Welcome!

Welcome to Links Family History's first post! 

With this blog, it is my aim not only to share the results of the past 15 years of researching my family's history, but to collaborate with others with similar research interests in the hopes of breaking through some pretty challenging brick walls. 

Future posts will be broadly organized into the following branches of the family: Brant, Browett, Cole, Despins, Elder, Hutchinson and LeComte. This is not intended to re-duplicate my family tree (which is publicly available on Ancestry.ca and contains over 4200 individuals). Instead, it is my intent to focus on individuals' stories and to research family themes such as Scottish settlers in Québec, my recently-discovered Acadian connection, Irish Palatines' journey from Germany to Canada, or Ontario and Western Canadian pioneers, for example.

I am not formally trained in genealogy research, so I am not an expert. But through practising this addictive hobby over the past decade-and-a-half, I have learned some (occasionally hard) lessons along the way. In the spirit of sharing, I will (try to!) answer genealogy-related questions and share tips and tricks gathered on my journey.

Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season and all the best into 2024.