Every conference and institute I attend is memorable for different reasons. With the in person events, it's about the networks, people, and travel. And now with the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference, where I'll be madly applying new techniques and taking notes until they close the site and lock me out.
Category: British Genealogy
Explore Canadian Pacific Ship Records on Ancestry
Ships have personalities and lives, and humans have been sailing since time immemorial. The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company records help us family historians fill in the dry details of dates of immigration and departure with colour and life. As is always the case in genealogy, I had no idea how the story would turn out when I began writing, nor that I would find the stories of ten year old Ng Choy in 1913, or the Pike family in 1950.
A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives – part 4: the treasures we found
We had a two day blitz at the Lincolnshire Archives, and the second day was helped enormously by having my husband as research assistant...we were able to answer all our previous genealogy questions, and think up ten more.
Visiting the Lincolnshire Archives: Tips for Genealogists, part 3
A love of genealogy follows me wherever I go. In retrospect it was silly to think I could leave it behind while visiting England. What surprised me was how much I wanted to research, like I was missing a limb. Finally, I realized that researching a fresh, new area was like a holiday, filled with the joys of discovery. I was and am captivated by British records, English laws, and Quakers.
A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives – part 2: a brief guide to researching English Quakers
Building a research guide may seem daunting but it rewards the effort. In retrospect I could have asked ChatGPT to build it for me, like anything, I learn better when I do the work. Now that I have a better understanding of the zeitgeist, I have a new appreciation of what the Quakers suffered to practise their faith.
A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln, UK – part 1: The story begins
A genealogist never goes on holiday. Despite my solemn plans to do no genealogy while in the UK, I ended up not only doing genealogy, but digging into my husband’s Quaker roots in Lincolnshire. Along the way I learned about non-Conformist records, the Quaker movement, and how one dedicated researcher left his work for the benefit of all who came after.