Monthly Blog - July, 2006

March 2007

I have returned to my postings, but on more of a monthly basis, rather than weekly. Not that I don't have enough to say, but I don't have enough time to say it. With deadlines and a book in the wings that must be finished by years’ end, time is scarce as of late.

The weather this month had been “wintery”, in that we have had snow and a few days of cold temperatures. Brr!

Those who belong to ISFHWE, their newsletter, “Columns”, is out this month. This is a very good group to belong to, for they are lively and keep you up-to-date on the various latest events that goes on in writers’ lives. I met the past-president, George Morgan, at last year's Ontario Genealogical Society Seminar (in fact, I attended the seminar for that very reason), and found him to be not just a most enjoyable person, but a very informative and interesting lecturer, as well.

My column is in every issue, and although you have to be member, the dues are very reasonable. I think you would enjoy it.

I hope to interview fellow members of Canada in the future to put in the newsletter.

On March 10th, my husband and I went to the Media Club of Ottawa's monthly meeting, which was a full day conference. Although the weatherman said freezing rain that day, we missed it because it didn't start until after we got there, and by the time we went home (around 5 o'clock), it was over.

We left home at 6:30 in morning to go to Ottawa to pick up June Coxon, a fellow member of the club, and had some lovely coffee and doughnuts along the way.

Congratulations to the Nova Scotia Archives and Record Management for putting the vital statistics online the third week in March.

I, like so many others, had been waiting for them to do this for a long time, and they finally did. It is in a very readable format.

Civil registration was required in Nova Scotia from 1864, and these records are what the archives have put online.

Go to <www.novascotiagenealogy.com> to see the full extent of the records.

I will give an article about it in the next issue of Internet Genealogy magazine and one in my regular column, “Canadian Connections”, on <www.GenealogyToday.com>.

On March 20th, we went to see a one-woman, one-act play about Lucy Maud Montgomery, as performed by Anne Kathleen McLaughlin of Douglas, Ontario at the Ottawa Public Library.

We picked up a friend of ours, went to the play, and we all had a wonderful time. We met friends from the writing community and had tea/coffee and cookies to go along our regular gabfest.

Anne is a member of the Canadian Authors Association (CAA). We met her after the performance and wished her luck as she performs the play next year. She hopes to perform it across Canada.

The rest of the month was taken up with the PWAC newsletter and my own <www.GenealogyCanada.com> news report.

See you next month!