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Your French-Canadian Genealogy Podcast

Findlen-George

Jan122016

MSS-042-The Upper Saint John River Valley Land Grants

Is it possible to go to bed a Canadian and wake up an American? Sure is! It happened to our ancestors thanks to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Guest George Findlen shares the story of this uncertain period of time and the depositions created by our ancestors to prove the land...

Jul072015

MSS-035-Canon Law for the Genealogist

You’ve probably heard many times, “Parish registers are easy to read. Once you know how to read one type of record, you can read them all. They follow a pattern.” “Oh, no! This record is different!” And that’s true – for the most part. But what happens when you...