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.

  • His Life From Ontario To British Columbia    James Stewart was a broad-shouldered stocky man, who lived a life that embraced possibilities and adventures. Born to William Stewart and Mary Loftus in West Flamboro, Wentworth Co., Ontario and baptized on…

  • I live in a fairly remote location and do not often get any Archives to do hands-on research. This has led me to hiring researchers but I confess this doesn’t give me the same sense of satisfaction as digging through…

  • It is kinda like doing the hockey-pokey. I feel like I am dancing a jig as I move at a turtles pace through the process. I had been planning to rework my tree for some time and the Do-Over fit…

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

-Micheal J. Fox-