Week 49\’s prompt for the 52 Ancestors challenge is \”Craft\”. A big part of Canadian culture, especially in rural areas, is the fall fairs or exhibitions. Along with livestock and agricultural displays, there were often craft competitions. People of all ages submitted their crafts for judging. There were competitions for woodworking, art, sewing, and knittingContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 49 – Fall Fairs”
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52 Ancestors: Week 48 – Deportation Records at the LAC
The prompt for Week 48 of 52 ancestors if \”thief\”. Not all of our ancestors were upstanding citizens. Genealogists and Family Historians tend to be thrilled finding these ancestors, because they make for interesting stories for others. Let\’s face it, our relatives who haven\’t been bit by the genealogy bug tend to get all glassyContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 48 – Deportation Records at the LAC”
52 Ancestors: Week 47- Revolutionary Soldier Records at the PANB
Week 47 of 52 Ancestors has the theme \”Soldier\”. This post I decided to look at a database on the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick\’s website. If your Loyalist ancestor went to New Brunswick, you\’ll want to check out the database Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows. After the Revolutionary War that gave theContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 47- Revolutionary Soldier Records at the PANB”
52 Ancestors: Week 46 – Poorhouses
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/canadian-illustrated-news-1869-1883/Pages/image.aspx?Image=58537&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f026019%2ff4%2f58537-v6.gif&Ecopy=58537 Week 46 of 52 Ancestors is \”poor\”. One can\’t think of the poor in history without the dreaded \”poorhouse\” or \”workhouse\” coming to mind. Most people associate these with Britain, but Canada had them too. These institutions had the official names of \”Houses of Industry\”. They also went by names such as \”Poor Asylum\”.Continue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 46 – Poorhouses”
52 Ancestors: Week 45- Society Blue Books Online
The Week 45 prompt for 52 Ancestors is \”Rich Man\”. One of the odd quirks of high society in Canada are the \”Blue Books\”. These publications listed a \”who\’s who\” of the wealthy. Not only that, it listed their seasonal residences, their affiliations, and what days they would \”receive visitors\”. Now, I don\’t come fromContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 45- Society Blue Books Online”
52 Ancestors: Week 44 – Cooking with The Nova Scotia Archives
The Week 44 prompt for 52 Ancestors is \”Trick or Treat\”. If you\’re like me, the word treat makes me think of the special desserts you only get to eat during special family get-togethers. So, for this post I decided to highlight a recent edition to the Nova Scotia Archives digital holdings. The new onlineContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 44 – Cooking with The Nova Scotia Archives”
52 Ancestors: Week 43 – Looking at Railway History with Old Time Trains
Week 43 of 52 Ancestors has the prompt \”Transportation\”. The biggest influence in Canada\’s history is the railway. I decided this post to look at a great site I stumbled upon called Old Time Trains. If you have a railway ancestor, you\’ll want to check this site out. Even if you don\’t, you may still wantContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 43 – Looking at Railway History with Old Time Trains”
52 Ancestors: Week 42 – Finding Early Immigration Records at the LAC
Week 42\’s prompt is \”adventure\”. I can think of no bigger adventure for someone than starting a new life in another country. So for this post I decided to look at one of the immigration databases on Library and Archives Canada\’s website, Immigrants Before 1865. There was no regulated system of recording immigration to CanadaContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 42 – Finding Early Immigration Records at the LAC”
52 Ancestors: Week 41 – Finding Context with BC Newspapers
The prompt for Week 41 of 52 Ancestors is \”context\”. Sometimes its not enough to know the specific events of your ancestor\’s life. You also have to look at why they did what they did. My future great great grandchildren will probably wonder how I ended up in my new home province. Now, as aContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 41 – Finding Context with BC Newspapers”
52 Ancestors: Week 40 – Harvesting on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces
Week 40 of 52 Ancestors has the prompt \”harvest\”. One of the biggest reasons for migration to Canada and then west across the country was the chance to own land and farm. So this post I decided to take a look at what a search using \”harvest\” on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces would turn up. I\’ve mentioned whatContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 40 – Harvesting on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces”
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