Occupational records can give good insight on the working life of your ancestors. If your ancestor was in politics, the military, or in a position of power, chances are you can find detailed records on them. However, if your ancestor wasn\’t, you might have to be a little more creative in finding records. This postContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 35 – Finding Occupational Records”
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52 Ancestors: Week 34 – Finding Coroner\’s Reports
Week 33\’s theme for the 52 ancestors series of posts is \”tragedy\”. When you have an ancestor who died in unusual circumstances, there might have been a coroner\’s, or chief medical examiner\’s, inquest. These inquests looked into these kinds of deaths. Because the coroner could interview people and look at evidence that would not qualifyContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 34 – Finding Coroner\’s Reports”
52 Ancestors: Week 33 – Finding Ancestors in the Theatre
Week 33\’s 52 Ancestors prompt is \”Comedy\”. I though it would be interesting to steer people towards information for ancestors who were employed in the performing arts. Because of the nature of their work, sometimes it would be hard to find them in one spot for very long. Immediately you would think of actors andContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 33 – Finding Ancestors in the Theatre”
52 Ancestors: Week 31 and 32- Finding Clergy Records
Grey Nuns Convent Chapel Entrance, Montreal, Quebec In order to get caught up on the 52 ancestors posts, I decided to combine the week 31 theme \”Brother\” with week 32\’s theme \”Sister\”. Due to my maternal Catholic side, when I hear either brother or sister, my first thought is those who joined religious orders. SoContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 31 and 32- Finding Clergy Records”
52 Ancestors: Week 30 – Using the Drouin Collection
The prompt for week 30 of 52 Ancestors is \”Easy\”. Contrary to how it looks on genealogy shows, researching your ancestors is not easy. Don\’t get me wrong, I\’m a huge fan of these shows. I just wish they would let people know how much research time went into making these hour long shows. BecauseContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 30 – Using the Drouin Collection”
52 Ancestors: Week 29 – Finding 20th Century Ancestors
https://www.picxclicx.com/free-stock-photos-library-book-shelves-1/ I\’m a little behind on my 52 Ancestors prompts. I took a bit of a vacation going back to Ontario to visit family. Of course I also took the opportunity to some research on my Ontario lines. As a result I\’ve fallen behind, so I\’ll be doing some catching up over the next fewContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 29 – Finding 20th Century Ancestors”
52 Ancestors: Week 28 – Acadian Research
This week\’s 52 Ancestors prompt is \”Reunion\”. If you have Acadian Ancestry, then you probably know that this year is the Congres Mondial Acadien (CMA). Held every four years, it is a huge celebration for those with Acadian roots. Each one is hosted by a different region of the original Acadian settlers. This year\’s celebrationContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 28 – Acadian Research”
52 Ancestors: Week 27 – Finding Ancestors in Yukon Newspapers
This week\’s 52 Ancestors theme is \”Independent\”. When I think independent, the first thing that comes to my mind is those that settled in the Yukon. Whether the attraction was the gold rush in last years of the 19th century, or homesteaders going off the grid in the 20th and 21st centuries, the Yukon hasContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 27 – Finding Ancestors in Yukon Newspapers”
52 Ancestors: Week 26 – Historic Maps at Island Imagined
This week\’s 52 Ancestors prompt is \”Legend\”. This was a tough one for me with the parameters I set myself of focusing on research sources instead of my personal family history. So I started thinking and realized that the explanation of symbols on a map is called the legend. I remembered a site I hadContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 26 – Historic Maps at Island Imagined”
52 Ancestors: Week 25 – Indigenous Research at Library and Archives Canada
By Canada location map.svg:derivative work: Yug (talk)Canada (geolocalisation).svg: STyxderivative work: Themightyquill (talk) – Canada location map.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14706244 This week\’s 52 Ancestors prompt is \”Earliest\”. The earliest people in Canada were the native tribes, so I thought I\’d look at Indigenous Research at Library and Archives Canada. The best place to look atContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 25 – Indigenous Research at Library and Archives Canada”
Finding Your Canadian Story 