Author Archives: Laurie Caron

The words in the Canadian National Anthem, “From far and wide”, resonated true with me this week, as I embarked on a quest to document a clan member’s origins.  The story began with a mere membership renewal which morphed into a genealogical pursuit, and resulted in revealing just how small our world truly is. The ClanContinue reading “From Far and Wide”

As the senior genealogist for Clan Carruthers – Canada, I regularly research records for our clan members, helping them to build their family trees and offer research advice.  While working on member’s family line which is fairly close to mine, I noticed that Ancestry’s ThruLines application was giving me a connection to my 4th great-grandmother, Ellen Bell-Irving,Continue reading “The Importance of Due Diligence in Genealogy Research”