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.


  • 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…

  • A recent trip to Quebec City and I was once again walking paths, cemeteries and the roads of my ancestors. I was able to find out the hours of St. Matthew’s Church which has been converted into a library and…

  • I have written two previous blog posts about the release of the 1926 Canadian census that covers the western prairie Provinces. 1926 Census to be Released this Year & 1926 Census When – No One Knows The information on Library and…

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

-Micheal J. Fox-