New book from Global Genealogy, and more to come soon

If your ancestors were among the early pioneers in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Carol Bennett-McCuaig’s book, Founding Families of Beckwith Township 1815-1846, will interest you.

The author, who died in 2018, assembled a “gigantic jigsaw puzzle,” using information from early censuses, church registers, obituaries, newspaper stories, land records, family notes and diaries, and graveyard inscriptions. To this was added a certain amount of information shared by family researchers.

The book’s contents include:

  • Background of the Beckwith Settlers — Scottish, Irish, and military settlers
  • The families — This main section of the book is organized alphabetically by surname. Includes information regarding who, where from and when, often the ship of arrival, family members and related data. Amount of information varies by settler
  • Appendix I – Early settlers about whom little is known
  • Appendix II – Additional settlers listed in the censuses of the 1820s
  • Sources

After being out of print for several years, the book was published this month by Global Genealogy, under an exclusive publishing agreement with the author’s heirs. It was originally published in 2007 by Juniper Books.

Index of names
Information about the book and author and how to purchase it in softcover or PDF can be found on Global Genealogy’s website, along with a link to the index of the surnames of the Beckwith Settlers.

More from Global Genealogy
In the coming weeks, Global Genealogy expects to publish several other books, including:

Documenting Your Canadian Ancestor Who Was a Prisoner of War during World War One or World War Two

The Kerry Chain – The Limerick Link — A study of early Irish migration and individual families to Renfrew County, Ontario

In Search of the K &P — The story of the Kingston to Pembroke Railway  

Documenting Your Canadian Ancestors Who Served in World War One or World War Two with the Canadian Navy

Invisible Women — A study of the experiences, contributions and specifics of female settlers in Eastern Ontario

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