As a genealogist, I focus on the people, places, and events that make up people’s family stories. I started working on my own family tree over 30 years ago while I was studying History at The University of King’s College. I have tracked my family from Scotland and Ireland to the New World where they wound up in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in the 18th and 19th centuries. In some cases, they fled their homelands due to the Highland Clearances in Scotland or the Potato Blight in Ireland. They took their expertise as coal miners and croft farmers from Scotland to Cape Breton or their Mercantile and Manufacturing Skills from Ireland to the streets of Halifax. I have been a member of the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, the Scottish Genealogical Society, and the Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society. I reside in Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my family.
