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Today is Grandma’s Birthday
I wanted to give a shout out to my grandmother who was born 115 years ago today, September 20, 1901 in Quebec City. My grandma Beatrice Jordan was the first born daughter of Peter and Caroline. Beatrice married John Dever in Montreal in 1928. Beatrice had many interests, one of them was her family history.…
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Working on Ships in 1800s
Jeremiah Norton was a carpenter on various ships throughout his career. Jeremiah was born in Great Yarmouth on the 29th of August in 1781, he stood a modest 5’4″ and set sail in 1805 at the age of 24 years. An anchor and a half moon tattoo was proudly displayed on his left hand. When…
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A Fine Celebration
One of the things that I inherited from my grandmother Beatrice (Jordan) Dever was a Royal Canadian Artillery reunion booklet. She may have attended the event or collected it as her grandfather William Robert Jordan was honoured at the event. The reunion was held in Kingston, Ontario and was reported in the Kingston Whig-Standard on…
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Following Her Footsteps
There always so much to see when I travel to Quebec City and I made a point to visit some places that I knew were frequented by my ancestors. Before leaving I created a list of places to visit and on the list was the Jeffery family home in the 1840s. Robert and Elizabeth (Tipper)…
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3 Ways Genealogy Conferences Rock
Why attend a conference? That’s a good question and one it took me a bit to answer. Learning! Do you know it all? No? Me either, so a conference is a great way to learn from speakers face-to-face. And do you know what? I think every speaker I listened to at OGS 2016 gave out their…
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Discovering Mind-Mapping
Ok, so I know I am late to the party on mind-mapping but I seem to be late to most parties. I am determined to learn some of the techniques that the genealogy giants keep talking about. I attended Thomas MacEntee’s session on Mind-Mapping and after fumbling his introduction I sat down to see what…
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