This might help you in your quest for family tree branches. I write a self-syndicated, weekly genealogy column in eight Maritime newspapers, two in P.E.I., The Guardian, Charlottetown and the Journal Pioneer, Summerside (bi-weekly); three in New Brunswick newspapers, The Times and Transcript in Moncton; The Miramichi Leader in Newcastle, Miramichi City; The King’s County Record, Sussex and three in Nova Scotia, The Daily News, Truro and The Bulletin and The Progress Enterprise, Bridgewater and Lunenburg, N.S.. Part of each column is devoted to FREE queries from family researchers. Queries should be submitted in the same form as the sample below, using a maximum of 35 words PLUS forwarding address information. Include your snail mail address for readers who are not hooked to the Internet.

Forward your query to this email and please type Missing Links in the subject line. If you prefer one newspaper over the other, please indicate preference in a separated note -- although it may not always be possible to comply with your preference.
Primary coverage areas: All of Prince Edward Island. In New Brunswick for The Times & Transcript are: Albert, Kent, Kings, Northumberland and Westmorland counties. Area covered by The Leader is primarily Northumberland County. The King’s County Record coverage area is primarily Kings County. The Truro Daily News covers all of Colchester
County, parts of southern Cumberland County and east Hants County in Nova Scotia. The Bulletin and Progress Enterprise cover Lunenburg and Queens counties in Nova Scotia.

SAMPLE QUERY

HORSMAN - Who were parents of Alice Horsman born 1820 - died 1872;
married David James Mills (1816-1885). They lived in Moncton, N.B.
Children: Rezin, Agusta, James Ira, Amasa, Dimock, Harriet, David,
Alice, Margaret and Stephen. Contact: Sandra Devlin, 81 Weston St.,
Moncton, N.B., E1A 7B8; E-mail: devlin7@ibm.net

Tips:
1. Keep your query focussed and provide useful clues for P.E.I., New Brunswick or Nova Scotian "cousins."
2. Write individual queries for different family groups.

3. Separate notes to me (Sandra Devlin) from the query itself.
4. Write out words like born, died, married, daughter, etc. The column’s readership is not always accustomed to the shorthand of experienced family researchers.
5. Write dates -- month, date, year - same logic as above.
6. PLEASE do not capitalize surnames in the text of query, only at the
beginning.

Looking forward to receiving your query.

Sandra Devlin
Missing Links
devlin7@ibm.net
Bio at: http://globalgenealogy.com/authsd.htm