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, and sharing the real papers that bring our ancestors back to life.


Tag: McIntee

  • David Stewart in the 1880 US Census

    David Stewart in the 1880 US Census

    It’s been a busy genealogy week this week. MyHeritage has made changes to the DNA and as a result, I have uncovered more cousins on my Jeffery and Norton lines. Returning the focus to my Stewart family and Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors challenge, I will look at a census record from Minnesota. In the 1880 census…

  • A Death by Drink or Not?

    A Death by Drink or Not?

    Today marks the 124th anniversary of the death of Cornelius McMahon my mother’s great-grandfather. Cornelius left Ireland with his parents and siblings when he was in his 20s, the family had lived through most of the famine but decided to leave. He settled in Ayton, Grey Co., Ontario, married and had seven children. I was…

  • It’s Not All Unicorns and Rainbows in Newspapers

    It’s Not All Unicorns and Rainbows in Newspapers

    Finding the truth about a death in 1892, yes it was a railway accident but..