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Updated Page – Surnames in My Tree
I have updated the Surnames in My Tree page on my blog and added my Gedmatch number, do you have your Gedmatch number posted on your genealogy blog? I will be adding to the summaries of my 32 great great grandparents (if there is information to add).
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Connecting Your DNA Matches Pt.2: The Clues
I already wrote about the visual tool offered by Bonnie at DNA RootSearch in an earlier blog post Connecting Your DNA Matches but I have more to say. When I was looking at my results I realized I was getting clues that aren’t as easy to see on your Ancestry matches pages. These clues were grouping my…
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What? An Archives Wants My Stuff
Well, not really my stuff, they want my grandparent’s stuff, but how awesome is that?! My genealogy collection includes a large number of items that belonged to my grandmother Beatrice (Jordan) Dever and on a smaller scale her husband John M. Dever. This ‘stuff’ includes their own personal records but also photographs, letters, scrapbooks and…
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John Alexander & George Jeffery
John Alexander Jeffery was the first-born son of Robert Jeffery & Elizabeth Tipper. They had him baptized at St. Gabriel’s Presbyterian church in Montreal on Dec. 7, 1818. There is little to be told about John, other than he died in Quebec City at the age of 21 years and is buried in an unknown location.…
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Social Gathering in Montreal, 1930s
I was sent a copy of two photographs of my great grandmother Caroline (Norton) Jordan and a large gathering of people. The Jordan family was living at 1899 Papineau Ave, Montreal and the date of the photographs are about 1924 & 1930. I am looking to find the names of the people in them and the…
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Connecting at Conference
I was lucky enough to attend the Ontario Genealogy Conference that was recently held in Ottawa. A few of the reasons I LOVE attending: Deals. The vendors are there in spades and they offer great deals, DNA kits at unheard of prices, renewing your subscription to sites again at reduced rates, books, scanners, and more.…
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