I keep finding new nuggets about my ancestors in newspapers. Lately I have been spending time researching my Harrop family and I thought I had done a thorough job searching but I am still finding new things. Here are four ways I search through newspapers: Names: Starting with the name variations William Harrop, Wm Harrop,…
A discovery yesterday over at Newspapers.com further proved my theory of the connection of descendants of the Jeffrey family from Quebec. I have written about the Jeffrey family in a series of posts and thanks to a search at the newspaper’s website I have found another link binding the descendants. If you are curious here…
A new discovery when I was on the BAnQ website (Quebec Archives) they have updated their Prison record index. My family seems to have used the facility quite often over the years and I have benefited from the index. Well, first I was a little shocked and once I was done processing what the records…
Some time ago a DNA match sent me a message, and yes, I was contacted, not doing the contacting. The DNA Jeannine who lives in Australia was a DNA match to my great uncle Herb Jordan who I tested at Family Tree DNA. Initially, Herb had done the Y DNA test but since FTDNA stores…
Yesterday I received a message from a cousin who said he had scanned a few more pictures from his dad’s collection. I had the time to look at the pictures last night and was surprised to see some military photos. One picture was from a Musketry School in Montreal taken in 1917. I quickly suspected…
Sept. 19th was a great day, a cousin sent me 12 images that she had in her collection. All but one were photos I had never seen before of the McMahon family. My cousin had identifications for most of them but I have to say, days of research has not uncovered the others. Although she did…
An update: as of Sept 21, 2018, the Canadian 1926 Prairie province census is at 72% indexed! 62% reviewed, very impressive. Great job indexers! If you want to help before it is all finished sign in to Family Search and you will find it listed under the indexing tab.
I have been a little focused (alright obsessed) with the potential release of the 1926 Canadian prairie census. After writing some posts about it I have realized that I (and you) can index the census! It is available as an indexing project at Family Search, I just was on their site and checked. How do…
On a recent trip to Quebec City I made two trips to Mount Hermon Cemetery to pay my respects to relatives. There are various members of the Jordan and Norton families laid to rest there. A cool aspect was realizing I had a record at home of the purchase of the headstone for Richard Lee…
Update: Hold on to Your Hats, The Census is Coming The 1926 census has had many of us waiting for any word on when we will have access from Library and Archives Canada. A look at the Library and Archives Canada website and a small paragraph indicates that it is going to be quite some time before…
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