Blog Post Fourteen
In the years following my grandmother’s death I continued to learn so much about how she treated people, how guarded and secretive she was, and how much she lied to other people to protect her secrets. I’ve uncovered where she learned to keep secrets and why she kept them to herself for over 55 years.
Blog Post Thirteen
I used to recoil at the thought of filtering through old newspapers, straining my eyes to scan through every article in hope that it might mention someone in my family tree. To be honest, I thought combing the newspapers would be a tremendous waste of time.
Blog Post Twelve
After discovering the title and author of my grandmother’s tattered cook book, The American Woman’s Cook Book by Ruth Berolzheimer, I thought I would try to find some Christmas recipes and what I found was an entire menu for the occasion.
Blog Post Eleven
With winter approaching quickly I’m looking to start making soups and chicken pot pies to freeze for the season…I’ve often wondered what my ancestors made…my grandmother has been gone since 1959 and not much from her life was left for anyone to cherish, except a few small items and a mysterious cook book in a state of extreme disrepair.
Blog Post Ten
If you’re researching the newspaper archives for family members who lived in Edmonton, Alberta 35 years ago you may not be expecting so results.
Blog Post Nine
We left off switching gears from William Blain to Jane Blain. To recap, William and Jane had settled in Ontario and finished raising their family there.
Blog Post Eight
In the previous installment I found a cemetery record transcribed by the Manitoba Genealogical Society for William Blain which gave me more important information in the search for William’s death record. He was buried in an unmarked grave in January 1918 but I needed some context here. Why had his grave been left unmarked? Why is there no death record for William? Was his burial rushed?
Blog Post Seven
In the previous installment I left off searching for William Blain’s obituary which I did not have. I had a tremendously difficult time finding any information on William’s death.
Blog Post Six
One of my current ongoing projects is to collect original sources for all of my direct ancestors, though I know there are a handful I may never obtain myself due to time restrictions discussed in my previous blog…
Blog Post Five
You’ve got your family tree started, you have birth dates, marriage dates, and death dates for all of your grandparents all the way back to your third great grandparents. But, do you have copies of their vital statistics records to prove it?
Blog Post Four
I knew my grandfather was awarded medals for his service in WWII but he was gone before I was born and, while never having been lost, I have never seen his medals and I wanted to know what he was awarded.
Blog Post Three
On one side of my family I have nearly 30 people, men and women, who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and the United States Military between 1916 and 1945. But, can I locate all of their service records? Of course not.
Blog Post Two
I have many veterans in my family tree, it’s not lost on me that I can count the female veterans on one hand, as far as I know. Two women in my family, Susan and Anna, were members of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) during WWII; they were cousins and both from the same small town.
Blog Post One
Point Shores Genealogy is currently a blog by me, Kala McCotter-Mullen. I’m a genealogist-in-progress and aspiring writer based in Lambton County, Ontario.