Tag: Stewart
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Road Trip Progress
Yesterday traveled Toronto to Delhi 149 km Met mom’s third cousin for the first time and stayed in the McMahon home that is 118 years old. The famous Irish welcome we were granted was followed by quick-witted conversation, offers of food and a warm place to sit by the crackling fire. We were quickly at ease with…
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Did Your Ancestor Leave You A Clue at the Cemetery?
Did your ancestor leave you a clue at the cemetery? Mine did. Sites like Find-A-Grave and Canadian Headstones are great tools to use in helping us research our family but a trip to your ancestors grave could lead to more discoveries. What you don’t see in the pictures posted on those sites is the headstones…
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It’s Not All Unicorns and Rainbows in Newspapers
Finding the truth about a death in 1892, yes it was a railway accident but..
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Create Family History Videos
One of the things I learned while attending the OCG 2016 Conference in Toronto was to continue to work on using video to share family stories. Thanks to a session given by Lisa Louise Cooke on How to Create and Leverage Your Own You Tube Channel for Genealogy and her suggestion of Animoto as user-friendly I took the time…
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JAMES STEWART – His History
His Life From Ontario To British Columbia James Stewart was a broad-shouldered stocky man, who lived a life that embraced possibilities and adventures. Born to William Stewart and Mary Loftus in West Flamboro, Wentworth Co., Ontario and baptized on Jan. 6, 1847. James was their first son as a couple but not the first…
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Working Woman – Fearless Female
March 12 — Working girl: Did your mother or grandmother work outside the home? What did she do? Describe her occupation. Blog prompt from Lisa Alzo. My mother Mary Stewart was one of my first female ancestors to work outside of the home. She grew up on a farm by Albright, Alberta, and the closest…
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