Family Photos from WWI, WWII, and Peacekeeping
I'm finally getting back into The Routine after my vacation. There was a lot of walking and visiting
and (most of all) driving, so it's taken me a while to rest up and get back to normal. Of course, I had a lovely time seeing everyone in Vancouver and in Calgary. However, this is my family history blog, so I'll focus this entry on my time in our "ancestral town" of Fernie, BC. It seems a little ghoulish, perhaps, but the records created when someone dies
can be a treasure trove of genealogical information. Hence my current fascination with the England and Wales National Probate Calendar for 1858-1966. Probate records are the legal documentation of the human stories of a family. While the record confirms the date of death and (often) full name of the person who has died, it also provides clues to their relationship to others in the family, and their financial status at the time of their death. The best thing I've found in the probate records (so far), is the index listing of the Will of Elizabeth Huddleston (the great grandmother of Archibald George Robert Tucker). They say that your job doesn't define who you are, it's just what you do. However, I subscribe to the theory that the jobs that our ancestors did often provide clues to who they were. The details of the occupations held by our ancestors can be found in census records, many of which are available online.
I'd like to start off this blog with a bang. And so I will share with you yesterday's exciting new discovery.
Last month, I sent away for Roman MISCOVITCH'S Naturalization Papers, hoping for clues about The Miscovitch Immigration Story. The papers are a Find unto themselves (thanks for the suggestion, Dave Obee). However, the puzzle piece I was excited to see fall into place was the immigration date for his wife (Pelagia, or Pauline) and son (John, also known as Grampa M). |