I really struggled with this week prompt from Amy Johnson Crow on her 52 Ancestors series. The question is if I could sit down to dinner with any of my ancestors who would I pick? Who would I pick? I have actually mused on this all week. To be honest, I would have them all…
I am following the challenge issued by Amy Johnson Crow to write about 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. A simple word, start, but start what? For me, it means starting my 2018 genealogy journey. I have decided that I will create a second genealogy book this year. The focus will be my maternal Stewart family.…
Murder is a horrible thing and when you encounter it in your family research it is VERY hard to know how to handle it. It is one thing to find a murder but to also discover a child that has murdered their parent, it is simply shocking. I did not know this story until I…
I don’t have any photos of Grace Brown (Coffey) but I feel like she has such an interesting story, which is yet undiscovered. Grace was born in Ireland probably Dublin, to parents John Brown and Mary Boyd. Grace grew up in Kingston, Ontario with her 8 siblings. She married William Coffey on the 22 March…
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 the same community he had before leaving Ontario. James had quite a journey in store.…
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