Municipality and headstone information and photo if available. (Available to Value-Added membership) Saskatchewan Obituary File – At the end of the paragraph the following is added: The images will be available online to the Value-Added members in the near future. Saskatchewan Residents Index (SRI) Change to last sentence - Currently there are over 3.1 million names in the database. At the end of the paragraph the following is added: The index is now available online. More information about the source is available to Value-Added membership. Page 11 Name change in first paragraph: Genealogy and Family History http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html has two online guides to help one search for Aboriginal, Metis and Inuit ancestors in the records of the government of Canada: Additions and changes under Abbreviations and Internet Addresses AANDC - Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada http://www.aandc.gc.ca AM - Archives of Manitoba http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/index.html AFN - Assembly of First Nations http://www.afn.ca ACP - Aboriginal Canada Portal http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca CGC - Canadian Genealogy Centre http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html DIA - Department of Indian Affairs - now AANDC DIAD - Department of Indian Affairs - now AANDC FHL - Family History Library http://www.familysearch.org FSC - Family Search Centre - find the location and hours at the FHL address FNUC - First Nations University of Canada http://www.fnuniv.ca GDI - Gabriel Dumont Institute of Metis Studies and Applied Research http://www.gdins.org GFH - Genealogy and Family History http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html GLB - Glenbow Archives and Museum http://www.glenbow.org/collections/ HBC - Hudson’s Bay Company Archives http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca LAC - Library and Archives Canada http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html PAA - Provincial Archives of Alberta http://www.provincialarchives.alberta.ca MNC - Métis National Council http://www.metisnation.ca SAB - Saskatchewan Archives Board http://www.saskarchives.com Page 12 Replacement to the first Bibliography: The Canadian Atlas of Aboriginal Settlement. Regina , Saskatchewan: Gabriel Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research, 1994. Can be viewed online at the Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture. http://www.metismuseum.ca On the last line on the page there is a change in name: National Archives of Canada to Library and Archives Canada. Page 13 Change in word in first line: …Department of Indian Affairs were deposited at Delete the last line in the last paragraph: These paylists are available on microfilm through Interlibrary Loan. Page 15 Change to first paragraph: The Indian population was enumerated along with the general population. Check the chapter about census records to learn how to access these records. The Department of Indian Affairs also conducted its own annual census from 1871 - 1917. This was done when the annuity payments were made. Change to website address in fourth paragraph: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/indianaffairs/index-e.html . Page 16 Change to website address under Alternate Source: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/indianaffairs/index-e.html . Change to last line under Saskatchewan Archives Board – 1. Finding Aid GR – 18 : (Some of the Black Series are found online http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/index- e.html ). Page 17 3. Census Records – delete website address. Change to website address under Library and Archives Canada heading at bottom of page: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/anc Page 19 In #5 under Hints: In the second last sentence … through a Family History Center at the Church … Change to: Family Search Center. Add the following after Hint #5: Copies of the some of the scrip records are now found online at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/anc . 3. Church Records Change the sentence to the following: Consult the description about church records found in chapter 5. Page 21 Name changes under Family History Library, Salt Lake City The baptism, marriage and burial records were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah for the following churches. They are part of the Family History Library Collection and can be borrowed through a Family Search Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Check the Locality Catalog for more details about the records and the address and hours of operation for a Family Search Center near you. Below is the list of the church records available for Saskatchewan along with the Family History Library number. New bullet at the end of the page: The index and images are now available online at http://www.familysearch.org At the bottom of the page a new item is added: Hudsons' Bay Company Archives http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/index.html Many First Nation and Métis people were employed by the Hudson's Bay Company in a variety of capacities. The records of their activities may be found in the Post Records or in the Biographical Sheets. Both these files are found online along with the Post Maps. There is a Hudson's Bay Company Servants' Contract, 1776 - 1926 database at the archives. Another copy of the database is found at the Manitoba Genealogical Society Research Room. Page 22 New web site address under The Metis National Council Historical Online Database http://www.metisnationdatabase.ualberta.ca/MNC Page 23 Under B. Books - Change to second item: Canadian Atlas of Aboriginal Settlement . Regina, Saskatchewan: Gabriel Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research, 1994. Can be viewed online at the Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture. http://www.metismuseum.ca Addition before the third item (Devine): Briggs, Elizabeth. "An Introduction to the Database for HBC Servants' Contracts, 1776 - 1926." Generations, Journal of Manitoba Genealogical Society, 37 (December 2012), 38 (February 2013) and (May, 2013.) Addition after the third item (Devine): Doucette, Robert, editor. Archival Resource Guide for Aboriginal Issues . Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2009. Replacement for Hanowski, Laura M.,….: Hanowski, Laura M., editor. Tracing Your Aboriginal Ancestors in the Prairie Provinces: a guide to the records and how to use them. 2nd edition. Regina: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 2013. Page 24 Addition after Poirer, Thelma, editor … and before Ray, Arthur J. Indians …: Ray, Arthur J, Jim Miller, and Frank G. Tough, Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties , Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2000. Page 27 Top of page – change in fax #: Saskatchewan Archives Board Regina Office (SAR) Fax: (306) 787-1197 Page 28 Change in fax #: City of Regina Archives Fax: (306) 777-6809 Change in web site address: City of Saskatoon Archives Web site: http://www.saskatoon.ca/ Page 29 Change in e-mail and web site: Moose Jaw Public Library Archives Department E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.moosejawlibrary.ca/archives Correction in address: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives PO Box 1208, 205 5th Avenue Page 31 Change in first address at top of page: Lutheran Church Canada Central District 3074 Portage Avenue Winnipeg MB R3K 0Y2 Toll-free: 1-800-663-5673 Fax: (204)832-7242 Web site: http://www.lcccentral.ca Page 32 Under 6.