Sometimes it's hard to delve into just one thing. With the word deadline on the HS Chambers story looming, I had hoped to get the details of his 1911 trip across Canada set. I have the gist of the story and will have to go with that and layer in some of the more evocative details later, once I have found out what they are.
I did run into some luck when I researched Harold's first place of settlement, Craik, Saskatchewan. Gary, a fellow genealogist/family history writer told me about the book Craik - Friendliest Place by a Dam Site which I've sourced in the library of my genealogy society, BCGS. I haven't gone to pick it up yet as the library is currently closed in compliance with public health orders. Gary found out about my interest when I announced that I had found a picture of the train station at Craik in 1911 online at the Canada-Rail website at http://www.canada-rail.com/saskatchewan/c/craik.html#.YAIzfxZ6rct. I don't think the passengers who were used to English towns would have been much impressed by the town of Craik or the station but maybe they would have just been happy to get off the train. The pictures I've seen of the interiors of rail cars for colonists don't look very comfortable!
The other research I've been engaged in this week was for the Tripp family. This time it was for the wife of the founder of the Tripp line in Colonial America, Mary Paine. I'm looking into her English origins but so far, the records in the early 1600s and late 1500s are few and far between.
Another activity this week should help to increase my DNA knowledge. It was an interview of someone I know from the genetic genealogy community. I'm currently transcribing the very long interview. It might take me a while but not too long because I need to write an article based on said interview and there's a deadline on that as well.
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