A Canadian Family

Genealogy, Family History & Vintage Postcards

OOPS – Happy Birthday To Me!

Vickie of  BeNotForgot   reminded me earlier this evening that today was my first blogiversary.  That’s right, A Canadian Family is a whole 12 months old today!

Her note inspired me to reread my inaugural post and to realize that though I have succeeded in what I set out to do last December 30th – to create a family history & genealogy website – what I didn’t know a year ago was that I would discover such a vibrant and supportive online community – several communities, really! Read more »

December 30, 2009 Posted by | . | 13 Comments

International Swizzle Stick Collectors Association – Who Knew?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Internet is a godsend for finding people with niche interests!  A former Montrealer – Ray Hoare - commented earlier today on something I’d posted a while back (The Bellevue Casino On A Swizzle Stick) and since many of you are in love with everything vintage I thought I’d draw your attention to what he had to say:

If I may add to all of the above…  My name is Ray Hoare (formerly from Montreal, now of Vancouver) and I am the co-founder of International Swizzle Stick Collectors Association. We have been in operation since 1985, and have 80+ members and have a biennual convention in Las Vegas every odd numbered year.  My own collection is in excess of 52,000  swizzle sticks – all of an advertising nature, Read more »

December 30, 2009 Posted by | . | | 6 Comments

Harvey, Parris, Slavin, Murphy & Collins – English Quebeckers In Our Canadian Family Tree

I had a wonderful time today with my sister’s daughter Gabrielle Harvey. For the last year I’ve been tracing her family tree through her father’s lines and today she shared a lot of new information she’s been collecting about her father Daniel Harvey’s family. So far, I haven’t been able to share this research online because I hadn’t gone back far enough in time but now that I’m making more progress, I’ve decided to  begin publishing some little bits and pieces from her English background. By way of introduction, I’d like to say that her major patronym is Harvey – but it branches out into Ross, Parris, Slavin, Murphy, and Collins, and all these families seem to have roots back in England (apparently London and Manchester). Read more »

December 28, 2009 Posted by | . | , , | 10 Comments

Christmas On Parker St. 2009 | When Plastic Was King

Some of Parker St.’s decorations date from

Christmas on Champlain Blvd., Lasalle in the 1960s

 

Note: Parker St. is my sister’s home Read more »

December 28, 2009 Posted by | . | , | 16 Comments

FYI: Writer’s Challenge – Teachers in our life

One of the blogs that I like to drop in on quite regularly is Lori’s “Family Trees May Contain Nuts”. In case you miss it I wanted you to know that she runs an informal little activity called “Writer’s Challenge” and the topic for the third one is Teachers Who Made A Difference In Your Life”. Not that I’m biased (smile) but this certainly seems like a great writing topic!

Family Trees May Contain Nuts: Writer’s Challenge #3

TEACHERS WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE    -   GOOD OR BAD 
What teacher made a difference in your life?       Was it a positive experience or a negative one?
Did they make you even more determined to succeed?     Or did they stamp out the spark? 

December 27, 2009 Posted by | . | 1 Comment

Christmas On Parker St. 2009 | Nooks-and-crannies

Christmas in every nook and cranny.

Hi Lori,
Thank you for the compliment about my angel ornaments. They are handpainted on the inside through the tiny hole at the top !!! This method is called “Li Bien” and they are sold at Pier One Imports. Every year they have a different angel and I have been collecting them for quite a few years now.   Carol-Ann

December 27, 2009 Posted by | . | , , | 3 Comments

Christmas on Parker St. 2009 | O Christmas Tree!

A selection of contemporary ornaments

December 26, 2009 Posted by | . | , , | 3 Comments

Vietnamese Lost Person – Now Found: Great Christmas Eve News Just In!

Last week in the post Vietnamese Boat People to Montreal | Tran Thi Tuyet Trinh, Lost Friend, I shared a message from Trung Pham who was looking for a long lost friend. Well, Trung  just let me know this afternoon that he has finally located his friend!  What a nice bit of news for Christmas.

 

I FOUND HER

Wonderful-Wonderful-Wonderful
 
TRUNG PHAM

December 24, 2009 Posted by | . | 2 Comments

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