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.

  • Here are two photos of 2 people that are more than likely my husband’s ancestors. Both photos are stamped by the photographers whose location was Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. My husband’s family that was from PEI is the Hodgson family…

  • John Tipper is my first ancestor to have traveled to Canada, arrived before 1796. Until today I didn’t have many details about him. What I did know is that he was a soldier with the Royal Artillery, his wife was…

  • I have happily arrived at the OGS 2014 conference held at the Brock University in Ontario. My first session yesterday was with Glenn Wright. I have been wanting to attend one of his presentations for the past couple of years…

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

-Micheal J. Fox-