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…