The story of the Chelsea Pensioners in Upper Canada is one of former British soldiers dismissed from active duty because of illness, injury or long service. In an effort to reduce costs, the British government decided around 1830 to offer assistance to all those on the pension rolls who were willing to emigrate to a…

Canadian genealogy often focuses on farms and homesteads, but millions of ancestors lived in Canada’s industrial centres. From pulp and paper towns to coal mines, railways, steel plants, and hydro projects, industries left behind unique records of workers and their families.  Explore labour archives, union records, accident claims, governmentreports, company magazines, and community voices preserved in newspapers. Learn how…

Christianity played an important role in the everyday life of our Norwegian ancestors and some of the oldest religious buildings in all of Europe can be found in Norway. Christianity, along with Judaism, Mormonism, and the Asa religion, are going to be explored in this presentation as we look into how religion shaped the daily…