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Notice to all: Please scroll to the bottom of this page for information about the Island Register's new free weekly e-newsletter. It has become very popular, with over 2053 receiving it each Friday! In each issue, you will find notes of the latest changes and additions on the Island Register, but more importantly, news items from the Genealogical, Historical, and Heritage communities of Prince Edward Island, and other items of interest to all.

Island Lady talking on a candlestick phone. From the MacInnis family album of Glen William, PEI. Dan MacInnis tells me it could be a lady in Charlottetown, Glen William, or Pt. Prim, possibly a Murchison or MacQueen. Anyone recognize her?

Check out our Telephone on PEI pages frequently for new telephone History, new additions to both our virtual museum, and to our physical telephone museums!

• May 09 2008 - Burdge-related photos added to our "Mystery Photo" Page!

• May 08 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to May 08 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Week till May 09 2008 - 1 Family file(s) added, 1 file(s) updated on our Lineages page bringing our total to 1024. This is the date of the most recent change/addition only.

• May 06 2008 - Buchanan photos added to our "Mystery Photo" Page!

• May 01 2008 - A Yorston Family History by Harrington Samuel Yorston and transcribed by Richard Yorston on our "Diary Index" Menu!

• Apr 30 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Apr 30 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Apr 29 2008 - "Apprenticeship document between William Smith and W.B. Allin - 1869 " added to our "Fenceviewers and Other Lists" page!

• Apr 23 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Apr 23 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Apr 17 2008 - A Northport Kitchen Table Interview: Reg MacLellan and Wilf Gaudin on Alberton and Rumrunning Times - taped interview transcribed by Faye Pound added to our "Diary Index" Menu!

• Apr 16 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Apr 16 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Apr 11 2008 - The PEIGS site has been moved over to the new server, providing a major speed increase in large CMNI searches. The PEIGS site retains its old URL: http://www.peigs.ca

• Apr 09 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Apr 09 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Apr 08 2008 - Robinson/Dolman photos added to our "Mystery Photo" Page!

• Apr 04 2008 - Souris Area Mystery photos added to our "Mystery Photo" Page!

• Apr 02 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Apr 02 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Mar 29 2008 - The Will of James McDonald (1795-1849, Brae, Lot 9), added to our "Will Database" Page for a total of 443 posted wills and administrations!

• Mar 29 2008 - Letter from Patrick Gormley, July 03 1854 added to our "Letters to and from PEI Index" Page.

• Mar 27 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Mar 26 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Mar 23 2008 - Postcard link from the Register's Main page is active again, as are the "Refer" links at the top of each page of the Island Register

• Mar 23 2008 - Letter from Frederick R. Goodman, September 15 1855 added to our "Letters to and from PEI Index" Page.

• Mar 21 2008 - Centenarians List updated on our "Centenarians" Page!

• Mar 21 2008 - The Will of Neil McDonald (-1858, Brae), added to our "Will Database" Page for a total of 442 posted wills and administrations!

• Mar 21 2008 - Summerside Mystery photo added to our "Mystery Photo" Page!

• Mar 20 2008 - At 3 p.m., the Island Register site was moved to a new server. The address will remain the same.

• Mar 19 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Mar 19 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Mar 12 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Mar 12 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Mar 08 2008 - A History of Greenwich, PEI added to our "Diary Index" Page!

• Mar 05 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Mar 05 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Feb 27 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Feb 27 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Feb 27 2008 - A large number of items from the Boston Daily Atlas on the PEI Gale of 1851 added to our "Yankee Gale" Page!

• Feb 20 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Feb 20 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Feb 18 2008 - 3 new landscape photos added to our "Mystery Photo" Page!

• Feb 17 2008 - Letter from Phillip Livingston, London to father, Peter Can Brugh Livingston, April 26, 1770 added to our "Letters to and from PEI Index" Page.

• Feb 13 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Feb 13 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Feb 10 2008 - Query Book 2007 entries archived!

• Feb 10 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers (Br to Bz) added to our "Prior Death Notices" Page!

• Feb 09 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers (Ba to Br) added to our "Prior Death Notices" Page!

• Feb 06 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Feb 06 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Feb 04 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers (A Surnames), prior to 2005 added to our "Prior Death Notices" Page!

• Jan 30 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jan 30 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Jan 27 2008 - Letter from Benjamin Daniel Simmons [13 Aug., 1876-30 Jan., 1943] added to our "Letters to and from PEI Index" Page.

• Jan 19 2008 - "Some Islanders who served with the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment" WWII added to our "Fenceviewers and Other Lists" page!

• Jan 16 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jan 16 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• Jan 14 2007 - History Of The Myers Family In Hampton, P.E.I. - by Raymond Myers in about 1972 added to our "Diary Index" Page.

• Jan 09 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jan 09 2008 added to our "2008 Death Notices" Page!

• * Jan 02 2008 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Dec 31 2007 added to our "2007 Death Notices" Page!

• Dec 27 2007 - Recollections of a Christmas house fire in Jean O'Brien's childhood - Passed along by Betty Dean Holmes on our "Fenceviewer and Other Lists" Page.

• Dec 27 2007 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, from Dec 13 2007 to Dec 26 2007 added to our "2007 Death Notices" Page!

• Dec 13 2007 - Another Paper Regarding Islanders Resettling to New Zealand in 1858 added to the New Zealand series on our "Letter to and from PEI Index" Page.

• Dec 13 2007 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Dec 12 2007 added to our "2007 Death Notices" Page!

• Dec 12 2007 - Will of Catherine Baker - (-1865, Bedeque), added to our "Will Database" Page for a total of 441 posted wills and administrations!

• Dec 05 2007 - Will of Hugh Monaghan (-1913, Charlottetown) added to our "Will Database" Page for a total of 440 posted wills and administrations!

• Dec 05 2007 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Dec 05 2007 added to our "2007 Death Notices" Page!

• Dec 03 2007 - Will of Joseph Baker (-1853, Bedeque) added to our "Will Database" Page for a total of 439 posted wills and administrations!

• Dec 03 2007 - A series of letters written by Ada Ramsay McLeod, to son, William McLeod, Sask., 1928 while on a trip to Ypres added to our "Letter to and from PEI Index" Page.

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