How Our Rivers Guided Us To Our New Homelands
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 of our waterways. Follow along as a young newlywed leaves his pregnant wife near New York, and under the protection of the Hudson River avoids capture by American troops to find a safe home. You will also hear about a Black American family, who with help from the Underground Railroad, followed the waterways of Upper New York to safety in Canada. Many examples are available, showing the importance of our waterways, and many of the stories are enduring.
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Paul Barber
Paul Barber: Owen Sound is my birthplace and the original home of my newly Canadian ancestors in the early 1800’s. After starting our family moves from one end of Ontario to the other, I caught the Genealogy bug, about 30+ years and started a new journey into my families past. Still old school in some aspects, I have also taken on many modern attributes in my studies and presentations. Looking into our past has given me a goal for my future, and for the futures beyond.
