Re: Hi Toni re: Peterborough research

["Brian Sinclair" <bsinclar@eagle.ca>]

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Sorry guess I should have changed the subject matter to reflect the new
topic, Brian Sinclair
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> From: Brian <bsinclar@eagle.ca>
> To: sinclair@zilker.net
> Subject: Re: Bagpipes
> Date: January 14, 1999 2:21 PM
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> Hi Toni, just going through the email when I came across yours. Sorry for
> the delay, but between digging out the snow drifts and working the time
> slipped. I will be in Peterborough on Feb 1st for a few hours. I will  be
> waiting for my mother in law to finish an appointment and could try to
find
> the info for you. I know the city pretty good as it's where I was born,
and
> I spent two years going to college there. Let me know okay? If you don't
> still have my email its bsinclar@eagle.ca. Regards, Brian Sinclair,
> Cobourg, Ontario
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> > From: Antonia Sinclair <asflwr@cujo2.icom.ca>
> > To: sinclair@zilker.net
> > Subject: Bagpipes
> > Date: January 10, 1999 11:48 PM
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> > Hello Marilyn
> > 
> > Since you and I live a reasonable distance from Buffalo, I assume that
we
> both get PBS broadcast service from either ch 17 or 23.  I wasn't able to
> find the program everyone was discussing regarding the Bagpipes listed
> today.  Did you
> > catch it?  I would dearly love to see it.
> > 
> > How are you making out with your research?  Just when I was ready to
give
> up on    my Neil S. and accept the fact that he was born, but I would
never
> find out when, where, and the son of whom - I was surfing the net,and
found
> the little newspaper from the Isle of Islay.  In it they have a book
review
> of Islay 
> > related books, and one was by a Dr. Storrie about the island, and
> apparently
> > she had visited the village of Islay, Ontario while doing her research
on
> the
> > islanders who left.  Well, that is where our Sinclairs first settled,
so
> I am
> > ordering the book, and will try to correspond with the author to
exchange
> > information.  Never give up!
> > 
> > Here is another suggestion for you.  You could try to write the Chamber
> of Commerce or public library in the area where your ancestors were at a
> particular time and ask if there are any local books written about the
> people of that time.  In the area of Islay, Ontario, there were several
> books written by local people about  neighbouring towns and townships. 
> I've collected some of them, and there is always a bit of information. 
> When I found out that 2 of Neils sons were drowned while trying to
> transport an Anglican minister across a river in 1847, I was able to find
a
> paragraph about the minister in one of the books.  It gave the name of
the
> newspaper in Peterborough which ran the story.  I'm planning to go up to 
> P. soon to try to get a copy.  Because both sons were unmarried, it
> > might mention something about their parents. You never know!
> > 
> > Good luck with your research.
> > 
> > Toni
> > 
> > 
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