FamiliesAugust 2018 Want to research your ancestors in another country without knowing the geography or the language? Learn how to work from home and how to engage professional help, on page 3. In this Issue 3 Finding My Ancestors in Poland 12 Thoughtfulness Demonstrated – 20 The Invisible Domestic Servants: From My Home in Ontario A Part of My Family Lore A Genealogical Mystery and 2018 Keffer Writing Contest Winner Challenge 8 What’s in a Name: Researching the Boucher/Bourchier 16 Of Soldiers and Strong Women 25 Book Review: Mapmaker: Name History 2018 Mike Brede Essay Prize Winner Philip Turnor in Rupert’s Land ISSN 0030-2945 Volume 57 Number 3 https://ogs.on.ca Join Us! For the Fall Educational Webinar Series Sign up for the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm ET for the free educational webinars. Register at https://ogs.on.ca/webinars and select the webinars of your choice. The initial webinar presentation is free and open to all; however registration is limited and attendance is restricted to the first 500 persons signing in to the webinar presentation. Navigating Online Sources for Irish Research Donna Moughty Thursday, September 6 - 7:00 PM (ET) Sponsored by the Ireland SIG of The OGS Writing a Family History: Turning Research into Shareable Stories Lynn Palermo Thursday, October 4 - 7:00 PM (ET) Sponsored by the Simcoe County Branch of The OGS Franco-Ontarians History & Genealogy Tammy Tipler-Priolo Thursday, November 1- 7:00 PM (ET) Scotland’s Resources: There is More to Scottish Research than ScotlandsPeople! Tina Beaird Thursday, December 6 - 7:00 PM (ET) Sponsored by the Scottish SIG of The OGS Heather McTavish Taylor: Guest Editor [email protected] Peter D. Taylor: Managing Editor Families Kathy Baker: Copy Editor Table of Contents Volume 57 | Number 3 August 2018 Coral Harkies: NewsLeaf Editor Brandy Fulton: Layout and Advertising Editor Proofreaders: Kathy Baker, Patti Mordasewicz, Heather McTavish Tayor Editor’s Page Heather McTavish Taylor............................................. 2 Families is published by The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS). The editor invites articles from all Articles members of The Society and from anyone having a serious interest in genealogical research. All manuscripts and Finding My Ancestors in Poland from My Home in correspondence should be e-mailed to Editor, Families Ontario at [email protected]. Any documents or other material Heather McTavish Taylor............................................. 3 that cannot be sent by e-mail should be mailed to the Society Office, c/o Editor, Families at the address below. 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August 2018 • The Ontario Genealogical Society • Families 1 Editor’s Page Heather McTavish Taylor have two passions in my life – one is genealogy ication to uncovering my (our) family history, but one and the other is travelling the world to experience day it will rub off on them, I am sure of it! different cultures. Whenever I get the chance to combineI these two great loves, I grab my gear and head This was my second trip to Scotland; my first was in off on another adventure! 2013 when I felt my ancestors and their homeland deep down in my core. Before going to Scotland, I would Travelling to pursue my genealogy has taken me to instantaneously break into tears whenever I heard the many places, some within driving distance, and some a bagpipes being played – at a parade, a ceremony, or long plane ride away. Whenever I travel, I am always on watching the sunset in Kincardine on a Friday night the lookout for an archives or a cemetery where I can – it did not matter. When I heard the pipes, the tears peak at the stones to see if any of my ancestors might flowed! On the second day of my first trip, I was walk- be there. I always want to stop, despite the groans of ing in St. Andrew’s and I heard the faint whisper of my family. Another cemetery, Mom, really? Yes, really. a lone bagpiper. Dressed in full regalia, he played for a half an hour as I listened and I cried. When he was It always amazes me what you can find in a local li- done, I just felt that I had come home. And, since then, brary, archive or genealogical society, and most of it is I have never cried at the sound of the pipes again. not online. Talking to people about what is available, and asking them to share their knowledge and memo- We all have ancestors who have come from some- ries, are invaluable tools for every family historian. Last where else. Some of mine are from Poland. Genealogy summer, I did a road trip to Perth, Ontario and contact- encourages us to look beyond what is available online ed the Lanark Archives to let them know I was coming. and to experience for ourselves what their lives might I was greeted by a woman not listed online but who had have been like in their home country. Travelling for ge- McTavish ancestors and could not wait to tell me all nealogy can be anything that suits you, from a solo ad- about them! venture to a planned group tour. There is so much to be gained by visiting someone else’s homeland. I have also just come back from a ten-day genealogy visit to explore Argyll, spending two full days at Scot- You do not have to go far. Just explore, find that hid- land’s People in Edinburgh. I affectionately called my den gem, see where your ancestors tread, and feel how trip the “2018 Archives and Cemeteries Tour”. It will their culture can enrich your family story. not surprise you to learn that my family did not wish to join me. They do not yet share my all-consuming ded- The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) was founded to collect genealogical and historical data, to assist members in their genealogical research, and to issue genealogical publications, especially relating to Ontario. It was organized in 1961, and received its Ontario Charter in 1967. Membership is based on the calendar year. There is no initiation fee. 2018 Annual dues are $63 plus $8 for each additional member of a family in any household. This provides one copy of the four issues of Families and NewsLeaf to each household, and notice of all general meetings and conferences. 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