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Citizenship By Descent
Citizenship By Descent— Are you wanting to obtain secondary citizenship from another country? Citizenship by Descent is no different than any other genealogical tracing interest. Citizenship by Descent is a means whereby an individual is eligible to claim citizenship...
Heraldry and Coats of Arms
By Brian W. Hutchison There has been some confusion by scholars on the origins of Heraldry. However, it is commonly thought that heraldry emerged in Western Europe in the 11 century to meet the necessity for military identification. It is...
Historic Territorial Evolutions within Canada
By Brian W. Hutchison Many of us around the world, Canadians included, have never really thought about the territorial changes that have affected us and its populace. Most of us have thought only of other countries, European ones in...
Lineage Society Membership Applications
Lineage Society Membership Applications— What is a lineage society? It is a group that has requirements to join based on your ancestry. To join, you will have an application to fill out, a membership fee to pay, and you...
Migration Routes of the Fur-Traders & Voyageurs
By Brian W. Hutchison No group is more responsible for foraging trails and expanding the West than the early immigrants that became fur-traders and voyageurs. Many were of French (France & Quebec) ancestry but not all as the fur...
Standards for Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions – Revisited
By Brian W. Hutchison How time has flown, and how much “water has gone under the bridge” since last introducing this subject discussion more than ten years ago in June of 1991 as a retort to a series of...
Surname Origins & History
By Brian W. Hutchison “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet (1595), by William Shakespeare. What’s In a Name? – This is included in one...