Blog Post Fourteen
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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.

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Blog Post Thirteen
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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.

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Blog Post Ten
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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.

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Blog Post Nine
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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.

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Blog Post Eight
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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?

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Blog Post Seven
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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.

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Blog Post Six
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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…

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