In our Second Episode A Purpose for Everything, host Brian Nash discusses Purposeful Genealogy and the Importance of Goal Setting and SMART Goal Setting

Places Mentioned in This  Episode

Nova Scotia 

Donkin  One Place Study

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

1921 Canadian Census at Library and Archives Canada

Wikitree

Nova Scotia Archives,

Newspapers

Ancestry

Music: TRIBUTE TO O'CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Upcoming Episodes

Dec 23, 2020

Holiday Show

Holiday Traditions / Memories - Gift Ideas for the Genealogist in Your Family

Jan 6, 2021

New Year

What are your Family History Resolutions

In our Second Episode A Purpose for Everything, host Brian Nash discusses Purposeful Genealogy and the Importance of Goal Setting and SMART Goal Setting

Places Mentioned in This  Episode

Nova Scotia 

Donkin  One Place Study

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

1921 Canadian Census at Library and Archives Canada

Wikitree

Nova Scotia Archives,

Newspapers

Ancestry

Music: TRIBUTE TO O'CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Upcoming Episodes

Dec 23, 2020

Holiday Show

Holiday Traditions / Memories - Gift Ideas for the Genealogist in Your Family

Jan 6, 2021

New Year

What are your Family History Resolutions--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/how-we-got-here/message

In our first episode, we will be a conversation with Brother and Sister Genealogis Team Lynda Villanova Gleason and Larry Villanova from Connecticut as they discuss their mother’s life in an Orphanage in Halifax in the 1930’s - Forty’s and how her memories of Halifax and her love for the Church that ran the Orphanage she was placed in 1939.  In 2019 this lead them to visit Nova Scotia in search of How They Got Here and how they discovered how her Love for that Church was a connection built almost 2 centuries earlier in her family history.

Places Mentioned in This  Episode

Nova Scotia 

Halifax: St. Pauls Church, St Paul’s Home for Girls Tower Rd. Public Gardens

Lunenburg: St. John’s Anglican Church

Mill Village

Port Medway

Surnames Mentioned in This Episode

Rafuse, Moreau, Miller, Boutilier, Villanova, Gleason 

People of Historical Significance Mentioned in This Episode

Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau

George VI 

Queen Elizabeth “Queen Mother”

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

South Shore Genealogical Society,

Nova Scotia Archives,

Halifax Library,

Newspapers,

Ancestry and Ancestry DNA

Music: TRIBUTE TO O'CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

Upcoming Episodes

Dec 9, 2020 - A Purpose for Everything

Importance of Setting Goals and Objectives

Dec 23, 2020 - Holiday Show

Holiday Traditions / Memories - Gift Ideas for the Genealogist in Your Family

Jan 6, 2021 - New Years

What are your Family History Resolutions

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Beginnings

In our first episode, we will be a conversation with Brother and Sister Genealogis Team Lynda Villanova Gleason and Larry Villanova from Connecticut as they discuss their mother’s life in an Orphanage in Halifax in the 1930’s - Forty’s and how her memories of Halifax and her love for the Church that ran the Orphanage she was placed in 1939.  In 2019 this lead them to visit Nova Scotia in search of How They Got Here and how they discovered how her Love for that Church was a connection built almost 2 centuries earlier in her family history.

Places Mentioned in This  Episode

Nova Scotia 

Halifax: St. Pauls Church, St Paul’s Home for Girls Tower Rd. Public Gardens

Lunenburg: St. John’s Anglican Church

Mill Village

Port Medway

Surnames Mentioned in This Episode

Rafuse, Moreau, Miller, Boutilier, Villanova, Gleason 

People of Historical Significance Mentioned in This Episode

Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau

George VI 

Queen Elizabeth “Queen Mother”

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

South Shore Genealogical Society,

Nova Scotia Archives,

Halifax Library,

Newspapers,

Ancestry and Ancestry DNA

Music: TRIBUTE TO O'CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

Upcoming Episodes

Dec 9, 2020 - A Purpose for Everything

Importance of Setting Goals and Objectives

Dec 23, 2020 - Holiday Show

Holiday Traditions / Memories - Gift Ideas for the Genealogist in Your Family

Jan 6, 2021 - New Years

What are your Family History Resolutions--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/how-we-got-here/message

Family stories are an important piece to understanding your family history.  Genealogy isn't just about a list of names but about understanding the times, places, and circumstances of our family members.  Genealogical research can give the names of the people, places, times, and events but creating a family history is about using those facts you have gathered, using historical sources about conditions and events that were happening around your family members, and helping to use those to fill in the facts to create a broader picture and bring those facts to life in a meaningful way.This is a story about an event from those records I was able to retrieve about my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Anderson putting the facts together with historical information available to understand what was going on so I could better understand what I was seeing in the records and the most logical reasons why.  I know that last sentence doesn't sound too exciting but it is how this story came about.Theme Music is taken from TRIBUTE TO O'CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/how-we-got-here/message

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Coming November 25, 2020 a new bi-weekly podcast focusing upon genealogical research of Atlantic Canadian Families.  This podcast sets out to Equip and Inform Genealogists with a family connection to Atlantic Canada no matter what experience or where they are in developing their own family history.  Each week will bring interviews, news, reviews of tools, and resources as well as Stories about members of Atlantic Canadian Families.About the Host:Brian Nash has lived in Atlantic Canada for almost 40 of his 50 years.  He has lived in PEI for the last 15 years of his life.  Previously to that, he lived 21 years in Nova Scotia and he had the pleasure of growing up as a child of a Canadian Forces Member he lived in various locations across Canada. His Family Roots are mostly from Scotland and Ireland by way of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.   While calling himself an Amateur Genealogist he realizes part of that job also entails becoming a record keeper, a researcher, a detective, a historian, a storyteller, and even now with DNA a Genetic Scientist.   He aims to share those tricks and tips he has learned along the way as well as enjoying this journey of discovery with his listeners.Theme Music is taken from TRIBUTE TO O'CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/how-we-got-here/message