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  • in reply to: Susan Veronica Doyle #5271

    Most of the birth records are in community lists and it would help greatly if you know the area of Newfoundland where she was born. One place to try is the FamilySearch database. They have her listed as Susan B Doyle and born in 1890. From the 1910 census in Rhode Island. You probably already have this info. She is listed as age 20 living with her aunt Ann Whitaway. It does not say she was from Newfoundland, just Canada. Ann’s father’s birthplace is listed as Ireland. You can view the entire record in FamilySearch. However the 1915 census lists her as age 22 with her aunt who is about 25-30 years older, still living in the same place.
    The FHSNL has a birth database which is not complete and currently out of order that perhaps may have some records.
    The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) have research centers in a lot of cities where they have microfilm of vital statistics records. Its a hard way to do research but I did a lot of that in the beginning. They don’t have all of the records digitized yet either.
    Short of that a visit to the archives in St John’s and looking at microfilms there is another avenue.

    Have you thought about doing a DNA test. It has proven effective for me to find relatives both near and distant and some of them could have the information you need. There is bound to be a few of them doing genealogy too. There are Facebook sites for people interested in Newfoundland family research. That is for sure a more modern and less paper intense way of getting more information. I would try that while you are doing the other.

    Also are there any relatives who could give you more info.

    Hope this helps

    Cathy Cavendish

    in reply to: Searles of Bell Island #4967

    Natalie – Sorry I did not get the message and just found it now. I am still pursuing the idea that Rev Hammond had which is the Searles were from Kent and the possibility it was Devon because most of the fishermen from England came from the west country. I have a tree in Ancestry under my username CJCavendish which is public. Living people are not visible but you can check out what I have done so far. I have the Searles as coming from Surrey at this time and as having a boat building business. Not a lot of proof these are the right Searles though. My email is cathyc@tx.com if you want to contact me.

    Thanks for posting.
    Cathy

    in reply to: Researching Shute of Harbour Grace #3558

    i have been looking at the Shute family using Ancestry for a while as my 2nd Great Grandmother on my fathers side was Amy Shute who married
    Joseph William Parsons
    1860 – 1943

    what info are you looking for. Do you have any family history or pictures?

    in reply to: Best genealogy site for NLers? #3555

    Actually I am very happy with Ancestry.com but I subscribed to the British site only. Since most of my Newfoundland ancestors came from Britain I have found this to be extremely useful. I have yet to try the world subscription and look for Newfoundland ancestors. True most of the Ancestry stuff can be found elsewhere, but isn’t it nice that you can go to one place instead of spending countless hours looking all over?

    It seems to me that most of the information on Newfoundland is still to be transcribed so if we want to see it online we should probably volunteer in that effort. It is very frustrating to belong to a society year after year and find the same information only, especially when I am in a different country and have no real access to the physical records themselves. I think the Family History society is trying hard to fix that so kudos to them. But I would like to see it in my lifetime.

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