by NineShipsAdmin | Dec 3, 2024 | Book Review, Elwood Blogs, Historical Narratives
Helen I. Cowan, British Emigration to British North America: the first hundred years, Toronto, U of Toronto Press, 1961, Pp. xi, 321, illustrations, endnotes, bibliography Helen Cowan’s study of British emigration remains the gold standard work on the subject. She had...
by NineShipsAdmin | Nov 5, 2024 | Book Review, Elwood Blogs, Historical Narratives
Edwin C. Guillet, ed., The Valley of the Trent, Ontario Champlain Series, Toronto, 1957, PP. lviii, 474, includes footnotes Edwin Guillet’s volume on the Valley of the Trent remains one of my favourite books on local history. It has a fascinating introduction that...
by NineShipsAdmin | Oct 22, 2024 | Book Review, Elwood Blogs, Historical Narratives
A book review of David Dickson’s Old World Colony by Elwood H. Jones David Dickson, Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster 1630-1830, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2005 David Dickson studied the historical records of southern Ireland over 200 years...
by NineShipsAdmin | Oct 8, 2024 | Book Review, Elwood Blogs, Historical Narratives, Uncategorized
Through the Years in Douro published by the Centennial Committee of the Township of Douro One of the oldest and still reliable township history, Through the Years in Douro, (1967 and other reprints) has useful information on the history of the Robinson emigration....
