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.

  • My paternal great-grandmother Caroline Norton was born in Quebec City in 1878 to parents Richard Lee Norton and Hannah Pozer Jeffery. I have always felt that Caroline was a force to be reckoned with. Reviewing old documents that I have…

  • I don’t know if you have given this site a try but it is very user friendly and you can create something simple or more complex. Have a look at what I created. https://www.treelines.com/story/639-my-family-history-journey/#page/cover

  • James or Ray as he was known was born 1900 in Manannah Twp., Meeker Co., Minnesota. His father David first settled in the area as a young man and travelled north to Canada to marry Bridget McMahon who lived in…

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

-Micheal J. Fox-