Washington Place Plantation, East Feliciana, Louisiana, ca 1822 I LOVE maps. Not GPS or GIS, but maps printed on paper, and the older the better. Atlases, survey maps, geographical maps, plat maps, navigational charts, subdivision plats, and sometimes even topographical maps. Each type of map shows different data that can be helpful in your familyContinueContinue reading “Mapping Your Ancestors”
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In Her Words: Memories of Living in Whitebread, Ontario
Whitebread Station ca 1920. William Peers and daughters Margaret (left), Beatrice, and Mildred. My maternal grandmother, Margaret Peers, was raised in the small community of Whitebread, Ontario located along the Chenail Ecarté (The Snye) – a tributary of the St. Clair River known that forms part of the western boundary between Chatham-Kent and the WalpoleContinueContinue reading “In Her Words: Memories of Living in Whitebread, Ontario”
