Sunday, February 2, 2014

FootsSteps of the Past


Kim Mills, a fellow blogger and writer—she also wrote Organizing Digital Files, a how-to article for the latest edition of Chinook (the journal of the Alberta Family Histories Society)—has a blog called FootsSteps of the Past at http://footstepspast.blogspot.com

In her blog, she mentions researching the following surnames –
  • Anderson & Andersson
  • Badgerow
  • Churchyard
  • Colgan
  • Ferrier
  • Gallant
  • Gardiner
  • Gibson
  • Grummett
  • Hazard
  • Hazlett & Haslett
  • Kane
  • Kuhn
  • Laws & Lawes
  • Mills
  • Mört
  • Puddington
  • Robichaud
  • Robinson
  • Schuler
  • Smith (Irish from County Tyrone)
  • Spitz
  • Stinson

Her main areas of research are –

Canada
  • New Brunswick
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island 

US
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island

Countries
  • Germany (Baden)
  • Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Sweden

She also has a blog called Homestead Acres at www.homestead-acres.com, and she has vlogs and videos at www.youtube.com/homesteadacres where she talks about the “homesteading lifestyle”.