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Page SECTION A THE HFBALD Wedneday October 183 Walking through graveyards genealogists seek clues to roots Writer If you don t mind por ing over dusty old books or tramping through muddy graveyards that may be overrun with weeds then It may be the hobby for you If you like putties and enjoy mysteries well then genealogy could be for you An Agatha Christie fan Elaine of Balntow Crescent in Georgetown is an addic ted genealogist With a curious and probing mind she thrills to travel clue by clue backwards in tune Genealogy Is re cording of a very per sonal history It a the tracing through time of your ancestral roots Gathering up family stories and using all manner of Ingenuous linking up of dues from available resources Mrs has trac her family roots back to 1760 to a marriage on Scotland Isle of Mull HISTORY BUFF Naturally enough one t surprised to learn that Mrs la a history buff President of the member HaltonPeel branch of the Ontario logic Society OGS she to also president the SO- member Historical Society With families being so dispersed these days just to get a sense of family people are tag into their ancest Mrs Bertrand said in an effort to explain the growing interest In the hobby There are branches of the Ontario Genea logical Society and the members are getting younger all the time she said Ten years ago who to buried In the plots In many cases the original records have been destroyed In afire BURNED just give up when they say church records ore lost or burn ed Mrs said A lot of churches have their own minister Services were Vliil 11 get all kinds of Inform tlon there says history buff and genealogist Elaine Bertrand The older stone like that of Robert Maw In Greenwood Cemetery la Georgetown give much more Information than current stones This burial marking tells us Mr Maw died Jane IMt stage and that he was a native of Yorkshire England Many older stones have lovely old verse carved them si well genealogist average age was Now at least half are in their 30s with young children Mrs Bertrand laughed The starting point for any aspiring genealogist is the current genera WRITE IT DOWN The first thing you do is write down every thing you think you know Mrs advised Talk to your relatives and get Infor mation from them Never take anything as absolute gospel She cited the example church recorda assumed her family was information Mrs Anglican all the way advises using the back and grew frustra ted when she find church records for a marriage In Ihe local area Anglican churches Don assume that because your family was always Anglican that they were married in the Anglican Church Mrs said Perhaps there t a minister at that church at the time and the marriage was perform by a Methodist mini CENSUS ides checking census that began In 1B42 They can be order ed by township from the public library and come from the National Archives in Ottawa As well cemeteries are a great source of Information Packing along a piece of chalk Mrs Bertrand walks among the atones and if Ihey are difficult to read she runs her chalk over them to moke the letters visible on a piece of paper cemeteries per cent have been stud and records made by the local genealogical socie ty Cemetery ccordina tor Mrs said every branch of the OGS to malting of You take yourself to the church archives and find out what circuit a church was on and hunt the records accordingly Sometimes church records were sitting in tay private homes and sometimes a minister transferred to another church and took the re cords with him Mrs Bertrand noted Find out where he went Hunting up a new approach when you think you ve reached a dead end la part of the challenge of genealogy and certainly the attrac tion of it There always some little detail nagging for more atten tion that could unravel the mystery For more information about genealogy contact Mrs Computers for sale COST Computer Order Saving Terminus Inc has a Georgetown representative Trover Cannon This new customer service operates as a purchasing agent working for the buyer Says president Dave Wilson all orders are Initiated by the buyer The customer facta tne minor Inconvenience of prepaying the rder and waiting a couple of weeks for delivery but It also means we can operate on a commission of only 10 per cent over dealer cost Orders are forwarded by mail to COST Downsvlew headquarters where they are fed Into a computer for processing COST then buys the Item from the manufacturer and arranges for shipment to the customer Mr Cannon can be reached at the HERALD Community Contact Centre training session starts Tuesday Three months abroad Norval woman learns about UKs farming The fall training sessl The service la on for volunteers with confidentially operated the North Halton Con by coring volunteers tact Centre starts next some of whom have Tuesday been with the centre One of two training Its inception sessions held each year the program prepares Volunteers cau sever- volunteers for calls they elderly townspeople will have to deal with dally to check their EDITOR S NOTE The separate ways to live following a brief with our English fa mi account Norval lies for three weeks resident Carol Reld The official exchange recent exchange visit to trip concluded at the the United Kingdom Royal Agricultural On the rainy evening Show where we renewed of May WW four friendships with inter Ontario Junior farmers Bruce Johnston of Perth Lilly Ann Detna nan of Peterborough Lois Van Camp of Dur ham and myself Carol national delegates met along the way and said goodbye to our English friends The families I stayed with and the people I met are of Peel headed off very special and the to the United Kingdom memories of the three Our adventure started months ore cherished in beautifully green In closing I extend Northern Ireland where we stayed for two weeks on family farms Al though security was tight in towns and ci ties I was very Im d by the friendly my deepest thanks the ministry or culture and food and to the Junior Farmers Association of Ontario for providing this ln a lifetime warm hospitality shown Also a big thank you me by my hosts to my family and It was still raining friends for their when we arrived In a gement and support Scotland but DELEGATE the dark weather didn I W I met at the dampen our spirits as home of Marie Murray we learned about their on Sepl with mem bers and four visitors Business the I convention in Guelph Oct and SI where play tourist and see the Anne Wilson will be a sights in London Eng delegate The theme Is land before going our It a small World A dessert luncheon and euchre is planned for Oct with Amy Burke Jean May and NoreenVan as committee The Tweedamuir HI story Book is to be displayed tonight Wed at the Esques Ing Historical Society meeting in Knox Pres byterian Church in Georgetown Jean May reported from the district directors meeting and announced Nov will be District Night Guest speaker of the evening was Jennifer of Norval who displayed rice paper lamp shades and Christmas of fell Ser and candle hold- era were made by her audience Ten years old this Nov 15 the centre Is changing its name from the Contact Centre to the North Distress Centre The change In name Is to make it more uniform with other centres in the province The service won change and it will still be known as the Contact Centre to those who know It as such In honor of lis tenth birthday the centre is holding a party for present and former volunteers STATISTICS Over the past six months the centre along with six others In Ontario has been com piling statistics for the Ministry of Health The statistics will help the ministry Identify needs in the commu If a service Is lacking the will show It Thus the mini can move to deve lop services to meet those needs well being and give them someone to talk with With Halton Hills GERRE ELECTRC WHOLESALE on Lighting an hind EntradlMoontslot fulrangaofatocttlc Armttreng An DENTURE therapy CUNIC J Kohan DT 122 St Georgetown Phone 8778974 BUSINESS DIRECTORY CREDIT VALLEY WATERSHED PLAN OPEN HOUSE The Credit Conservation Authority has completed a plan tor program priorities tor the next twenty years The puble are cordially to following open nouses to review and make comments on too Watershed Plan Copies the Watershed Plan are available on ban from centra puttie libraries In Brampton Caledon Erin andOrangev Do and the eddVainserv3tlon Authority Ontario A CVO Office St R E Clipsham Limited Surveyors Consulting Engineers nvlw tooth QMTtMtWItl out WW MAP 2 MAP 3 For contact CREDIT VALLEY CONSERVATION AUTHORITY ONTARIO WATERBED COUNTRY 1 30 uelph St Georgetown CHRISTMAS NOW 5 Off With This Ad NOBODY BUT NOBODY BEATS OUR 8731126 STORE THURS WED THURS SAT 10am9ptn 530pm NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE To the by of The Reg Municipal ty of will be closing a on of Roglonal Road No 43 No Side Road at la wllri the In Town of Halt H a Tom 9 00AM Thursday October 27 1 983 until 5 P M Saturday December 1 0 1 983 The Rood wit open lot local access only till being much of a rural area Isolation la a problem for many from old to young Many moms call to talk over their concerns with another adult and young men In need of a befriending ear find help at the centre when talking to parents won t LEARN TO DRIVE THIS FALL SPECIAL 4 WEEK COURSE STARTING OCTOBER 1983 WED THURS 16 MOUNTAJNVEW RD S GEORGETOWN 8770751 OVER GRADUATES RECOMMEND Young Drivers of Canada 1983 MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOTICE TO ELECTORS The Poling Date for election to fl the vacancy of the office of Area Coundors Ward to be held on October 1 983 during the hours of 1 1 00 a m to A notice has been malted to qualified electors in Ward 2 advising the location of their poBng places It Is requested that each elector present his notification card at the pots An Advance Pol be held on October 15th 1983 during hours of a m to 00 m for electors who expect to be 1983 at the following location Municipal Administration Building Trafalgar Road Subject to certain conditions an elector may vote by proxy by ap pointing in writing on the prescribed form a person who Is to vote in this election Such appointment te not unless certified by the Clerk not later than 5 00 o clock in the afternoon of October 24th 1983 Forms referred to are obtainable from the Clerks Of Dated this day of October 1983 Richardson Clerk Administrator and Returning Offfcer Town of HBb Main Street South HILLS Georgetown Ontario L7G4X1 mi