... and, in truth, I am less interested in the genealogy than in the stories of the people -- some who are members of my large Anderson-Seton family, and some who are not.
In spite of that, my blog is being picked up by a number of genealogists.
Most recently the blog has been mentioned in a genealogical/archival research blog which you will find at blog.familyhistorysearches.com
The mention is on date January 21, 2011.
I do not know if the author wants to keep his/her name private so I will not mention the name of the person who wrote the note to me -- the blog is listed under Blair Archival Research with no profile information given.
The blog's author has listed ten genealogical blogs and other resources, with Fur Trade Family History at number 4.
I am honored by the mention and thank the owner of the blog.
But I noted with interest that one of these sites was a New Zealand genealogical blog, and as we know, many of Alexander Caulfield Anderson's descendents live in New Zealand.
Those of you who are genealogists might want to check out Blair Archival Research's list of blogs on blog.familyhistorysearches.com to see if you can find anything of interest to you.
One of the things I like most about this blog is that my readers (not all of whom are listed) are so willing to share their family stories with me.
Some of the people I have talked to are descended from fur traders or Natives who will be major characters in my next book.
Thanks to all of you for sharing your stories.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, June 6, 2009
The Beginning
This is the beginning of a blog which might make it easier for me to communicate with the many branches of my fur trade family -- the Scottish Anderson-Setons who had four brothers and one cousin in the fur trade of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the Scottish and French-Canadian Birnie-Beaulieus who had (at least) three generations in the fur trade of the North West Company. The Anderson-Setons are spread around the world; for the most part the descendents of James Birnie and Charlot Beaulieu (and Charlot's sister, Josephine, who married Joseph Rondeau and ended up in St. Paul) have remained in North America.
For those of you who are Anderson-Setons: you might look for the book, "The Unfortunate Ship; the Story of the H.M. Troopship Birkenhead," (George C. Harrop & Co. Ltd), which has lots of information about Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton of the 74th Highlanders, who drowned when the Birkenhead struck a rock off South Africa in 1852. (Note: not everything on this blog will be about the fur trade, but it will be about families who had members in the fur trade.) I found photocopied pages of this book in the Annie M. Angus files (PABC), but they were waterdamaged and I could not order copies. Also in her files I found another A.C. Anderson manuscript, apparently published in the 1871 Geological Magazine, and titled: "On changes of climate and Extinction of mammalia," sent to Prof. Rupert Jones in a letter dated Dec. 10th 1870. I also discovered that Annie Angus learned that James (A) gave A.C. of Cathlamet power of attorney in matters connected with the firm of Allen, Lowe & Co. of San Francisco, to assume a share of their business. In a November 1855 letter to Governor Simpson James (A) said that A.C. could invest money in the company with an 18-20% annual interest (3% per month).
My manuscript (the biography of A.C. Anderson) is almost completed and ready for submission to publisher -- again. Every time I complete this project the book is better. My sister and I are planning a quick trip through the interior of British Columbia, following the brigade trails around the province. I should get some excellent photos, and we'll have fun, too. This summer I'll also find out if the Royal B.C. Museum has more A. C. Anderson artifacts and will get photos of them too. Next week I am travelling to Vancouver to view a black & white copy of A.C. Anderson's 1867 map which was owned by R.C. Harris -- a fur trade historian/geographer. Harris wrote notes all over the map and I will discover if he learned anything important that I do not already know. I hope so. I look forward to learning something new.
For those of you who are Anderson-Setons: you might look for the book, "The Unfortunate Ship; the Story of the H.M. Troopship Birkenhead," (George C. Harrop & Co. Ltd), which has lots of information about Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton of the 74th Highlanders, who drowned when the Birkenhead struck a rock off South Africa in 1852. (Note: not everything on this blog will be about the fur trade, but it will be about families who had members in the fur trade.) I found photocopied pages of this book in the Annie M. Angus files (PABC), but they were waterdamaged and I could not order copies. Also in her files I found another A.C. Anderson manuscript, apparently published in the 1871 Geological Magazine, and titled: "On changes of climate and Extinction of mammalia," sent to Prof. Rupert Jones in a letter dated Dec. 10th 1870. I also discovered that Annie Angus learned that James (A) gave A.C. of Cathlamet power of attorney in matters connected with the firm of Allen, Lowe & Co. of San Francisco, to assume a share of their business. In a November 1855 letter to Governor Simpson James (A) said that A.C. could invest money in the company with an 18-20% annual interest (3% per month).
My manuscript (the biography of A.C. Anderson) is almost completed and ready for submission to publisher -- again. Every time I complete this project the book is better. My sister and I are planning a quick trip through the interior of British Columbia, following the brigade trails around the province. I should get some excellent photos, and we'll have fun, too. This summer I'll also find out if the Royal B.C. Museum has more A. C. Anderson artifacts and will get photos of them too. Next week I am travelling to Vancouver to view a black & white copy of A.C. Anderson's 1867 map which was owned by R.C. Harris -- a fur trade historian/geographer. Harris wrote notes all over the map and I will discover if he learned anything important that I do not already know. I hope so. I look forward to learning something new.
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