Moving Day, or the use of newspaper archives in family history
As a librarian – and as one who specializes in media-tracking and news monitoring – I am well aware of the value of newspapers as sources of information both past and present. Over the last couple of...
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Wordless Wednesday – Margaret Johnson, 1912
Another photo of my great-grandmother, Margaret Johnson Fee. This was taken in 1912, the year before her marriage.
View ArticleHappy St. Patrick’s Day!
I thought, in honour of St. Patrick’s Day, I would post those lines of my family that hail – directly or indirectly – from Ireland. Christopher Summerville/Somerville (1822-1901) & Elizabeth...
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SNGF: How many surnames?
It’s Saturday night, which means it’s time for Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over at Geneamusings. The mission tonight is: 1) Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either...
View ArticleHappy Canada Day!
In honour of Canada Day, I am listing all of my ancestors who made the long ocean voyage to settle here. Most of them arrived here well before Confederation and all of them settled in what is today...
View ArticleSNGF: My Genea-Bucket List
It’s Saturday Night and time for some Genealogy Fun courtesy of Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings. Our mission is to create a “Genea-Bucket List”. Knowing that a “Bucket List” is a wish list of things...
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SNGF – My “Heritage Pie” chart
It’s Saturday night again which means it’s time for Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over at Genea-Musings. Tonight’s mission is: 1) List your 16 great-great-grandparents with their birth,...
View ArticleSNGF – List your matrilineal lines
It’s Saturday night and time for some genealogy fun, courtesy of Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings website. Our mission tonight: 1) List your matrilineal line – your mother, her mother, etc. back to the...
View Article52 Ancestors: #3 Margaret (Johnson) Fee
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week three. My great-grandmother Margaret (Johnson) Fee was born on...
View Article52 Ancestors: #26 Charlotte (Willliams) Fee (abt 1825-1876)
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week twenty-six. My great-great-great grandmother, Charlotte Williams, was...
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