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Hailey's great-x?-grandfather,
ship surgeon on Lord Nelson's
HMS Victory at Trafalgar |
SS10 students have been working on heritage research, trying to connect up their own cultural and/or personal background to some of the major themes in history and even some important events, people, and places. In fact, they are finding that it is all important because, for better or worse, our past helps define who we are now and what Canada is all about. Thanks to Courtney, Hailey & Melanie (
here), Hailey (
here), and Bethany (
here) for sharing stories of their research-in-progress. I look forward to hearing more (hint, hint) and really look forward to EVERYONE in the two classes presenting in a couple of weeks. I've asked you to fill out check-in slips in class, but feel free to let me know here, too, how it's going. As always, don't leave info online you are not comfortable sharing - be
websafe.
I added another link to the Heritage Research Tools on the right. I used it last night to find a bunch of names from my wife's grandparents' family that I had not yet found elsewhere. From there, I ended up with details that led me to a site that shows cemeteries in Cape Breton, which led me to a photo of an old broken headstone half buried in the woods... my wife's great-great-grandfather. Up until now I had thought he was lost at sea but maybe not.
ReplyDeleteI am basically done my heritage project i Just have to get my information on adoption and I will be ready to go.
ReplyDeleteI'm almost done finding my family research i just have to write up a paragraph and find some more photos I can present. -Kaitlin Hoogeveen
ReplyDeleteI'm almost done, I just have to glue some pictures on my poster board, get a book from my grandma with some pictures and organize my notes.
ReplyDeletei am struggling with my heritage project a little bit, there is no history on my family so all i can do is research the last names that intertwine in my family. other then that all is good to go with the project
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ReplyDeletei cant find anything about my family and i havent got any mail back from my grandparents that i emailed. so i quit
ReplyDeletehaving problems because i know nothing about my family, and i have no history books on my family or any old documents and such
ReplyDeleteI am almost done my Heritage Project I just have to write up my mom's interview and then it will be finished.
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not alot of time to work on the project, still need to call my grandparents and get more information, not sure yet what to talk about
ReplyDeleteI don't have much of anything on my family. I am having troubles getting into this project and finding information i can use.
ReplyDeletehey... those that have hit a wall... don't quit!!! there are lots of ways to get into this project even if your specific family history is fuzzy... come talk to me
ReplyDeleteNeed to talk to my grandma to get more info on my family
ReplyDeleteMy history project is going alright. I have all the basic information on my family. I just don't know where to start.
ReplyDeleteI have an idea on what im doing my project on just need to ask my mom for more details
ReplyDeleteMy heritage project is going really well. I have a lot of information on my family and i have many things that i have planned to do all ready to go. I just need to find out more information on the relations to the royal family of lady diana and the guthrie castle and the relationship to him. I am looking forward to presenting this project and i will be ready to go in a couple of weeks. I have been working hard and i have been worried that i was not going to make the deadline but i do not have that worry anymore. I am glad to say that i have been doing my work as usual
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ReplyDeleteI am going to see my great aunt on friday to try and find out why her and her family came from Hungary and when. She apparently knows almost all of her family history and i think it will be a great learning experience!! :) Other than that my project is going quite well.
I'm still working on my heritage project with McKenna, and haven't done much for working on a presentation. But i know what I'm looking for, and haven't enough information to get started.
ReplyDeleteI dont have much, since my family came to canada in 1637. So my project is going to be short and easy. The guy im doing is John White and there is nothing on the internet or any books. Me and my grandpa have tried to find stuff on him and his children, but there isnt anything on them.
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ReplyDeletemy family history is really cool from like world war 1 untill like 1980, but any other time is either pretty much blank, or extremely boring
ReplyDeleteand i dont want to present stuff on only world war 1 and 2 and korea....
I havent been able to trace very far back in my family, but I have been asking around if there are any old family stories shared through out my family. i should have a little something to share. but nothing fancy like being related to somebody famous.
ReplyDeleteK.E.
man you guys are lucky my grand parents are in india
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ReplyDeleteI have gathered a bunch of stories from the 1800's and from WWII, I can trace back to Henry the second. I am afraid that my ancestor's story from WWII might offends some people, because my great-great grandfather was a nazi... If telling that portion of my history would offend you, I would like to know... But everything else besides the time eras I mentioned is really boring or blank.
ReplyDelete-Kaitlin T.-
I'm almost done the project i just need to finish up my power point and get some photos. I should be done by the end of next week ready to present.
ReplyDelete-christina becker
Don't like this project
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