Category: Norton
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A Family Court Dispute Found in Google Books
Covering all your bases when doing a search for your family should also include a great resource that Google has called Google Books. How to find this treasure trove of information is by using the Google search bar and either typing in ‘Books’ or on the Google toolbar is a More button which creates a drop-down…
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Hannah Pozer Jeffery
Part three of a series I am writing about the Jeffery sisters. If you want to read more Part I & Part II are here. Hannah was almost a New Years baby, as she was born Dec. 30, 1832, in Quebec City. At her baptism, the following month which took place at St. Andrew’s Church,…
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My Genetic Communities
This morning Ancestry DNA has rolled out their new feature called Genetic Communities. I have done the majority of my DNA testing at Family Tree DNA so I do not have very many tests I can check at Ancestry. My mother is grouped into two communities. The first one is the Connacht Irish which is…
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The Brock Family of Hackney
My connection to the Brock family was not an obvious one. It all started with a four-page letter written by a niece to her uncle in 1883. This letter must have been important as it was passed down through my family until I rediscovered it in 1993, one hundred and ten years after it was written.…
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Fearless Female – A Photo
March 2 — Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select this photo? Pictured above is Caroline Louisa Norton, my great Grandmother. Caroline was born in 1877 in Quebec City the daughter of Richard Lee Norton & Hannah Pozer Jeffery. Caroline…
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52 Ancestors – Elizabeth Norton #11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j03XQi5toQg This is my way of sharing an autograph book that belonged to my great great grandmother’s sister Elizabeth Norton. Elizabeth was born in 1862 in Quebec City to parents Richard Lee Norton and Hannah Pozer Jeffrey. Elizabeth spent her life in Quebec City, she married James O’Grady in 1891 and although she had 3…
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