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Happy Birthday, Great-Grandma!
I was fortunate enough to know my great-grandma, who was born on this day 118 years ago today. We spent lots of time with her as children until she moved to the other side of the country, and even then she came back to visit and we vacationed there a few times. I even got…
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Remembering our Canadian WWI Ancestors
Have you seen the Disney movie Coco? I learned a lot about the traditions of the Día de Muertos such as the ofrenda. I love the ritual involved in remembering and honouring ancestors. I think this is especially important when the ancestor in question has no direct descendants to remember them, like my third great uncle, George…
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Derivative vs. Original Sources
I was really proud of my post How to Order Records from the GRO (1) until it was pointed out to me that GRO records aren’t original records, they are copies of the original records. The copies were made at the end of each quarter, so they date back to almost the time the original…
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Genealogy Education and Certification
A lot of people ask in the Genealogy Squad Facebook Group (1) about genealogy education (usually with a goal of becoming a professional genealogist). Since this is something I’ve looked at, I thought it would be helpful to write a blog post detailing various educational opportunities and how I’m planning on working my way towards…
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Happy Birthday, Bert!
When I was ordering my great-grandad’s birth record from the GRO, I noticed that it was almost his birthday! He was born 116 years ago on this day, in a place called Newton-In-Makerfield, now known as Newton-Le-Willows, at 11 Liverpool Row (1). This street was part of a housing project for the Vulcan Foundry (there’s…
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How to Order Records from the GRO
If you’ve seen my book review on Organize your Genealogy, you’ll know that my intentions are to collect all my documents in Google Drive and create links to them in OneNote. Well, I’m pleased to say I have begun that process and I will write more about it in another post. One of the benefits…
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Centimorgans and Segments
In my post DNA in a Nutshell I mentioned that centimorgans (cM) are a unit of measurement used to measure the amount of DNA you have. The more centimorgans you share with someone, the closer you are related to them. For example, you share around 3500cM with your parents, but only around 880cM with your great-grandparents.…
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Genealogy Abbreviations and Terms for Beginners
This post is not intended to be comprehensive, but as a starting point for people just getting into genealogy. If you want a more comprehensive list of abbreviations and terms, I highly recommend checking out this page on Rootsweb for genealogy terms and this page on DNA Geek for genetic genealogy terms. 1C1R – first…
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Book Review: Organize Your Genealogy
I watched Thomas McEntee’s webinar “Genealogy Pit Stop: Research in 15 Minute Increments” and (spoiler alert) the secret to doing genealogy in 15 minute increments is to be extremely organized. Since then, I have been trying to figure out the best way to get organized. I decided to read “Organize Your Genealogy” by Drew Smith…
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Sources, Evidence and Proof
I’ve been reading the Genealogy Standards (1) put out by the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and I’ve come upon an analogy that I think will help people understand the differences between the terms Sources, Evidence and Proof. While one could easily check the dictionary definition for these words they are technical terms that come…
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