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April 6 is Tartan Day

Posted by christine woodcock on April 6, 2011 at 2:18am
April 6 is officially known as Tartan Day inCanada. April 6 was chosen as the date because it is the anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath, the Scottish declaration of independence.
A tartan represents a community, and is an enduring symbol ofScotlandthat is cherished by Canadians of Scottish ancestry. Many Canadian provinces and other countries already celebrate Tartan Day.
Further to that announcement by Heritage Canada,Canadaannounced that the Maple Leaf Tartan is now the Official Tartan o
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Scrapbooking: Something all family members will like

Posted by Daniel Johnson on December 15, 2010 at 10:06pm

I have been gathering and planning out a scrapbook project to go long with my genealogy / history project. Scrapbook projects do take time and if you do not catch some really great sales they can be costly. The up side is that family members that might not want to look at data and plain charts might really like to see your handy work. There are also some really cool things that I have found to aid in the creative side of this project. Here are some really great examples of things you can find al

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Ever heard of Creative Genealogy?

Posted by Michelina Hall on September 30, 2009 at 8:00am

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We all love genealogy,this is why we are here. I too have done extensive research to find my ancestors and go as back in time as possible.I love genealogy so much that I decided to make it fun for my now still little children so that they would love it too.Then I realized that when you make genealogy something more visual than just a pedigree chart, you get interest from any kind of person.If you would like an idea of what I mean by "Creative Genealogy", you can give a look at this blog post:Cre
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I'm From A Small Town

Posted by Tara Pfarner on July 13, 2009 at 8:58pm
I come from a small town. I like it that way.My dad's parents moved here with him and my aunts when my dad was a toddler. Most of their relatives were still in Pennsylvania, except a couple of my grandma's siblings. They moved her mother up here a few years later, into the house that would later belong to my parents, where I was born. (Well, where I lived when I was born. I was born in a hospital.)My mom's family, on the other hand, has lived in the same small nearby town for 150 years. That mea
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