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 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 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.