Rachel McAdams and Kayleen McAdams investigate English roots! | Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S.)

[@EnitZee]

It’s a beautiful thing when someone can be pulled to all corners of the world, and they take with them the people who helped them to be the person they’ve become.

[@kathyastrom1315]

I have been trying to go further back on my paternal grandmother’s side, but the lines that go into Canada are not well documented when I try and find stuff before the census of 1871. Two of my third great-grandfathers were from Canada-one in Ontario, one in New Brunswick-but I can find little that is definitive about their parents. I did find one city directory entry from St. John, NB, in 1874 for my 3GGF William Ogden that includes “Jr.,” which gives me that his father’s name must also be William Ogden, but that’s all I know about him. The Ontario 3GGF Stephen Humphrey had a few mentions in the local newspaper that had his father’s name Hiram, and I found Hiram’s death notice that gave me his age at death, but again, that’s all I know about him. Very frustrating, especially since the US records are more complete for that time period of the early 19th century.

[@richardjacobs7632]

Lovely ladies for sure! Thanks for sharing!

[@serendipitytwo777]

I WISH I could do this for my parents

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

My own side of my name were loyalists who went to Canada so this should be interesting.