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  • Airport Fun

    Airport Fun

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    Patricia Greber
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    I am sitting in the Edmonton airport waiting for the start of what in my mind is my ‘trip of a lifetime’. Although not purely a research trip, more of an exploratory journey, I will be doing some genealogy research. I plan to stay close or in the communities that I know my family has…

  • Update: The Elusive Potters of Goulbourne

    Update: The Elusive Potters of Goulbourne

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    Patricia Greber
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    A quick update. I am not sure if it is because I blogged about it (just this week – The Elusive Potters of Goulbourn) but I seem to have made a breakthrough researching my Potter family. I logged into my mother’s DNA at Ancestry today and using the search feature, typed in the name Potter. I…

  • The Elusive Potters of Goulbourne

    The Elusive Potters of Goulbourne

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    Patricia Greber
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    March is Women’s History month and I am plan to spend the month focused on finding the family of Mary Potter. Mary is my direct female ancestor and I know very little about her. The census records tell me she was born about 1805 in either Ireland or England. In 1834 at the Parish of…