Comments

I was raised on Bell Island and It will always be home to me.

Name:  miriam ferguson nee Bartlett
Email: mmehatter@msn.com
From: Orlando, Fl......from Middleton Ave
Referred_by: surfed in!
Date: 3/23/00

Comments

Great site, hope all is well back there:)

Name:  Bob Seward
Email: bob_seward@yahoo.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: From A Friend
Date: 3/22/00

Comments

good page. good to see a bell island site out there.

Name:  Barbara Lynch (Hickey)
Email: blynch@kw.igs.net
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: friends
Date: 3/22/00

Comments

You have done a great job with this site -- I've registered for the update information and will keep checking the web page for updated information. Good Luck, Barb

Name:  Karen Tremblett-Seward
Email: karenseward@yahoo.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: from a friend
Date: 3/22/00

Comments

I would love to hear from any of St.Edward's class of '84

Name:  Karen Tremblett-Seward
Email: karenseward@yahoo.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: from a friend
Date: 3/22/00

Comments

I would love to hear from any of St.Edward's class of '84

Name:  Kellie Mercer
Email: kemercer_99@yahoo.com
From: St.Johns
Referred_by: surfed on in!!
Date: 3/22/00

Comments

Great Page!! there was lots of info on the things i was looking for to do a project! keep up the good work! I'll be back again to see what's new!!

Name:  shane skehans
Email: ss92@yahoo.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: friends
Date: 3/21/00

Comments

i hope that people from away even famile and friends

Name:  Eugene Delahunty
Email: delahunty.e@sympatico.ca
From: Barrie Ont
Referred_by: Searching Internet with DAD
Date: 3/19/00

Comments

Excellent site, just putting in new e-mail address. TAKE CARE

Name:  Lisa & Rob
Email: ireland@ican.net
From: Toronto
Referred_by: a friend from Bell Island
Date: 3/19/00

Comments

We enjoyed the photos!

Name:  Brad Hussey
Email: bhussey@lotekmarine.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Visited before
Date: 3/18/00

Comments

Like the layout of the page. Very informative, and everything is easily accessable. The layout keeps getting better Reg.

Name:  jim
Email: jgeorge@golden.net
From: waterloo
Referred_by:
Date: 3/18/00

Comments

How many tourist visit the mines during the open months and what are the open months. Didn't have time last year but this year it is on my list. Thank you

Name:  Tom Brazil
Email: t.brazil@ns.sympatico.ca
From: Truro,Nova Scotia
Referred_by: Just typed Bell Island
Date: 3/18/00

Comments

Really Enjoyed the site.It brought back a lot of memories.I downloaded most of the pictures although some pictures were a bit blurry.But it is really nice to see the Island again Thank you did a nice job. March,18,2000 Tom Brazil

Name:  Joe Somerton
Email: JoeSomerton@Hotmail.com
From: The Green, Bell Island
Referred_by: Browsing
Date: 3/17/00

Comments

Great job. Would like to hear from old buddies.

Name:  Richard Francis Parsley
Email: parsley@ekno.com
From: Tokyo
Referred_by: Search on Google.com
Date: 3/17/00

Comments

Excellent to see where my loved ones are, have been and will come from! Nice Site!

Name:  Ann Marie Blyde (Wiseman)
Email: blyde@thenew.net
From: Cambridge,Ont.
Referred_by: A Friend
Date: 3/16/00

Comments

I really enjoy your website as it brings back a lot of good memories, especially when looking at the photo album. I would love to hear from old classmates and friends. Again, a wonderful site! Keep up the good work!

Name:  Tracy Fitzgerald
Email: tracy_fitzgerald@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island, Now living in Calgary, AB
Referred_by: Friends and Surfing the net
Date: 3/16/00

Comments

This is a great site for anybody who lives or has lived on Bell Island. The scenery and information is a great way to keep in touch. Keep up the outstanding work.

Name:  robert hobbs
Email: rhobbs1@sprint.ca
From: brampton ontario
Referred_by: just looking at different things ,came across this page
Date: 3/16/00

Comments

very intresting site maybe i might visit some day.

Name:  Karen Evans
Email: kmce@golden.net
From: Cambridge,Ontario
Referred_by: from Kelly Parsons
Date: 3/15/00

Comments

I think it is the best..my boyfriend has never been to Bell Island and he had been asking me all sorts of questions..now they are all answered.

Name:  Margaret Niewinski
Email: claudee@execulink.com
From: Woodstock , Ont.
Referred_by: Just was surfing
Date: 3/14/00

Comments

I use to live there 27 years ago and still miss it. Bye for now

Name:  mary hurley
Email:
From: bell island,nf.
Referred_by: from the internet
Date: 3/14/00

Comments

i am very interested in the pictures i have seen.

Name:  Sidney R. Warford
Email: swarford@ripnet.com
From: Smiths Falls, Ontario
Referred_by: Cousin: Clayton Vokey
Date: 3/14/00

Comments

Excellently prepared and great info. Moved away when i was 14 and i visit often which i really look forward to almost every year.

Name:  Carl Rees
Email: carlrees@home.com
From: Newmarket, Ontario
Referred_by:
Date: 3/13/00

Comments

I am looking for some information to help me with my family tree. My great-grandfather's sister, Mary Rees, married Peter Kent about 1840. As far as I know they had three children. Any help on this Kent line would be much appreciated.

Name:  walt dwyer
Email: elmo@theedge.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Browsing
Date: 3/13/00

Comments

Great page found lots of people I haven't thought about for years

Name:  Tanya Budgell
Email: budgell@home.com
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: My Uncle
Date: 3/12/00

Comments

Great pictures!!!

Name:  Roxanne Bartlett
Email: rbartlet@home.com
From:
Referred_by:
Date: 3/12/00

Comments

If anyone sees Pat Mansfield tell him Dale says "hello"

Name:  stephanie
Email: littlestriggle@hotmail.com
From:
Referred_by:
Date: 3/11/00

Comments

this site is the most interesting site ever!! i found lots of information for my heritage project. \ thanks!!

Name:  Paul Skanes
Email: Pskanes@attcanada.net
From: St. John's, Nfld
Referred_by: NF GENWEB
Date: 3/11/00

Comments

Would like to see Geneology information.

Name:  Coleen Boland
Email: jcboland@on.aibn.com
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: My husband John Boland
Date: 3/11/00

Comments

I LOVE this site. If I wasn't feeling homesick before, I am now. Keep up the good work. It's great.

Name:  Blake Murphy
Email: zygote_911@yahoo.com
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: Father, Ed Murphy
Date: 3/10/00

Comments

i looked at this web page because im coming up for july. i was looking to see if any 1 i knew had seen this sight. ill see you all in july!

Name:  Wanda Drover
Email: droverwanda@hotmail.com
From: Scotia Ridge
Referred_by: Browsing
Date: 3/10/00

Comments

Gerald and Betty Drover's daughter I grew up on Bell Island and I think that it is wonderful that we have a web site of our own. Thanks for the fun of looking at a piece of home.

Name:  Garry Wiseman
Email: wisemangarry@hotmail.com
From: No. 2 Road
Referred_by: Wanda Drover
Date: 3/10/00

Comments

Phobe and Anothy wisemans son. I think that it is great that we have our own website so that we can visit home.

Name:  John Gear
Email: scott_hall19@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by:
Date: 3/9/00

Comments

Im a grade12 in St.Mikes, wresling team co-captain and an Atlantic Gold Medalist!!! I am qualified to represent Nf in the Nationals in B.C.I need to fundraise myself, so if anyone would like to donate or sponser. call 709488- 3131or e-mail me

Name:  John Gear
Email: scott_hall19@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: I think this page is very resourceful
Date: 3/9/00

Comments

Im a grade12 in St.Mikes, wresling team co-captain and an Atlantic Gold Medalist!!! I am qualified to represent Nf in the Nationals in B.C.I need to fundraise myself, so if anyone would like to donate or sponser. call 709488- 3131or e-mail me

Name:  mark kent
Email: markkento@hotmail.com
From: guelph on (prev. bell island)
Referred_by: surfing
Date: 3/9/00

Comments

Excellent job on the page design!

Name:  Agnes Kennedy
Email: agnes@hobman.com
From: Innisfil
Referred_by: visited this page many times
Date: 3/6/00

Comments

Looking to see if anyone out there has any stories or memories on one of my grandmothers, Agnes Kennedy, of Bell Island. She was a midwife for many years and helped to bring many of it's men and women into this world. Thanks.

Name:  JIM DELAHUNTY
Email: dellyjim@hotmail.com
From: cambridge
Referred_by: wife found it
Date: 3/5/00

Comments

Really liked the pictures.Makes me homesick when I look at them! Really enjoyed the webpage!

Name:  Pamela Cobb/Nettleton
Email: phil.nettleton@sympatico.ca
From: Guelph, Ont.
Referred_by: Surfing The Web
Date: 3/5/00

Comments

Totally awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it. Great idea!!!!!!!!

Name:  Jack Ashford
Email: capnjack101@aol.com
From: Cambridge  Ont.
Referred_by: brother in law  (Fox Galway)
Date: 3/5/00

Comments

Great sight. Brings back many memories. Especially enjoyed the scenic pictures. Looking forward to coming home summer of 2000. Hope to see many old acquaintants and friends from years gone by.

Name:  PAT DELAHUNTY (DOBBIN)
Email: puddins27@yahoo.ca
From: cambridge
Referred_by: browsing
Date: 3/4/00

Comments

really love your site! would like to say hello to my sisters and brothers on the island clara, anne , kevin,cyriland tom hope to see you all soon.would like to hear from some old friends from the island!

Name:  Colleen Peddle
Email: colleenpeddle@sprint.ca
From: Brampton
Referred_by: friend
Date: 3/4/00

Comments

Nice site. Originally from Lethridge, Nfld. Wish we had a site like this one.

Name:  Eileen Kavanagh (Kent)
Email: kavanagh1@home.com
From: Cambridge, ON (Bell Island orig)
Referred_by: found it in search
Date: 3/4/00

Comments

Visiting this page is almost as good as coming home. If you could make it smell like salt water I'd think I was home. Thanks!

Name:  Francis (Frank) Foley
Email: Frank.Foley@fmc-na.com
From: Boston (Medford/Woburn), Mass.
Referred_by: On a random search for Newfoundland names
Date: 3/3/00

Comments

I hope to find out some history on my family. I've psted a message on my father's parents who came from Newfoundland. The family names are Foley (St.John's) and Power(s) from Bell Island. They were born in 1874/1888 respectively.

Name:  colleen power
Email: m_l17@excite.com
From: cupids
Referred_by: genealogy search
Date: 3/3/00

Comments

i was born on bell island and want to find out about my family history

Name:  Kimberley Ryan
Email: kimryan@eyesurf.net
From: Toronto,Ontario
Referred_by: My Dad/via Virtual Postcard
Date: 3/3/00

Comments

without this website I don't think I would have ever got t see where my father was born, it was very interesting and what a beautiful place Thank you

Name:  Ernie & Bride Higgins (Hoffe)
Email: higgins@aviant.net
From: St. John's, Nf.
Referred_by: My Brother, Alfred.
Date: 3/2/00

Comments

Nice page. Brings back a lot of memories.

Name:  Judith Disilva
Email: clajoh@istar.ca
From: sackville nova scotia
Referred_by: my husband found it
Date: 3/2/00

Comments

I really enjoyed it as i have a great intrest in newfoundland. That is where my grandfather is from. His name was curtis hines befor he was adopted by a jennex.

Name:  David Metcalfe
Email: davidmetcalfe@canada.com
From: St. John's (Of Bell Island descent)
Referred_by: I found it while surfing the net
Date: 3/2/00

Comments

Great Page! Bell Island is one of the most beautiful places in Newfoundland! I try to go over whenever I can! This is a wonderful site! Keep up the good work!

Name:  Leanne Joy
Email: leanne_joy@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: New it all of the time!
Date: 3/1/00

Comments

very kewl pg. I would like to know any host's that r quick and good cuz i have a pg that needs hosting! b-y

Name:  JOHN CLARKE
Email: CLAJOH@ISTAR.CA
From: SACKVILLE. NS
Referred_by: CHANCE
Date: 3/1/00

Comments

GREAT SITE. SAW A FEW FAMILIAR NAMES. ATTENDED ST. BONIFACE 67-70

Name:  Nancy Gosse
Email: fgosse@avint.net
From: Flatrock
Referred_by: Went looking for information on Bell Island.  Search-Bell Island
Date: 2/28/00

Comments

Good Evening:

I am looking for campsite for my Pathfinders.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely yours,

Nancy Gosse

Name:  Gerald Fowler
Email:
From: Bell Island, Nf
Referred_by: Internet browsing
Date: 2/28/00

Comments

THis web site is very informative. Through this site I have connected with some of old buddies from High school who now reside in cambdrige.

Name:  Kevin Delahunty
Email: k_delahunty@yahoo.com
From: Bell Island (Living in St.John's)
Referred_by:
Date: 2/28/00

Comments

It is a really interesting page. All of the people in Curtis House Residence at Memorial University thought that Bell Island had to be the most peaceful place and cannot wait to visit the Island in the near future!! Congradulations on a job well done.

Name:  Della Fillier
Email: dfillier@idirect.ca
From: Mississauga
Referred_by: goggle.com/search engine
Date: 2/27/00

Comments

It would be nice if the entries could be searched by last name to find people you know. Hi to all the Fillier's out there! Della

Name:  JIM ASHFORD JR
Email: JASHFORD@NFLD.COM
From: BELL ISLAND
Referred_by: FRIENDS
Date: 2/26/00

Comments

A PRETTY GOOD JOB

Name:  Gord & Diane Dunn
Email: gdunn@telusplanet.net
From: Lethbridge, Alberta
Referred_by: A friend.
Date: 2/26/00

Comments

Think of home often. Gord really misses the ocean. We're hoping to return home in the next few years.

Name:  STEVE WHALEN
Email: barb.whalen@home.com
From: BELL ISLAND (MAIN ST.)
Referred_by: FROM A FRIEND
Date: 2/26/00

Comments

HI TO ALL BELL ISLANDERS IF YOU KNOW ME SEND ME A E-MAIL SOMETIME

Name:  STEVE WHALEN
Email: barb.whalen@home.com
From: BELL ISLAND (MAIN ST.)
Referred_by: FROM A FRIEND
Date: 2/26/00

Comments

HI TO ALL BELL ISLANDERS IF YOU KNOW ME SEND ME A E-MAIL SOMETIME

Name:  peggy gardiner  nee byrne
Email: pegg@netcom.ca
From: victoria bc
Referred_by: my daughter
Date: 2/26/00

Comments

i left the island in 1969 went west never been back so its nice to surf the old home town and show my children some of our roots

Name:  peggy gardiner  nee byrne
Email: pegg@netcom.ca
From: victoria bc
Referred_by: my daughter
Date: 2/26/00

Comments

i left the island in 1969 went west never been back so its nice to surf the old home town and show my children so of our old roots

Name:  GREG J.MILLER  U.E.
Email: gjmiller@becon.org
From: ST.Catharines,Ont.
Referred_by: Researching my family on BELL ISLAND
Date: 2/26/00

Comments

I am intrested in BELL ISLAND AND ALL MY MOTHERS FAMILY THEIR,WANT TO VISIT THERE SOON,IAM INTRESTED IN BENNETT & DICKS & NORMORE FAMILYS

Name:  Jo-ann Coles (Pinsent)
Email: Joann_RC@yahoo.com
From: Roddickton, NF
Referred_by:
Date: 2/25/00

Comments

Hoping to hear from former friends and classmates, especially the 1976-77 graduating class at St. Boniface High School.

Name:  Edward Lahey
Email:
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Reginald Durdle
Date: 2/25/00

Comments

Great Job.

Name:  Edward Lahey
Email:
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Through a friend
Date: 2/25/00

Comments

Great Job.

Name:  Edward Lahey
Email:
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Through a fried
Date: 2/25/00

Comments

Great Job.

Name:  Denise Olsson
Email: dolsson@casey.vic.gov.au
From: Melbourne, Australia
Referred_by: Visiting Bell Isand
Date: 2/25/00

Comments

I spent Christmas on Bell Isand and had a wonderful time. The people are fantastic and mummering was quite an experience. Hello to all my freinds and thanks for your Hospitality, it is a great part of the world.

Name:  KIM GALWAY
Email: GALWAY JRG@AOL.COM
From:
Referred_by:
Date: 2/23/00

Comments

I ENJOYED THE SITE VERY MUCH. THERE ARE SOME VERY ENJOYABLE PICTURES. GREAT JOB.

Name:  Gerald Pynn
Email: gerrypyn@netcom.ca
From: Cambridge, ON
Referred_by: friend
Date: 2/20/00

Comments

Looking at my past. Looks good Reg.

Name:  Paul Pitts
Email: pitts@camosun.bc.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Looking for Historical Info
Date: 2/17/00

Comments

Great site and love to see some of my relatives have been to the site. Also a great way to keep in contact with them. My Mom (Elaine Pitts, (nee)(Tucker)and Dad (Granville Pitts are both from the island. Looking for info on PLM 27

Name:  stan
Email: jones
From: dalhousie
Referred_by: word of mouth
Date: 2/17/00

Comments

I WOULD LIKE TO HERE FROM OTHER DALHOUSIE STUDENTS PAST AND PRESENT ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM NFLD AND I WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL THESE STUDENTS

Name:  john obrien
Email: jexpresso@ol.com
From: bell island
Referred_by: my wife noreen
Date: 2/17/00

Comments

its a great site and a good way to keep in touch with home

Name:  Krissy Jackman
Email: muffy__19@hotmail.com
From: Cambridge, On.
Referred_by: Parents
Date: 2/17/00

Comments

Excellent job!!!!

Name:  Gordon & Marilyn Shea
Email: islandhideaway@thezone.net
From: Bell Island, NF
Referred_by: Surfing the Net
Date: 2/16/00

Comments

Great way to keep in contact with Bell Islanders. Great way to advertise. Site very well done. Reg keep up the good work.

Name:  Bill Somerton
Email: bill.somerton@sympatico.ca
From: Lindsay, Ont
Referred_by: Back for another visit
Date: 2/15/00

Comments

Visiting the Page to look at the new guest listings. Have heard from a few friends from the old days.

Name:  Donald Rees
Email: sharon.r@home.com
From: Keswick, Ontario
Referred_by: Just browsing
Date: 2/15/00

Comments

I was born and raised on Bell Island

Name:  Helen Brake (nee Kent)
Email: benbrake@sympatico.nf.ca
From: Codroy Valley, NF
Referred_by: niece, Debbie Greigg (nee Kent)
Date: 2/13/00

Comments

Beautiful scenery. I'm originally from Lance Cove, Bell Island and really appreciate the value of this web page. Keep up the good work.

Name:  frank godden rees
Email: pfrees@sympatico.ca
From: born bell island
Referred_by: my daughter
Date: 2/13/00

Comments

I was born in Wabano on Bell Island in 1924 in Sam Godden's house. I came to Toronto in 1929. Grandmotherwas Jane Bennett Rees, fatherwas Leslie L. Rees and mother was Julia Godden.

Name:  Bob Bradwell
Email: bradwell@debug.ca
From: Calgary
Referred_by: A Navy Buddy, REES, came from Bell Island If he is In Bell Isle have him call me or members of his family, he should be about 55, red hair and one could say a larger than average nose.
Date: 2/12/00

Comments

As mentioned previously if any one can get me in contact with Rees I would appreciate it. We Joined the navy together in 62 and I have lost contact with him. I enjoyed your web page and will return another day.

Name:  Lisa Cox
Email: phoenix8299@hotmail.com
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: Web Search
Date: 2/12/00

Comments

A terrific site!

My aunt and uncle live in Lance Cove and I've been wondering if the island had a site. We may be coming down this summer and I've been showing my parents pictures of the island.

AWESOME site!

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