Candice McDonald

52 Ancestors: Week 14 – The craftsman and Canadian Masonic record

This week\’s 52 Ancestors prompt is Brick Wall. I\’m giving it a bit of twist in that I\’m going to look at the Canadiana collection of the periodical the craftsman and Canadian Masonic record. This collection runs from 1869 to 1877. http://online.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04074_85/2?r=0&s=1 The amount of information in here is excellent. Even though the issues were publishedContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 14 – The craftsman and Canadian Masonic record”

52 Ancestors: Week 13 – Historical Newspapers in Nova Scotia

Large collections of historical newspapers on line are hard to find in Canada. If you have Nova Scotia ancestors, you\’ll want to check out the collection of digitized historical papers you access through Libraries, Archives, and Museums Nova Scotia. This collection is a collaboration between LAM NS, Nova Scotia Archives, the Beaton Institute (Cape Breton University),Continue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 13 – Historical Newspapers in Nova Scotia”

52 Ancestors: Week 12 – 12 Sites to Further your Canadian Research

Everyone knows about the big search sites for record sets. But when you\’re missing out on a lot if you only stick to Ancestry, Family Search, My Heritage and Find My Past. There are lots of other sites that are FREE that you can go to that can give you information. This week I\’m goingContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 12 – 12 Sites to Further your Canadian Research”

52 Ancestors Week 11: The Double Edged Sword of Large Families

http://clipart-library.com/cartoon-family-cliparts.html I\’m both blessed and cursed with having large families in my tree. This is one maternal line: My mom was one of 17. My maternal grandmother Mary Mallais was one of 10. Her mom Annie McLaughlin was one of 12. Annie\’s mom Mary Louise Fournier was one of 12. That\’s four generations on justContinue reading “52 Ancestors Week 11: The Double Edged Sword of Large Families”

52 Ancestors Week 10: Records for Spinster Aunts and Bachelor Uncles

We get so caught up looking at our direct lines that we don\’t always look at our ancestors\’ siblings. There\’s almost certainly siblings who didn\’t marry, or married and didn\’t have children. With no direct descendants, their stories get lost, and that\’s a shame. We\’re always looking for interesting ancestors, and sometimes these forgotten ancestorsContinue reading “52 Ancestors Week 10: Records for Spinster Aunts and Bachelor Uncles”

52 Ancestors: Week 9 – The Canadian Court System and where to find records

Week 9 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks has the prompt \”At the Courthouse\”. If you\’re new to Canadian research, it is important to know a little about the Canadian Court System to find the records you need. There are two main court systems that genealogists concern themselves with. The Provincial/ Territorial Courts, and theContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 9 – The Canadian Court System and where to find records”

52 Ancestors: Week 8 – Photographs on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces

This week\’s 52 Ancestors prompt is photos. They are one of my favourite things in the world, especially when it comes to genealogy. Who hasn\’t looked at an old photo of an ancestor and looked for similarities to themselves? Even a photo of a house your ancestor lived in can make them more than namesContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 8 – Photographs on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces”

52 Ancestors: Week 7 – Love and Marraige on Canadiana

http://www.canadiana.ca/ This week\’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompt is \”Love\”. So this week I\’m looking documents on the Canadiana website. This site has been much talked about in the Canadian genealogy community. It used to be accessed through subscription, but is now just recently free to use. I used in the search engine the key words \”Love\” andContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 7 – Love and Marraige on Canadiana”

52 Ancestors: Week 6 – Digging Deeper

This week\’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompt is \”Surprise\”. We all know about the big genealogy sites such as Ancestry, Family Search, My Heritage, Find My Past, and Library and Archives Canada (LAC). But where else can you look? What I\’m going to focus on this week is some of the lessor known ways toContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 6 – Digging Deeper”

52 Ancestors: Week 5 – Don\’t Forget to Check Out Libraries

This week\’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompt is \”At the Library\”. Libraries are such an over looked resource for genealogy. There is so much focus given to Museums, Historical Societies and websites such as Ancestry and Family Search. People seem to forget that libraries can hold wealth of information as well, especially local history. A lotContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 5 – Don\’t Forget to Check Out Libraries”