Marie Marguerite Benoit
It’s not often an 18th century Cape Breton woman makes the news, but Marie Marguerite Benoit has recently. Earlier in March, she was named on CBC radio in
Lady Ashburnham Pickle
A mustard relish, Lady Ashburnham pickle originated in New Brunswick. It is also called Lady Ashburn or Lady A relish. Whatever you call it, it's the best mustard pickle that…
McDonald Family Tree
Daughters of Hiram Columbus "Lum" and Sarah (Brogan) McDonald, about 1910 in Daviess County, Kentucky. From left, front: Lattie Baird, Clara "Doll" Humphrey. Back: Celeste "Luss" (later Steele), Elizabeth (later…
Journey to Anne Marie
Marie Rundquist writes about her journey into her family history. Not the history she heard from her mother and grandmother, although it's part of the story. The story Ms. Rundquist…
Diana 1961-1997
Twenty years ago today Diana, Princess of Wales died at the age of 36. She was the daughter of the 8th Earl Spencer and 15 times great-granddaughter of King Henry…
Genevieve Jane Duffenais
Dear readers, I need your help. I am looking for the parents of Genevieve Jane Duffenais or Duffney. She married George Hynes. They lived in the Gravels on the Port…
Fortune Bay NL
Devon Griffin wrote the following about Fortune Bay and the family of Elizabeth Saunders. He sent it as a comment on Newfoundland Mi'kmaq Family History. But with so much information…
Earls of Grantham
Below is the lineage of the Earls of Grantham. The family name is Crawley, and their home is Downton Abbey in Yorkshire. It is a fictional family in a television…
Mi’kmaq Images
Ruth Holmes Whitehead's new book Niniskamijinaqik, Ancestral Images: The Mi'kmaq in art and photography is beautiful. If you are interested in Mi'kmaq history, it is also essential. It puts faces…
Iry LeJeune
In James Lee Burke's novel Cadillac Jukebox, a New Orleans mob guy brings a gift to Detective Dave Robichaux. A jukebox filled with 45s of classic Cajun recordings from the…
Royal Charlottes
The first British royal Charlotte was George III's queen. She is best known as the founder of London's Kew Gardens and for perhaps having black ancestry. Born in Germany in…
HRH Baby
With the expected Royal baby, there will be a kinship situation that hasn’t existed since Queen Victoria reigned. There will be 3 generations of direct heirs apparent to the throne:…
Mr. Otto Kelland
A while back, I was looking online for a family in response to a query. I found them. A note on their kinship chart said the wife was sister of…
Ancestry Search
Thirty-three years ago I started doing Newfoundland Mi’kmaq genealogies. Over the years, I’ve added and corrected information and marked changes in families. This weekend, I sadly updated the database with…
A Tale of the Sea
The Newfoundland Quarterly Vol. XII-No. 3 DECEMBER, 1912 40 cents per year Howard Blackburn and Thomas Welch - A Tale of the Sea By The Right Hon. Sir Edward Morris,…
Musée Acadien PEI
If you have a drop of Acadian blood in your veins or if you just enjoy the distinctive sound of an Acadian fiddle, a place for you to go is…
Notre Dame du Mont Carmel, Ile St-Jean
The church and graveyard at Mont Carmel on the west coast of PEI. Here, the island feels like it should be called by its old name, Ile St-Jean, when it…
United Empire Rebels
A couple weeks ago, I posted the family tree of the Mabees, my paternal grandmother’s people. It’s the family I knew least about, other than there are a lot of…
Newfoundland Mi’kmaq Family History & Genealogy
The internet is a good place to find out about your family history. Lots and lots of genealogy websites and resources. Unfortunately, it ain’t as easy as the tv ads…