Airdrie, 1st September 1852 “My husband was employed as Brusher in #4 Pit Rochsoles and he left our house to go to his work there about 6 o’clock on the…
Mining
William and Marie: A Love Story Not to Be
Photo above is Market Row circa 1907, looking west on First South from Main Street in Salt Lake City. Mary’s shop was toward the end of the block. Credit: Shipler…
Why Family History: And Their Eyes Were My Eyes
“I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me those who are to come, I looked back and saw my father, and his father, and all our fathers,…
Eyewitness to History!
Is there a better way to learn about history than through the eyes of an ancestor? I haven’t found it. History can often appear as flat facts and irrelevant numbers,…
Finding the Details: William Martin Goes Yukon!
I knew that my Great Uncle William S. Martin had spent four years in the Yukon. He appears on the 1901 Canada Census, captured as he was returning to the…