Anniversary Number Four

It is my Fourth Anniversary of blog posting today!   

Thank you readers for following, commenting and encouraging me.

I started this blog on 30 April 2014 to help people find resources to go beyond the birth, marriage and death records in learning about their ancestors. I always tried to do it with a story of one of my ancestors. I hope I have attained that goal and that some of my posts have helped you in your research. 

This past year I did Patricia Greber's  Military Ancestor Challenge in November, and  I completed my Canada 150 posts in December . Since then I slowed down and now I just finished the 2018 Blogging A to Z Challenge. Of all the  genealogy bloggers out there, there were only a handful of us that did the challenge in the genealogy category. 

Let's see what the next year will bring!!

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High Fives - April 27, 2018

High Fives are articles or blog posts I have read during the week that I find interesting, and perhaps are pertinent to my research. Sometimes there are only a couple and sometimes there are quite a few.

There are no posts that interested me enough to get my High Five this week. 

Catch up on my Blogging A to Z challenge. 

For more genealogy weekend reading, see what posts these bloggers liked...

Saturday – Gail Dever, Crème de la Crème

Sunday – Randy Seaver, Best of the Genea-Blogs

High Fives - April 20, 2018

High Fives are articles or blog posts I have read during the week that I find interesting, and perhaps are pertinent to my research. Sometimes there are only a couple and sometimes there are quite a few.

Midwives and Nurses – a gift from VAFHO

~by VAFHO - Victorian Association of Family History Organisations Inc

I wish we had this in Canada, I have a few ancestors who were nurses.

GEDmatch Offers Completely Free DNA Reports and Cousin Matches: 

We’ll Show You How to Use It

~by Kate Jackson at Family History Daily

Good step by step explanation on using GEDmatch, the DNA Central if you will, where the DNA data you got from one of the big providers can do a meet and greet with those of other providers. Everyone should upload to GEDmatch !! Read more for the why and how!

Casting Call for Canadian DNA Diners

~by Gusto

I posted on my Facebook group page yesterday morning about the email I received from Ancestry telling of their partnership with Gusto (food channel in my Telus Optik package) for this casting call. I thought it warranted my putting here in case one of my Canadian readers missed it and would like to enter.

Catch up on my Blogging A to Z challenge. 

For more genealogy weekend reading, see what posts these bloggers liked...

Saturday – Gail Dever, Crème de la Crème

Sunday – Randy Seaver, Best of the Genea-Blogs

High Fives - April 13, 2018

High Fives are articles or blog posts I have read during the week that I find interesting, and perhaps are pertinent to my research. Sometimes there are only a couple and sometimes there are quite a few.

Behind the numbers

~by Judy G Russell at The Legal Genealogist

Great idea!  I’m going to check what the populations were where my ancestors lived.

A to Z Challenge - Heirlooms

~by Wendy at Jollett etc

You know by now I am doing the A to Z Blogging challenge this year.  One of the bloggers I am following is Wendy Mathias who is writing about the family heirlooms she inherited. I love that she has a story for every item she has. Click the A to Z in the right column.

The Battle of Vimy Ridge

~at Library and Archives Canada Blog

April 9^th was Vimy Ridge Day and a few bloggers paid tribute.

Catch up on my Blogging A to Z challenge. 

For more exciting weekend reading, see what posts these bloggers liked...

Saturday – Gail Dever, Crème de la Crème

Sunday – Randy Seaver, Best of the Genea-Blogs

High Fives - April 6, 2018

High Fives are articles or blog posts I have read during the week that I find interesting, and perhaps are pertinent to my research. Sometimes there are only a couple and sometimes there are quite a few.

Cluster for Success

By Donna Moughty at Donna’s Irish Genealogy Resources

I started a file, not only for wrong certificates, but also for newspaper clippings and book mentions of same surname, as I may find down the road that they are related!

Fair use and terms of use

~by Judy G Russell at The Legal Genealogist

The best is to just ask!

Pre-Confederation Land Patents issued bythe Registrar General

~by Rebecca Murray at Library and Archives Canada Blog

Finding Canada land patents before 1867


Domesday: on the record and on the road

~by Dr Jessica Nelson at The National Archives Blog (UK)

I did a write up on searching the Doomsday book you might find helpful. Also shows how you can use the information in your ancestor stories

10 Signs You Need a Research Plan

~by Lynn Palermo at the Armchair Genealogist

I am all of the above… I guess I need to tune in on Tuesday!

Catch up on my Blogging A to Z challenge.

For more exciting weekend reading, see what posts these bloggers liked...

Saturday – Gail Dever, Crème de la Crème

Sunday – Randy Seaver, Best of the Genea-Blogs

Our Roots Website - update

Many of you who use the Our Roots website to find books on the history of Canadian towns will have noticed that the site has been down for a while now. It is a site created and hosted by the University of Calgary.

They have just written a news update, and some of the books have been transferred already to their new home.

OurRoots update, University of Calgary

The format has changed and I'm not sure how I like it, it seems a little more awkward to view the pages.  It doesn't fit on the screen and you have to scroll down to read the whole page, but at least there is a "next" (or choose page number) button on the bottom. You can go full screen and if there was a "next page" button in the full view that would help a lot!

Screenshot - OurRoots

For now I am just thankful that it is finally coming back online, although none of my family ones are done yet.  I'll keep checking back. 

Bazaars, Markets and Fairs

A BAZAAR is a marketplace. Some places had permanent Bazaars, the precursor to the mall, and in some countries called a mall. 

Some were outdoors with different shops or stalls, and some indoors with booths. It was prestigious to finally get a place near the door or entrance. 

15 Sept 1642, France
Nicholas Albert, drapery merchant, sold to Francois Maupetit a stall located at the halls in the drapery row and which contained a trove (bay), for the sum of 40 livres which he paid in cash.

At times a short-lived Bazaar would occur during the year, perhaps when a special shipment of items newly arrived from overseas, or for a fundraiser for a charity. 

Some markets were just for livestock and breeders would come from all around to sell their cattle, pigs, sheep and horses. My Bruce ancestors went to many town markets in Devonshire to sell their cattle.

(A stot is a castrated male calf and a quey is a female calf)

A FAIR was a local gathering to sell homemade goods or their farm products, present their best livestock and participate in contests.  They typically occur at different times throughout the year so a person could travel to fairs in a different town. 

1862 Schedule of Fairs in Devonshire where my King ancestors lived 

I went to many Fairs in the small down where I grew up and it was always an exciting event to look forward to.  It was mostly homemade crafts and baked goods for display and sale, with games and costume parades for the kids. As I got older I helped out my grandmother at her church bazaars in the city. 

My kids grew up in a more rural area and the yearly fair they looked forward to had farm equipment exhibits, livestock exhibitions, horseback riding events, tractor pull, etc as well as the craft and baked goods displays. 

A local library or archives may have info on local fairs and bazaars. Also check in newspapers for winners of different catagories.  



Relevant links

Souvenir and handbook of Feill a' Chomuinn Ghaidhealaich (The Highland Association Bazaar) 1907

Report of the Christmas Bazaar: Ladies' Hospital Relief Assn, Rochester N.Y 1863

Davis Brothers Golden Rule Bazaar (San Francisco)

Grand Bazaar: School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia 1896

Old Moore's almanack: Fairs and Markets in England 1862

Ye boke of ye grande Masonnic fancie fayre & bazaar ofye oldene tyme, in ayde of ye Belfast Masonnic charyties – 1883

Ye List of ye Happnynges at ye Grand Bazaar. School ofIndustrial Art, Phila. 1896

The lady's bazaar & fancy fair book 1880

Souvenir book Providence teachers' bazaar 1901