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Can DNA Help You Strike Genealogy Gold?
Striking gold for me means finding a location in Ireland where my family lived. I have oodles of Irish ancestry, it is something I am very proud of, but it is truly tricky research. Paper trails have been researched for years but the link back to the Emerald Isle has been broken on almost every…
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Sweethearts in the Old County Finally Marry in Canada
This week Amy Johnson Crow has us write about a Valentine. The article I found about my husband’s 2nd great grandfather fits the bill. Gottlieb Wiesner was born in Poland in 1858. It seems according to the news article from the Winnipeg newspaper that he was in the army before immigrating to Canada with his wife…
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Crafting My Genealogy
I recently joined a group on Facebook called GAACR (Genealogy Arts and Crafts Room) where there are regular posts about creating arts and crafts using our ‘stuff’. One item caught my eye, it was an old used envelope that was enlarged and framed. The original post had been found on Pinterest and shared with members of…
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Open the DNA Floodgates
The floodgates have opened for me in the last two days and all because of DNA. Yesterday it was all about my Norton family from Great Yarmouth, England. A person emailed me, yes you read that right, they contacted me! Our trees didn’t jive though because I had an error in mine. I had the…
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Military Records in Canadian Orders-In-Council
Originally posted on A family history blog: Reposting this for the 11-day Military Challenge Yesterday I spent some time searching on-line at the Library and Archives Canada’s website focusing on the Orders in Council. The records cover the years 1867-1924, and are further explained on the site as: A federal Order-in-Council is a legal instrument made by the Governor…
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My Military Ancestor – Arnott Grier Mordy
Day 2 of the 11-day Military Challenge Arnott Grier Mordy was born in Almonte, Ontario and was working as an accountant at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Winnipeg when WWI broke out. In 1914 he enlisted and first served with the Cameron Highlanders, later being transferred to the 16th Canadian Scottish Division. During the duration…
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