Of course!
I had only just started to work on my great-great grandmother's (Gabriella R D Morrison) history, and since she was "adopted" I thought that Morrison was not her "real" surname, so I was quite surprised to see Heather Graham/Heppy's requests on a dozen or so websites asking for some information on Rev S G Morrison.
I was brought up not to ask my elders questions, which means that I couldn't learn about my own family history. Now I'm positively nagging! My grandmother (1905-1973) adored her "Granny" Gabriella, my and uncle and late mother remember their great-grandmother with fondness.
So here's hoping Heppy will sign in soon and well make some headway on the descendants of the good Pastor. Because Gabriella is my mother's mother's mother's mother, this makes it a case for doing DNA research.
I have four children, aged 19-25 and they're starting to ask about their heritage. I tell them they are profoundly Canadian, their ancestors came to Canada for a good reason, but more and more it's looking like they can say "Irish" especially since they have Irish first names and an Irish last name, but that's another story.
I've been doing genealogical research for some 20 years now, the internet has assisted enormously of course. I have traced back to the 1600s for nearly ALL my ancestors, and right there that means some 1,000 g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandparents, give or take.
Weve just had our first real snow of the season, there was a fox scampering around our house, a red squirrel is hopping about, the snow has frozen into sparkling lumps of ice, the sun is dazzling and thatk you for your response and ....
Canadian Gail
