My Genealogy Life

Family stories are my buried treasure. — Patricia Greber, treesrch1800 at gmail.com

Main menu

Skip to content
  • About Me
  • Surnames in My Tree
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • My Tool Box
  • Surnames in My Husband’s Tree
2019, Jordan, Quebec City

Searching for Mrs. Bridgeford of Quebec City

by Patricia Greber • May 15, 2019 • 1 Comment

I am trying to solve the mystery of the Bridgeford family and their connection to the Jordan family of Quebec City. I don’t have a lot of information to go on, not even a date. The limited information I have is from a reply to an inquiry sent by Mrs. Jordan to a Sister at…

Read more →

2019

1926 Prairie Province Census Index Released by Family Search

by Patricia Greber • February 25, 2019 • 2 Comments

Breaking news, Family Search has added the index for the 1926 Canadian Prairie Province Census. Some of the indexes are linked to the images, but not all. If the image is there it will appear on the right side if no image appears, there are a couple of steps to take to find it. Use…

Read more →

2019

Browse the 1926 Canadian Prairie Census NOW

by Patricia Greber • February 4, 2019 • 2 Comments

The number of people that are interested in the release of the 1926 Prairie census is telling by the amount of people that look at my posts about it. I had to let you know, we now have access to the census. They have added the Canadian 1926 Prairie census to their catalog at Family…

Read more →

Uncategorized

Update to the Quebec City Prison Database

by Patricia Greber • January 18, 2019 • 1 Comment

A new discovery when I was on the BAnQ website (Quebec Archives) they have updated their Prison record index. My family seems to have used the facility quite often over the years and I have benefited from the index. Well, first I was a little shocked and once I was done processing what the records…

Read more →

Uncategorized

Death Record for Elizabeth (Sharp) Norton

by Patricia Greber • January 7, 2019 • 4 Comments

Some time ago a DNA match sent me a message, and yes, I was contacted, not doing the contacting. The DNA Jeannine who lives in Australia was a DNA match to my great uncle Herb Jordan who I tested at Family Tree DNA. Initially, Herb had done the Y DNA test but since FTDNA stores…

Read more →

2018, Jordan, Uncategorized, World War I, WWI

Military Photographs WWI

by Patricia Greber • December 17, 2018 • 1 Comment

Yesterday I received a message from a cousin who said he had scanned a few more pictures from his dad’s collection. I had the time to look at the pictures last night and was surprised to see some military photos. One picture was from a Musketry School in Montreal taken in 1917. I quickly suspected…

Read more →

2018

An Update on the 1926 Prairie Province Census

by Patricia Greber • October 30, 2018 • 1 Comment

The word is out, the 1926 Prairie Province census will be released to the public March 2019! I would cancel all plans for March and get ready to see what your family was up to in 1926! Here is the link to the statement from Library and Archives Canada.        

Read more →

2018, Dever, World War I

100 Years Since the Soldiers Came Home

by Patricia Greber • October 11, 2018 • 0 Comments

In one month, it will be time to commemorate the centenary of Armistice of World War I. One century ago thousands of damaged soldiers were returning home, marking the resolution of the war to end all wars. Worldwide there were soldiers embarking on the journey home. Some hadn’t met their children or hadn’t laid eyes…

Read more →

2018, Newspapers

5 Ways I Search The Fulton Newspaper Site

by Patricia Greber • September 27, 2018 • 9 Comments

I have been 3 days, yes 3, searching through the Fulton Newspaper site. Here are some key ways I made some fantastic discoveries. If you do not know about the Fulton site it is created, maintained and added to by one guy, ONE GUY. Its official name is Old Fulton NY Postcards and contains over…

Read more →

Uncategorized

Finding the People in the Pictures

by Patricia Greber • September 24, 2018 • 2 Comments

Sept. 19th was a great day, a cousin sent me 12 images that she had in her collection. All but one were photos I had never seen before of the McMahon family. My cousin had identifications for most of them but I have to say, days of research has not uncovered the others. Although she did…

Read more →

Page 4 of 21
« 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 21 »

Search this Blog

Follow My Genealogy Life on WordPress.com

Top Posts & Pages

  • Shout Out to Random Acts of Photo Restoration Facebook Group
  • The Normandie Roof in Montreal
  • It's Not All Unicorns and Rainbows in Newspapers
  • Don't Miss Out on an Event in Your Family Tree by Using This Neat Trick
  • Let’s Honour Our Military Ancestors in November - An 11 Day Challenge
  • 1926 Prairie Province Census Index Released by Family Search

Tags

52Ancestors Alberta Ancestry Atkins Balcarres BAnQ Brock Brown Canada census Chicago Cody Dever Devon Directory DNA Edmonton England Englewood Etobicoke family history Family Tree Fearless Female Galway genealogy Great Yarmouth Hackney Harrop Hodgins Humphry Ireland Irish Islington Jeffery Jeffrey Jordan Kingston Library and Archives Canada Loftus manitoba maps McIntee McMahon Military Minnesota Montana Montreal Newspapers New York Normanby Norton Ontario Orangeville Ottawa photos Potter Prendergast Quebec Quebec City Rebekah Reddy road trip Saskatchewan Ship captain soldier Stewart Stickle Tipper wedding will writing WWI yearbook Yorkton Young
  • About Me
  • Surnames in My Tree
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • My Tool Box
  • Surnames in My Husband’s Tree

Top Posts & Pages

  • Shout Out to Random Acts of Photo Restoration Facebook Group
  • The Normandie Roof in Montreal
  • It's Not All Unicorns and Rainbows in Newspapers
  • Don't Miss Out on an Event in Your Family Tree by Using This Neat Trick
  • Let’s Honour Our Military Ancestors in November - An 11 Day Challenge
  • 1926 Prairie Province Census Index Released by Family Search

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • My Genealogy Life
    • Join 3,899 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • My Genealogy Life
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...