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 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…

  • Genealogy serendipity seems to be quite common, almost everyone has a story to tell. Although not the first time I have had this sensation and probably not the last, I had one of those moments today that could be described as…

  • 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.…

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

-Micheal J. Fox-