Me and my blog – Where the story takes me…

My name is Jane E MacNamara and I’m intrigued by history, particularly family and local history.

I enjoy the hunt. No detail is too insignificant to consume hours of search time. The more obscure the record the better. Indexes, pshaw! (Actually, I really like a good index.) And if I can find a story that no one else has put together, well, there’s not much better.

A close second, though, is the look on someone’s face when they begin to understand the records and research process—and truly enjoy the search. I love to teach.

This blog is about my search, how what I learn along the way can help with your research, and who knows where the story takes me…

Contacting me:

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To contact me about speaking engagements, writing or research, use this link to send an email.
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What are those pictures at the top of the page?

	Snow crocuses bursting through the past season’s still fragrant lavender leaves, Toronto.
	Chicory flower grows wild at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto’s Don River valley.
	Trees on the rim of the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto’s Don River valley. Now a naturalized park, clay from the valley was used for Toronto’s dominant building material.
	Cider apples (and authentic Kentish ladybug), Brogdale Farm, Kent, England.
	Leaded glass window in flint-faced wall, Saint Lawrence Church, Godmersham, Kent, England.
	Holy Trinity Church, Doynton, Gloucestershire, England
	Detail of Old City Hall, Toronto. Designed by architect E.J. Lennox, it was completed in 1899 and is now used as a courthouse.
	Cobnuts or hazel nuts growing at Brogdale Farm, Kent, England.
	Hoar frost on White Pine needles in Arthur, Ontario. A rare and fleeting treat for the senses created by ice fog.