Wordless Wednesday: Hallowe'en Flashback 1971
The Princes and The Cat, Hallowe'en 1971. Digital copy of photograph. Original held by K. Lake, 2005.

Tuesday Teachings: Kill'em Off!
Have you killed off your ancestors? One of the more important things to do in your research is to "kill off" your ancestors by finding a death registration or burial record for them.  The first rule in family history is to work from what you do know to what you don't know.  Start with yourself and then move backwards chronologically generation by generation.  When researching each individual start with the most recent event and then move backwards chronologically through the person's life.  This means you start researching the death of your ancestor before researching their marriage and birth. Why is this important?

Canadian Genealogy Carnival 6th Edition - Home Sweet Home
Welcome to the 6th Edition of Canadian Genealogy Carnival. T. Casteel at Tangled Trees presents Our Canadian Ancestor's Home. Check out this lovely photograph of a beautiful ancestral home. Evelyn Yvonne Theriault presents Lagace Homestead in 1950s Bathurst, New Brunswick: Home Sweet Home posted at A Canadian Family, saying, "Move over Duggars!

422 Foch Avenue
As a child I spent a lot of time at 4-22 Foch (pronounced F-ahh-sh).  Yep, that's how we referred to it: 4-22 Foch.  It was the home of my grandparents, Joseph Brinley GEORGE and Dorothy May (EVANS) GEORGE.  I inherited a box full of treasures that once belonged to my Grandma George.  Inside the box was an envelope which contained all of the papers with regards to this house at 422 Foch Avenue. Now, I have not gone to the land records office to check when the house was originally built. However, I have in my possession mortgages, deeds and a quit claim that provide a detailed history of the owners of this little, three bedroom house