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Sandra Moffatt
Genealogical Research
Ties That Bind
A-Z Challenge- Surnames
Forgive the early entry but can’t do a post tomorrow! LETTER C SURNAME- CURGENVEN Curgenven is a very rare and strange surname. It’s probably true that ALL CURGENVEN’s are related. It appears to have been invented by the Rev. Thomas … Continue reading →
Genealogy A-Z Challenge- Surnames
Genealogy A-Z Challenge- Surnames Letter B – BISSET John Bisset John BISSET was presumed to be born in the parish of Clunie (per marriage record). He married Margaret Cook on the 16th February 1781 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Sometime … Continue reading →
Genealogy A-Z Challenge- Surnames
A- Janet ANDERSON Janet ANDERSON(E) was born on 2 January, 1698 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland She was married to Robert FORRET on the 26 February, 1719. Together they had 8 children. On their son Thomas’s baptismal … Continue reading →
When a genealogist has adopted children
I have been married for 32 years. I have a wonderful life. I have been obsessed with genealogy since I was 24 years old. It was all of a sudden very important for me to find out who my … Continue reading →
Family history in 5 photos- day 5
Betty Moffatt with Andy, Carol and Bruce circa 1967 Boyd Conservation Area, Ontario AND THEN THERE WERE TWO…. Here is the final installment of my Family History in 5 photos series. The above photo was taken around 1967 while … Continue reading →
Family history in 5 photos- day 4
My husband’s grandparents were John (Jack) Henry Moffatt (1900-1975) and Olive Hilda Dunn (1904-1986). They were married in Toronto in 1925. The above photo was taken a few years prior to their marriage. Behind them are Jack’s sister Emily and … Continue reading →
Family photos in 5 days- day 3
Today is freezing. It’s officially spring but here, in Ontario, it has decided to give us another dose of winter. Oh how I hate the cold! I’m only first generation Canadian and I swear my DNA is not cut out … Continue reading →
Family History in 5 photos- Day 2
This is a hard one for me. I’m including 2 photos here because of that. My husband’s great grandfather was JOHN QUARTZ MOORE born in 1883 in County Down, Ireland. He married ROSEANNA FERGUSON in Belfast on October 10, 1906. … Continue reading →
With a name like Speed…..
So on to my next set of ancestors. They had the surname SPEED and they came from Fife. Sometimes the surname was spelled Speid, Speyd, Speede, Spede etc. You have to remember there was a high illiteracy rate in Scotland … Continue reading →
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