Theme Migration Features
British Home Children Canada Resources
When searching in your family history for a missing child, consider looking at records for The British Home Children to Canada databases, or you can add your own data to an ever growing list of children
Read MoreInternal Migration
Internal Migration As family historians, one of our objectives is to try to determine where our ancestors originally came from. Another is to try and make sense of and follow their movements. We all have ‘lost’ ancestors, who seem to disappear or pop up in unexpected places! Understanding the social history helps us to make…
Read MoreHow did the Jamestown colony survive?
How did the Jamestown Colonists survive? They went in search of finding their fortunes, full of hope and ambition. The reality was much harsher and more difficult than they could have imagined. Find out here how they survive their rials and tribulations.
Read MoreVirginia Company founds first permanent English Settlement in James Town
1st permanent english settlement in America where was it and when, were your family involved?
Read MoreCook and Endeavour discover and chart New Zealand 1769-1770
Edges of the New World, Cook’s Strait and New Zealand is curcum navigated and charted by the crew of Endeavour…
Read MoreEndeavour reaches Tahiti with James Cook in Command 1769
Cook reaches Tahiti, the new world is just around the corner…
Read MoreHMS endeavour Bark Sailed from Plymouth with James Cook in Command in 1768
Cook set sail from Plymouth on his voyage to discover the new world…
Read More1754 The war between New England and New France
Did your ancestors take up arms against the French in Canada?
Read MoreBattle of Bull Run 1861 American Civil War Animated Map Snippet
Maps migration and the American Civil war an intriguing snippet of the possible connections and resources available t family historians. The American Civil War did it touch your family history, if you had family members and ancestors in America at the time of the civil war what were they doing and did they sign-up?
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