If My Ancestor Had An Instagram Account
Have you every wondered what it would have been like if your ancestor had an Instagram account? What would they say? Well one night last week I got to thinking what my Nana Oliver’s … Continue Reading →
Category: Favorite Ancestor
The Genealogy Happy Dance
The other day one of the bloggers was speaking about Genealogy Happy Dances and I don’t know about you, but it seems like ages since I’ve done my last “genealogy happy dance”. … Continue Reading →
March is Women’s History Month – Who is Your Heroine?
poster by Hilda Dallas, 1909 In the U.S. in 1988, March was proclaimed Women’s History Month and if you’re from Canada like I am; it was proclaimed a few years later in … Continue Reading →
Who’s Your Pied Piper?
When you work on your family history you discover many events that happen in your ancestors life. Births, marriages, deaths are some of the key ones but there are other major events … Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas Time
It’s times like these that you become nostalgic, and just like Ebenezer Scrooge you are visited by the ghost of Christmas’ past. One of my fondest memories is that there … Continue Reading →
I Don’t Own My Ancestors I Think They Own Me
Funny after you do genealogy for a while, that so many people feel they own their ancestors. Locked trees, not sharing information; really? Over the years I’ve tried to understand … Continue Reading →
In Search of Willie Beaton
Today I continue with what I call the “Beaton/Batten” Mystery. So as I told you; when I was in Victoria, British Columbia I had a chance to go to several … Continue Reading →
Boy Was I Wrong (I thought I wasn’t going to do genealogy)
If you’ve been reading along then you know that my husband; Kevin and I, were away to a Harley Rally in Victoria, British Columbia. We had a great time with … Continue Reading →
Serendipity
This article was originally posted on May 21, 2015 (The first photo I took first) (The second, well, read below you’ll understand) Very early in my family history, I heard … Continue Reading →
Mother’s Day
I don’t usually blog on Sunday but today is special because it’s Mother’s Day. For me; today is a bit of a tough day because it is the first time that … Continue Reading →