About 

While I dabble with a variety of genealogical tools, my completed research sits in three places: a personal database of GEDCOM files living in Roots Magic 9, a private Ancestry database that I have been building since 2017, and files of all types, mostly digitized, that I have been collecting for as long as I can remember. I am also, very slowly, working my way through a certificate program through the International Institute of Genealogical Studies. 

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I owe a immense amount of gratitude to my dad, from whom I inherited a very comprehensive set of GEDCOM files that kickstarted my research. He in turn received help and support from his own relatives and those he met on chat boards in the early days of the WWW.

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My research typically goes back about 5 generations, and spans North America (mainly Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and the Midwest and Southern United States), Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and France, with a bit of Russia, Germany and Hungary thrown in the mix.

The primary names I research are (in alpha order, cause I'm nerdy like that): Best, Carlile, Conly, Dionne, Dumont, Finan, Foster, Grabham, Jackson, Klotz, Knoch, Krell, Lapointe, McNab, Lewis Parry, Peltier, Price, Powell, and Wooton.  I tend to go deep, rather than wide, picking and choosing members of the family tree whose circumstances or geographic location capture my interest.

In other words, I love rabbit holes. 

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In my research, I do my very best to follow the Genealogical Proof Standard, which is a process used by genealogists to ensure a reasonably exhaustive search, with source citations, accompany each fact documented within my research. 

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However, on this blog, I also make speculations, ask questions and make mistakes. Lots of mistakes. My goal with this blog is the reach others who may be able to fill in blanks, correct errors and engage in a broader conversation about the ancestors we share.​

~Jessica Knoch