my genealogy life

Family stories are my buried treasure

Tracing ancestors in Canada, England, Scotland & Ireland

Sharing my love of digging through old documents, uncovering family stories, that bring our ancestors back to life.


  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • The word is out, the 1926 Prairie Province census will be released to the public March 2019! I would cancel all plans for March and get ready to see what your family was up to in 1926! Here is the…

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“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.”

-Micheal J. Fox-