Category: Organization
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St. Andrew’s Society, Quebec City
On my recent trip to Quebec City I was reminded that the section of the cemetery my 2x great grandparents are buried in is a section labeled St. Andrew’s Society. An initial search on Google brought up a list of St. Andrew’s Societies, but little on the Quebec City branch. Internet Archive offered a bit…
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Going Digital with my Genealogy Filing
I began researching my family tree when printing everything was the norm, but it is time for me to review my files and purge the excess. Today and for many days in the future I will be going through each of my genealogy files one at a time, assessing the information, digitizing, and hopefully throwing…
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When Grandma Became President of the Rebekahs
Today is the day of my grandmother Beatrice Mary Victoria Jordan’s birth in Quebec City. In wanting to mark the day I also realized it is also the 60th anniversary (one day late) of her becoming the International President of the Rebekahs at their Annual Session in Miami, Florida. Beatrice had worked hard in the…
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The Rebekah Collection Pt.1
I am in possession of my grandmother Beatrice (Jordan) Dever’s papers that consist of numerous items from her involvement with the Rebekah Assembly in Quebec, the female branch of the I.O.O.F. Her passion for this organization led her to numerous positions throughout her lifetime and I know she was especially proud to serve as the International…
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