Genealogy Gains

[calzephyr]

I'm still not over this cold or feeling much better. I only had enough mental energy to trawl through Newspapers and save matching articles to Ancestry. Today I learned my great-grandfather's sister's daughter's husband (that's the husband of my 1st cousin 2x removed) was a prominent naturopathic doctor here in Calgary. He was frequently quoted in newspaper articles on nutrition, plus he was part of a public speaking club and the Cosmopolitan Club (a service organization). It's funny to think I saw his name in the paper and had no idea we were related. Had I known we had relatives here, Mom and I might have had coffee with him before he passed in 2005. My cousin passed away in 1991 alas. Their children are still alive and I'm unsure if I should reach out to them at the moment.

Ancestry's hint system coughed up a gravestone for my great-grandfather's sister, even though I searched Find A Grave pretty thoroughly. And although I looked through the provincial death indexes previously, during my second look, I found the death date I was missing for one of my great-grandfather's brothers. Find A Grave doesn't have all the graves btw--Family Search pointed me towards BillionGraves. A grave is listed that matches the name and locale, buuuuuuut the death year was worn away by time or weather. I may be spending another $5 on a death certificate to confirm it's my relative :-D