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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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