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Don't Bark Up The Wrong Tree
(image created with ChatGPT with the prompt: create a graphic of someone looking at Canadian WWI records) It’s been a great week for me. The first thing that happened was … Continue Reading →
By Rodhullandemu – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63740706 I participated in the WikiTree Connection from June 13-20, and it was so interesting to see all the connections they found … Continue Reading →
This is the first page of my family history book. It’s a work in progress, and I’m adding pages as I have time or if I have a particular story … Continue Reading →
One of Ancestry’s features, when you do a DNA test, is Communities. These communities are part of your DNA Story or Ethnicity and are included in the price of your … Continue Reading →
I wanted to spend a couple of minutes showing you a few new features that MyHeritage recently launched. Continue Reading →
I decided this week to spend some time sleuthing the 1921 Census of England and Wales. When the 1921 census was launched on FindmyPast on January 6, 2022, there was … Continue Reading →
The holidays are about family and food.. at least in my family it’s is. So I thought that once again, I’d share with you a few of my family favorites.
Above you’ll see Smog Bars. Many Canadian’s call these Nanaimo Bars, but in my family, we called them Smog Bars, and the fact that I live in Alberta might be the reason. Continue Reading →
July 31st is Food Day Canada, and I’m thinking about how I might celebrate.
mom was going to have a get-together, he could have invited twenty people off the road because there was always too much food.
Have you ever wondered why you have the name you have? Did you ever ask your parents? My name is Ellen, but my mom always said that my name was going to be Holly. I never asked why my parents didn’t choose Holly, but I know that I was named after my great grandmother, Ellen Middlebrough (nee Anidow). Continue Reading →
As you know, I love DNA and what it can do for your research, and I especially like to help others with their research. So a recent interaction with a DNA cousin caught me off guard. Here’s the story. Continue Reading →