How We Got Here Genealogy - Because Every Family Has a Story

Season 2 - Episode #1  - Stories of Tombstones, Benevolence, Religion and The British Empire: Spurgeon Orange Lodge of Torbrook Mines, Nova Scotia

Author Brian McConnell joins host Brian Nash for the Season 2 Premiere of the How We Got Here Podcast.  In this Episode they discuss the Loyal Orange Lodge and it’s members and their work and influence in Atlantic Culture.    Brian McConnell talks about his book “Loyal and True”  about the Local Lodge from Torbrook Mines Nova Scotia and how he started researching this particular lodge from his discovery of two former members tombstones.   

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

Loyal and True: Spurgeon L.O.L. # 1624 

The Orangemen War Memorial in Wentworth Park, Sydney

The Black Knights of Nova Scotia

The L.O.B.A. of Canada

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In this Episode, I am joined by Cara MacDonald,  ‎Librarian and Genealogical Research Manager at Scotiabank Family History Centre located at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.  We talk about the Centre, Immigration records and so much more.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

https://pier21.ca/scotiabank-family-history-centre

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Hey, I want to apologize for the delay in getting this out this is a little bit of a different podcast as I talk about some of my current struggles in genealogy but looking forward to in two weeks time when I'm back with guests. 

Host Brian Nash is joined by his Favourite Guest to date - His Granny Anderson as he reaches back 44 years to hear her come alive again and share some stories of her life

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

Beacon Institute
T-3870 Miners Interviews Tape 6

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In This episode, I interview Author Brian McConnell and we talk about his latest book The Loyalists of Digby 

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

The Loyalists of Digby
Brian McConnell on Instagram

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In this episode, I take a break from the normal format to share my thoughts on the past 6 episodes and what’s coming in the future,  and then the second segment is part 3 of my Canadian Census Series, a brief look at the 1911 Census.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

1911 Canadian Census at Library and Archives Canada

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Welcome to Episode 6 of How we got here In this episode Counting Chromosomes and Counting People I have guest Mags Gaulden a Genetic Genealogist and Founder of mitoydna.org/ and the Leader of the WikiTree DNA Innovators Project to discuss Getting started with understanding DNA.   and then I’ll be doing part 2 of my look at Canadian Censuses (did I say that word right?) Looking specifically at the 1921 Census.

DNA Sites Mentioned
https://www.GEDmatch.com
https://Genetic.Family.com
https://www.DNAGEDCOM.com

1921 Canadian Census Resources
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/introduction.aspx
https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/8991/
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS98-1921-1-1924.pdf

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In our fifth episode, I begin a look Canadian Census over the next few episodes with an overview of the importance of Canadian Censuses for Genealogists.

In my second segment I sit down and talk with fellow Canadian Podcast Genealogist Kael Sherman of The Maple Family Treehouse Podcast, we discuss his podcast, how he podcasts with a sense of purpose, the importance of understanding cultural history in conjunction with understanding our individual family history.  We talk about his recently discovered Acadian ancestry and understanding that within the greater context of his family tree.
*Post discussion Kael mentioned he quoted the Cyr Family arrival date wrong it was not  1624 but rather it is actually somewhere between 1644 - 1686.

In Our third segment, I discuss briefly the idea of Collaborative Genealogy using sites such as Wikitree to how to share your work in a mutually beneficial way reaching out to family members you may not know, and making contact to help fill the branches of your tree.

Check out my new youtube channel for a lighter side of me and my genealogy research and life.

Remember to  support the podcast and 25% of all proceeds go to an Atlantic Canadian Genealogical Society or Local Historical Society

Resources:
Canadian Census at National Archives
Wikitree

In our fourth episode Looking to the Past to Help us Look Forward host, Brian Nash discusses 2021 his New Year's resolutions, and what the year ahead looks like for his podcast and world of Genealogy. In between all this there Brian sits down with Jamie Baillie who discusses his original Scottish ancestors and their removal from Scotland and arrival in Pictou Nova Scotia during the Highland Clearances.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

Set Adrift Upon the World: The Sutherland Clearances

Fast Sailing and Copper-Bottomed: Aberdeen Sailing Ships and the Emigrant Scots They Carried to Canada, 1774-1855

After the Hector: The Scottish Pioneers of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1773-1852

A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation, Vol. 1

Topics Covered: in This Episode:

Geological Perspective, Brickwalls, Live Streaming, Family Tree Research, Continuing Education, Scotland, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Highlands 

In our Third Episode The Last Great Genealogy Show of 2020, host Brian Nash talks about what’s on his Genealogy, Christmas List, then he does an Interview Author Brian McConnell, and wraps up the episode as he shares his favourite Christmas Family Memory

Canada's Ulster-Scots by Brian McConnell
Loyalist History of Nova Scotia by Brian McConnell
Loyalist Cemeteries & Gravestones of Nova Scotia: Annapolis & Digby Counties by Brian McConnell
The Royal Black Knights: In Canada by Brian McConnell

Music: TRIBUTE TO O'CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky 

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Upcoming Episodes

Jan 6, 2021 | New Year What are your Family History Resolutions