Heal Database
Launched
10 Mar 2005
over 84,000 names

Names Database
Updated
21 Oct 2004
Now Over 1.1
Million Entries

Names Database
Launched
7 Feb 2004
800,000 names

Search the Names Database		Search the Heal Database
This innovative, new research program is an index to over 1.1 million from some of the genealogies held in the MAGRC library. Researchers can locate names of possible interest to them, along with the library reference numbers of the relevant documents. The program also allows researchers to segregate these names, assemble them into a list, and e-mail this list to the MAGRC with a request for research by the centre's volunteer staff. Upon receipt of the request, the centre's researchers locate and photocopy the specific pages identified, and they go several steps further by examining other documents and records in the library which have not yet been indexed into the database, often locating additional valuable information. The results are assembled and mailed, often within one or two weeks. This new program has proven to be very popular across Canada, the United States and overseas. The hourly rate for research is $20, with a minimum charge of $10. If your request will take longer than 1.5 hours ($30), we will contact you before proceeding. Our long-term aim is to have the contents of our library indexed.		The Heal Database is an index compiled by Hugh Heal of  over 147,760 of the over 200,000 names in the Heal Collection at the MAGRC. This collection is comprised of the research notes and papers of Hugh's brother, James A. Heal, of Nepean, Ontario and their first cousin, the late Ruth (Cater) Tester of Brandon, Manitoba--collectively representing over 55 years of research. It includes worldwide data on HEAL(S), also HEALE(S), HELE(S), HEALL(S), HEEL(S), HEELE(S), HALE(S), HOLE(S), HALL(S) and related families including MELHUISH, TOLEMAN, McADOO, HURD and others. With roots in Devon, Somerset and Cornwall in England, branches have spread to other parts of the British Isles, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA and other countries. The bulk of the collection spans over 500 years from the 16th to 20th centuries, with the earliest records dated in the early 1200's. Records indexed include extracts from wills, census returns, church registers, English birth, marriage and death indexes (1837-c1904), Boyd's marriage index, pedigrees and genealogies, file cards, and family charts. As with the names database, a list of entries of interest can be compiled and e-mailed from the database to the MAGRC, where volunteers will photocopy, assemble and mail the relevant material for a nominal fee.

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