Couldn't Resist Sharing this Video.

I am going to try this with my kids.  We'll see how they compare...  Will update.

Incredible

For our 10 year anniversary we planned a trip. We decided to go to my husbands great grandparents home country of Iceland. We have now been here for just over four days and are completely taken by the beauty of this country. We have been well received by his family members. We have also been able to see the country and experience many of it's customs- like the geothermal baths.
We don't have a charger for the iPad and so I don't have much juice left, I will be posting pictures when I get back of family and sights. If any of you have ancestors from this wonderful land I encourage you to come back, make contact and experience the life here, you will not be disappointed.

Nova Scotia Archives Field Trip

We just returned from an incredible summer vacation.  We ended up putting 5014 km on the van.  It is a lot of driving with four kids and a dog.  We decided to see more of the East coast which included family history adventures, seeing old friends and visiting parts of Canada that we hadn't explored before.

I loved our time at all places, but I would have to say that our time in Halifax brought me many emotions.  I was able to walk the street that my great great great grandfather William Bowie lived and died.





I was able to walk the street where James Bowie, my great great grandfather lived and worked.  At one point hw owned a restaurant on 13 Brunswick St.  The funniest part about this walk is that there is a ale house that would have been two buildings down from where James had his establishment that was built at the same time period, so here I am with my four small children trapesing around a beer hall at 5 o'clock on a Friday night.  Here are some of the pics.

I loved my time at the archives, the people who work there are truly amazing, they helped me tremendously.  I was able to look through the Catholic records and find births from several families.  These records are only available at this location so I was very grateful to have gone through them.
Originally we had that James and Johanna Bowie had 5 children: Arthur Henry, John George, James Patrick, Mary and Agnes.  According to the handwritten birth records of the Catholic church there are more- this is their complete family:

Margaret Maude born Jan 1, 1874
Catherine born 9 April 1875
Arthur Henry 1876 baptized 24 Oct
Mary Magdelene 8 September 1878
James William 11 July 1880
John George 1881
Mary Ellen 1 May 1882
James Patrick 18 April 1887 died 15 Oct 1888
Agnes  Jan 1892


I will be adding more.. so excited to share.