Archives Database

Series consists of electronic files received as e-mail attachments or as floppy disks all in WordPerfect 7. Also includes two databases in DBTextworks designed in-house to hold files converted from WordPerfect : I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Emigrants and I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Sponsors. The Emigrants database contains 682 records and the Sponsors database contains 103 records.

The Jackman Foundation

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

SCA162-GA136-10-1190
File
[199-?]

Part of The Petworth Project fonds.

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."

The Jackman Foundation

Petworth database, disk 1.

SCA162-GA136-10-1191
File
[199-?]

Part of The Petworth Project fonds.

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)".

The Jackman Foundation

Petworth database, disk 2.

SCA162-GA136-10-1192
File
[199-?]

Part of The Petworth Project fonds.

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".

The Jackman Foundation

Canadian sources.

SCA162-GA136-10-1193
File
[199-?]

Part of The Petworth Project fonds.

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.

The Jackman Foundation

Family Information Sheets : Questionnaires and Data

SCA162-GA136-2
Series
1979-1999

Part of The Petworth Project fonds.

Series consists of questionnaires and other data collected from descendants and other informants about families. It is arranged alphabetically by family name of the Petworth emigrant with the name of the correspondent(s) also noted in the file title. These files contain correspondence to and from Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude and Brenda Dougall Merriman, as well as questionnaires and photocopies from sources containing information about individuals or families.

The Jackman Foundation

Johnston, Baptist (George Sockett).