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Genealogist at NEHGS, avid walker, singer, birder. Parent and wife.

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@AncestorExperts Twitter Chat live has been fun and informative. Thank you for a good run!!! #AncestorExperts

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@AncestorExperts A6. Maybe -- I haven't paid enough attention to that line -- other fish have been calling. #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@AncestorExperts A5. Yes through BAnQ #CanadianResearch #AncestorExperts

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@AncestorExperts A4. Old handwriting in a language I am only "schoolbook" familiar with - French. #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@AncestorExperts A3. The land records at the Nova Scotia archives are wonderful. And the cadestral maps at PANB are so helpful. #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@AncestorExperts A3. For Nova Scotia - https://t.co/qEsUYNGVEm
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@AncestorExperts A3: Oh my! For Quebec -- the Drouin collection, notarial papers (available a couple of places), Quebec archives - https://t.co/CA23qNdDjP #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@HockeyMaven1917 A2: I'm always fascinated by the origins of planters who came to Nova Scotia after the Acadian expulsion and also by the origins of loyalists after the Rev War. #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@PoppertheCat @AncestorExperts A2: Loyalists? (the NY, VT group). #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@HockeyMaven1917 A2. Follow-up - which NE areas did they leave?#AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@AncestorExperts A2: Good question. I know "France" but I've never really mapped the regions of France they came from. That would be a fun exercise. #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@AncestorExperts A1: Several ancestors landed in Halifax in the late 1800's and then went south to the states, but that doesn't really count. #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@AncestorExperts A1. Earliest about 1690 into Quebec. #AncestorExperts #CanadianResearch

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@AncestorExperts A5: No sense in rushing things I guess - 20+ years!!!
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@HockeyMaven1917 @AncestorExperts Wow! That is a find. Coolio, as my daughter would say.
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@packrat74 A4: Agreed! "Anything I can get my hands on!" #AncestorExperts

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@AncestorExperts A3. The Hinshaw volumes have been invaluable. Monthly meeting records proved helpful in several situation.
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