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Continue reading →: Uncovering the Nemyrski Family LegacyThis post is a continuation from last week’s post on “Unraveling Teresa Marion’s Family Mystery“ and the Nemyrski/Nemirsky family from Wostok, Alberta. I’m learning so much and I love it. We learned through DNA that Teresa Marion’s name at birth was most likely Paraska (or maybe Baraska) Nemyrski. Her parents…
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Continue reading →: Unraveling Teresa Marion Normand’s Family MysteryThe theme for the first week of the 2025 52 Ancestor Challenge is In The Beginning. Lately, I’ve been doing a deep dive into my stepfather’s family tree, so I’ll interpret this theme to match my interests as of late. I wrote back in November about Ira Robinson, my stepfather’s…
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Continue reading →: Ira Robinson (1871-1961)*Ira is a part of my extended, bonus family. He is my stepfather’s maternal grandfather.* Early Years Ira Petit Robinson was born in Norfolk, Ontario on March 26, 1871, as seen in the below clipping from Ancestry’s Ontario Birth records online. (courtesy of the Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada;…
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Continue reading →: We Don’t Talk About ItThe theme for Week # 36 is “We Don’t Talk About It.” This theme seems very fitting with a few situations that I have come across recently. How do you deal with unexpected relatives after taking a DNA test? I’ve run into this issue more than once and it can…
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Continue reading →: Achievementa·chieve·ment noun – a thing done successfully, typically by effort, or skill. What is the point or benefit of having a genealogy blog? I ask myself this question sporadically. This week has shown me once again why I make the time to write about my family’s history. It all goes…
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Continue reading →: HeirloomsI’m such a sentimental person that I find it difficult to let go of anything that is in any way connected to an ancestor. I can literally walk into almost any room in our home and find a memory or heirloom from someone in our family. The room I am…
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Continue reading →: Earning a Living – Women at WorkOnce again I turn to my Aunt Hilary as inspiration for this week’s topic. Here she is in 1944, ever the activist, writing a letter to the editor of The Vancouver Sun expressing her thoughts on two recent broadcasts. I feel it fits quite well in this week’s theme of…
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Continue reading →: Favourite PhotoThis week’s prompt is FAVOURITE PHOTO. WHO is in it? This would be my father, Keith Apps. WHEN and WHERE was it taken? In the living room of my maternal grandparent’s home in the UBC endowment lands. This was the day that my parents got married! August 21st, 1970. WHY…
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Continue reading →: OriginsWeek # 2 – 52 Ancestors This week’s writing prompt is Origins. As per usual there are so many ways to interpret it. At first, I thought it would be neat to draw up a family tree with just the birthplace of each ancestor. This would give me an idea…
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Continue reading →: Family LoreI can think of a couple stories that have been told to me regarding our family’s history. The first is on my mother’s paternal side of the family and it is a common one, that they descend from passengers on the Mayflower. On my father’s paternal side, I’ve been told…
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