How quickly time pasts! Usually as the snow melts and the Spring weather comes to be, genealogists start to put away their files to enjoy the nice weather. Well, it appears that some are still indoors until the rain passes (although we've had some fantastic weather as of late!).

Last week I received your typical Ancestry email "I am researching the .... family and would like to know if you had more information". The sender was looking for more information on the Mackenzie family and more specifically on William Mackenzie (b. 15 Oct 1858, d. 26 Apr 1938), my great grandfather. Turns out that the sender of the email was my second cousin, 1x removed in law a descendent of Harry Mackenzie (b. 1866, d. 1934). While my great grandfather left Scotland for Canada, his brothers Harry and Daniel left for Australia. It was an absolute joy to receive that email as I was not aware that Harry had gotten married and had children. So, we are now in the process of exchanging information. The Australian laws are much more stringent when it comes to privacy of living individuals but I'm eager to learn what information I can of those that are no longer living.

Then today I received an email from Vivian Boulos who had helped me with much of the information that I have on the Rice family. Vivian has been extremely busy researching collateral lines of the Rice families. I will be doing what I can to help Vivian. Meanwhile the latest data has been posted to the website.


Enjoy the beautiful weather!

Bill