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My mother, Jean Irene Bond, nee Brown, passed away on 26 August 2018, six days after her 95th birthday. Over... Read More
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Before online dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, how did our lonely ancestors find love? They placed advertisements in Matrimonial... Read More
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Tucked away in Tyler Jacques’ family memorabilia was a yellowed Christmas card from the Isle of Wight dated 1932. The... Read More
Crowds flocked to Sunnyside Beach in 1922 when the new park opened, lured by the modern new bathing pavilion and the... Read More
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They said it might rain; they said it might be windy; but they never really thought that Hurricane Hazel would... Read More
The charred and headless body of David Scollie was found in the ruins of a fire that took place on... Read More
In Northern Ontario, the unusually hot and dry conditions that had prevailed throughout the summer of 1922 continued unabated into... Read More
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Winner of Rogue or Angel? Contest Congratulations to reader Heather Milnes, winner of The Social Historian’s Rogue or Angel? Contest... Read More
The London chapter of the Bond family chronicles takes us back another generation to Laura’s parents, William and Jessie Bond... Read More
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Hardship, adversity and heartbreak can often serve as glue that binds families together. Such was the case with the ancestors... Read More