2006 Newsletters

February Issue: Volume 31, Number 1, 2006

Here is the table of contents of the February, 2006 Newsletter and a brief description of each article:

1. Feature Article:

  • Joe “Bunn” Gaudet (1880-1933), by Faye Pound, Page 1.

2. P.E.I. Genealogical Society and Executive, Page 2.

3. Table of Contents, Page 3.

4. Society News and Notes:

  • Society News. Page 4.
  • Membership Application, Page 4.

5. From the President’s Desk, Page 6.

6. P.E.I. Genealogical Society General Meeting, page 6.

7. What You Can Find on Old Tombstones, Page 10.

8. Islanders and the United States World War One Draft Card Registration, Page 12.

9. You Know You’re a Genealogist’s Spouse When, by author unknown, Page 28.

10. Various Items of Interest, Page 30.

11. Publications for Sale, Page 31

12. Cemetery Transcripts, Page 33

13. Order Form, Page 39


April Issue: Volume 31, Number 2, 2006

Here is the table of contents of the April, 2006 Newsletter and a brief description of each article:

1. Feature Article:

  • The Charlottetown Boyhood of Robert Harris, by Robert C. Tuck, Page 1.

2. P.E.I. Genealogical Society and Executive, Page 2.

3. Table of Contents, Page 3.

4. Society News and Notes:

  • Society News. Page 4.
  • Membership Application, Page 4.

5. From the President’s Desk, Page 6.

6. P.E.I. Genealogical Society General Meetings, page 5.

7. Informed Consent Requirement on the 2006 census, Page 8.

8. Losing Links to the Past, by Allan MacRae, Page 13.

9. News from the McNaught History Centre and Archives, by Fred Horne, Page 14.

10. Family Reconstitution, Page 15.

11. The Sutherland and Melrose Cottage of Sea View, by Faye Pound, Page 17.

12. Guernsey Cove: Community of the Homesteads, by Robert C. Tuck, Page 21

13. Various Items of Interest, Page 31.

14. Publications for Sale, Page 32.

15. Cemetery Transcripts, Page 34.

16. Order Form, Page 40.


September Issue: Volume 31, Number 3, 2006

Here is the table of contents of the September, 2006 Newsletter and a brief description of each article:

1. Feature Article:

  • The Summerside Fire of 1906, Page 1.

2. P.E.I. Genealogical Society and Executive, Page 2.

3. Table of Contents, Page 3.

4. Society News and Notes:

  • Society News. Page 4.
  • Membership Application, Page 4.

5. From the President’s Desk, Page 5.

6. Belfast Historical Society Presented with La Petite Nyctale, page 6.

7. The Site of the Tignish Train Wreck, by Keith Pratt, Page 7.

8. Wellington’s Name Well Chosen, by Arthur Pratt, Page 8.

9. Abram’s Village Farm in Same Family Since Before 1828, by Mary Baker, Page 9.

10. Jessie A. Wright Farm at North Bedeque, by Faye Pound, Page 12.

11. The Furious Gale of November 1906, by Allan MacRae, Page 15.

12. Thomas John LaForest, by J. Jacques Saint-Onge, Page 17.

13. MacEachern Genealogy, compiled and submitted by Elizabeth and William Glen, Page 22.

14. Publications for Sale, Page 32.

15. Cemetery Transcripts, Page 34.

16. Order Form, Page 40.


November Issue: Volume 31, Number 4, 2006

Here is the table of contents of the November, 2006 Newsletter and a brief description of each article:

1. Feature Article:

  • It Would Seem That Island Tourism Really began in 1890, Page 1.

2. P.E.I. Genealogical Society and Executive, Page 2.

3. Table of Contents, Page 3.

4. Society News and Notes:

  • Society News. Page 4.
  • Membership Application, Page 4.

5. From the President’s Desk, Page 5.

6. P.E.I. Genealogical Society General Meeting, page 5.

7. Discovering our Chinese Roots, by Lori A. Mayne, Page 7.

8. 1861 Census Abstract of General Comments, by William M. Glen CG(C) and Elizabeth A. Glen CG(C), Page 8.

9. Back to Where it Belongs, by Mary MacKay, Page 19.

10. Historical Account of the Acadian Community in Summerside, by Georges Arsenault, Page 21.

11. Alexander MacDonald and Dalvay-by-the-Sea, by Judith Tulloch, Page 23.

12. The Mikmaq Church, by Allan MacRae, Page 28.

13. St. Ann’s Church, Lennox Island, PEI, by Dorothy Griffin-Farish, Page 29.

14. Some Interesting Items from Island Newspapers, submitted by Linda Harding, Page 31.

15. Publications for Sale, Page 32.

16. Cemetery Transcripts, Page 34.

17. Order Form, Page 40.