Blogging A to Z this year my theme was Ancestor Occupations. I researched and wrote about different occupations held by some of my ancestors...

My 2x great grandfather's sister, Ann Purdie Falconer Tait was a calico printfield worker in Glasgow in 1859 when she married Robert ...

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a public...

The only fun thing for me about going to the dentist when I was young, was he would give me a bead of mercury in a small vial to take hom...

While researching my Frost ancestors of Devon, I discovered that the site for Moretonhampstead History Society had a list of Landlords of ...

In honour of today being  Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day in Canada, which was declared in 1998 to be the last Sunday of...

In 1918 the United States Bureau of Labor put out a few publications describing occupations, what qualifications or schooling it took to ...

Fire can give us life or give us death. Some people are fascinated by fire. As a Girl Guide I made many fires in the woods with friends.  ...