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The Petworth Project fonds.

  • SCA162-GA136
  • Fonds
  • 1979-2000

Consists of material relating to the research for, writing and publication of two volumes relating to the Petworth Emigration Scheme: Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada : the Petworth Project, 1832-1837 / by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, and English immigrant voices : labourers letters from Upper Canada in the 1830's, both of which were published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2000.

The files retained by the Project fall into three broad categories :

1) the "results of genealogical research in England and the family history files used in creating the list in Part 2 of Assisting emigration;
2) files relating to research in Canadian genealogical resources;
3) files dealing with the process and creation of the books."

Included are correspondence among the primary researchers and to and from individuals relating to families and individual emigrants, data sheets and electronic databases relating to Petworth emigrants and sponsors, photocopies of original correspondence and documents, research notes, drafts and working papers relating to the editing of the final manuscripts.

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Petworth database, disk 2.

Disk 2 contains five WordPerfect 7 files on one floppy disk, 3.25":
1832-37-base: 199 p. document with endfield and endrecord tags, no field names.
Basefile.tmp: could not open.
baselist.mrg.frm: list of fields for database, 1 p.
Note from donors: "The 1832-37-base represents the database for just the 1832-1837 emigrants. Our printed list was generated from this base."
sponsors.bas: 26 p. document, field names do not show, endfield tags and endrecord tags show.
sponsors.mrg: list of field names, 1 p.
Note from donors: "Information on sponsors of the emigration was kept on a separate data base. This data base is not complete".

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Petworth database, disk 1.

Disk 1 contains three WordPerfect files on one floppy disk, 3.25": Base.mrg, Basefile.bas.wp, Basefile.1st. Base.mrg contains a list of field names, 1 p. Basefile.bas.wp is a database file with field names and tags appearing, 234 p. Basefile.1st is a 243 p. document with field and record end tags appearing but no field names appearing. Note from the donors : "These files represent our main database collected from English and printed sources and from information received from descendants. The material collected by Brenda in Canadian sources is in a separate data base (sent as e-mail attachments in May 2001)".

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Petworth Emigration Project : Part two : a list of Petworth emigrants, 1832-1837 : 1832-7~pri.wpd.

Part two as it went to the publishers. Consists of a 394 p. WordPerfect file on one floppy disk, 3.25". Note from the donors : "This version does not contain any changes made in proof. The list was compiled from our main database (English research); information from the Canadian research was added by Mary and reviewed by Brenda."

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Canadian sources.

Information collected by Brenda Dougall Merriman from Canadian sources and sent as e-mail attachments. The documents are in Wordperfect 7: Adelaide group files.dat; Essex group files.dat; Miscellaneous group.dat; Woodstock group files.dat; York group files.dat. Photocopies of these documents have been made.

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Letters : edit : research : correspondence with Ellen McGannety.

Material relating to research done by Ellen McGannety on the Petworth emigrants prior to the start of the project. Consists of ts. memoranda (computer output)
Note on folder: Ellen is a genealogist who gathers information for Father Jackman. Over the years, Father Jackman showed us material she collected on people who were, or might be, descended from Petworth emigrants.

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Illustrations.

Material relating to research on illustrations. This folder consists of research on illustrations from Canadian sources. This folder contains correspondence and photocopies of illustrations.

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Byron : maps 2000.

Material relating to English maps by Susan Rowland and Canadian maps by Byron Moldofsky. This folder contains correspondence, draft maps and working papers.

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Brenda's research : clusters : Wentworth Group.

Material relating to the settlement of Petworth emigrants in Wentworth County. Consists of Wendy Cameron's file on research by Brenda Dougall Merriman. This folder contains correspondence, ts. and ms. notes (originals and photocopies).

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Brenda's research : Petworth letters : analysis.

Material relating to research done by Brenda Dougall Merriman into aspects of the Petworth emigrants' experiences in Canada based on analysis of their letters. This folder contains ms. tables (originals and photocopies).

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Sheila and Leigh research files : Sheila, Leigh : mobility : Northchapel.

Material relating to the mobility of individuals in Northchapel through analysis of baptismal records. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project". This folder includes ms. and ts. notes (photocopies).

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Sheila and Leigh research files : Leigh : maiden names.

Material relating to maiden names of female Petworth emigrants. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project". This folder includes ts. list (photocopy).

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Sheila and Leigh research files : Sheila : women.

Material relating to analysis of data on women emigrants. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project". This folder includes ms. and ts. notes (photocopies)
Note on folder: 51 of 121 (known date of marriage and of baptism of first child) had their first child baptized within 9 months of marriage.

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Sheila and Leigh research files : Sheila, Leigh : literacy, mobility.

Material relating to evidence of literacy gathered from marriage registers and evidence of mobility gathered from census data for Northchapel. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project". This folder includes ms. and ts. notes (photocopies).

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Sheila and Leigh research files : SRH : Parish records of Withyham, East Sussex.

Material relating to schools and literacy in the Parish of Withyham, East Sussex, through evidence found in the parish records. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project". This folder includes ms. and ts. notes (photocopies).

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Sheila and Leigh research files : Sheila, Leigh : mobility, children's baptisms.

Material relating to locations of baptisms providing possible evidence of family mobility. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project". This folder includes ms. and ts. notes (photocopies).

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Sheila and Leigh research files : Leigh Lawson, "Jackman family mobility," Sept. 1994.

Material relating to the Jackman family. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project". This folder contains 10 p. ts. draft and working papers (photocopies) for a paper entitled "The mobility of the Jackman family" by Leigh Lawson.

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Sheila and Leigh research files : SRH : master list.

Material relating to analysis of the master list by aspects of interest to the primary researchers in Canada, such as occupation, mobility, literacy. Consists of a research file from Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson. A note in the file states that the research files "include material prepared outside the Petworth Project"
Note on folder: Movement of families in England, occupation in England, literacy.

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Woodstock petitions : Blandford.

Material relating to the settlement of Petworth emigrants in Oxford County. This folder contains photocopies of documents from the Archives of Ontario.

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Woodstock petitions : AO RG1 : Upper Canada land petitions : Woodstock.

Material relating to the settlement of Petworth emigrants in Oxford County. This folder contains photocopies from the Archives of Ontario RG1 L3, v. 534: Upper Canada Land petitions W, bundle 19, 1835-1836
Notes on folder : Petition for sale of town lots (need a market); Henry Harwood among those who signed; not directly connected to Petworth emigrants and their lots.

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Woodstock secondary sources.

Material relating to the settlement of Petworth emigrants in Oxford County. This folder contains correspondence, photocopies from published sources, ms. notes and working papers.

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Woodstock secondary sources.

Material relating to the settlement of Petworth emigrants in Oxford County. This folder contains correspondence and photocopy of a town plot.

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Oxford County : Blandford.

Material relating to the settlement of Petworth emigrants in Oxford County. This folder contains ms. notes on published sources.

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