Author Archives: Colleen Labbe

My Irish family came to Canada in 1841 to a small town in Quebec. My family did not speak French and they were not Roman Catholic, so why Quebec? To figure this out I began a One Place Study. I … Continued

Each year at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians at the National War Memorial in Ottawa and across the country pause in remembrance of those who died in military service. The Commonwealth War Graves … Continued

FamilySearch has several collections concerning Ontario land records. However, these collections are not name indexed for easy use by genealogists. In this talk we learn how to use and navigate through the various FamilySearch collections such as Abstract Indexes, Land … Continued

Land records are arguably the most important records for family historians researching their 19th-century ancestors because ownership of land was our ancestors’ most important achievement. The majority of immigrants to Upper Canada and Canada West did not have the opportunity … Continued

Rivers and Waterways were more than just passageways to our Future Homelands. Some provided our ancestors with protection, others provided a livelihood, and the list continues. With a few short Family stories, I will give you examples of the importance … Continued

Farm records can be an insightful tool for understanding your ancestor’s place in the world.  Were they wealthy, prosperous farmers or scratch farming to survive? Agricultural census, land records, mortgage books, court records, farm directories, newspapers, personal ledgers and diaries … Continued