my genealogy life

Family stories are my buried treasure

Tracing ancestors in Canada, England, Scotland & Ireland

Sharing my love of digging through old documents, uncovering family stories, and sharing the real papers that bring our ancestors back to life.

  • It has been a busy genealogy year for me, I have had the opportunity to travel to conferences, visit cousins and various archives and museums in Canada. I have also made many new friends, connecting with people that have the…

  • An amazing email arrived in my inbox from my cousin Nancy. The title of her email was “Do you have this one??” In the email attachment was a photograph of my 2x great grandfather William Jordan.  This picture is the same…

  • I wanted to share my incredible weekend with you. I am starting this tale by rewinding back to September 2001. My husband and I were getting away on a rare (maybe first time ever) trip just the two of us.…

“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.”

-Micheal J. Fox-