LIBR 548G: Genealogy for Librarians WINTER SESSION, 2007-2008, TERM 2 School of Library, Archival and Information Studies The University of British Columbia

Genealogy Challenge

Question 1: Who did Samuel Milligan marry on January 2, 1861, according to the Gananoque Reporter, a local newspaper in Ontario?
Answer: Jane Kenny
Source: AVITUS

Question 2: According to civil registration records, how many people named Miller got married in British Columbia between (and including) the years 1900-1905?
Answer: 54
Source: B.C. Vital Events Indexes

Question 3: How many people surnamed Ramsay, born in 1860, were living in Prince Edward Island in 1881?
Answer: 6
Source: 1881 Canadian Census (FamilySearch)

Question 4: For what range of years are bishop's transcripts available on microfilm for the Parish Church of Porlock in Somerset, England?
Answer: 1594-1855
Source: Family History Library Catalogue (FamilySearch)

Question 5: How many people named Lalond or Lalonde were enumerated in Manitoba in the 1901 Canadian census? How many brothers and sisters were living in the same household as 19-year-old Bertha Lalonde in that census year?
Answer: 50; Bertha Lalonde was living with 3 brothers and 4 sisters.
Source: 1901 Automated Genealogy

Question 6: Who did Mary Lennox marry on 11 March 1820 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England?
Answer: Charles Augustus Fitzroy
Source: International Genealogical Index