2021 A2Z Challenge… a2zchallenge: Can Oral Stories Be True? 7 Mar 2021April 6, 2021 06APRIL2021: Due to unforeseen problems, this a2z Challenge will be postponed to 2022 Lies? Rumours? Or Mistaken Identities? "History became legend, legend became myth." - LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP…
Bitter-Sweet Luncheon… The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon, Pt II #AGSCon17 #OGSConf2017 24 May 2018May 24, 2018 We all have wished (at least once) for such an opportunity to speak with our loved ones/ ancestors; but it is not a wish for the faint of heart. Yes,…
BLOG PARTY The Untimely Return of The Time Capsule Challenge 1 Apr 2018October 23, 2020 As a long-standing member of the Ontario Genealogical Society, I lapsed a few years while I was serving overseas, but have kept re-newing since my return home, and later, re-location…
BLOG PARTY Shaping Up with Nostalgia 30 Jan 2018May 6, 2018 “Rabbit? RABBIT!” the Olde Banshee wailed, before poking me in the ribs. Startled, I poorly managed to stay in my chair. “Oh, you’re NOT dead,” she pouted. “Nostalgia! I’m trying…
Bitter-Sweet Luncheon… The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon, Part 1 #AGSCon17 #OGSConf2017 9 Apr 2017May 24, 2018 The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon is a completely hypothetical activity: Genealogists gather to dine over lunch, one on one, with their most elusive ancestor -- regardless of Time and Space in order to gather…
Your Roots Are Showing DNA: The New (Genealogy) Age 8 Mar 2017April 2, 2018 I've been doing genealogy since I was nine years old — or for 45 years, or since 1972, but, whichever way you look at it, it is a very long…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit The National Archives Tour is Booked #OGSConf2017 5 Mar 2017March 28, 2018 While looking over the OGS Conference guide, Nostalgia groused. "Oh, no! The National Archives tour is full!" "They must remember you," I smirked. "From 30 years ago?!?" the Olde Banshee…
Your Roots Are Showing Have You Met Mary Ann? #12FamilyFinds 4 Jun 2015April 2, 2018 My memory is failing, have I introduced you to Mary Ann KELLAM? We met in Barrie, Ontario at The ATKINSON Family Reunion in 1982. (Sort of.). It was at that…
Your Roots Are Showing Sunday Showcase: Upper Canada Ancestors 21 Jan 2013April 18, 2018 The Ontario Genealogical Society (Toronto, ON) has a lineage/heritage society for any person that can prove* they are descended from a resident that was in Ontario prior to 10 FEB…
Genealogy Mystery Monday: Little (Orphan?) Annie 19 Nov 2012January 22, 2018 It started on a Friday, just when I thought I was getting the hang of all this genealogy stuff, when my ancestors managed -- after forty years -- to throw…