Series 4 of the Family Histories Podcast is now up to episode 4, featuring Canadian professional genealogist and author, Janice Nickerson.
Find out how she got started in genealogy, as well as her love for researching Upper Canada, the value of court records, challenges with researching her First Nations ancestors, and her ideas on how to get non-genealogists, including children, interested in your research.
For her 'Life Story' Janice has chosen her Great Grandmother, Emma Bell Chant (née Aylesworth), who was born in Newburgh, Ontario in 1873. Whilst Janice had heard that Emma was quite a formidable and stern woman, when an aunt loaned Janice a box of consecutive letters from Emma to one of her sons spanning the period of 1918 to 1924, she discovered a whole new side to her – one of warmth, humour, and motherly advice.
For her 'Brick Wall' Janice focuses on her Grandfather, John George Carter was born in 1900 in
Canada, and he is said to have become a semi-professional hockey
player. After being injured during a match in the USA, John went missing
for a few weeks, turning up a long way away (perhaps Florida) with some
sort of amnesia or concussion – not knowing where he had been. His
hockey career ended after this, with an ultimatum of ‘it’s hockey or me’
from his girlfriend, who subsequently became his wife and Janice’s
Grandmother.
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