genielynau

I have been researching my family tree for around 20 years. Many of my ancestors have taken me all over the world following them. It has been an interesting and challenging journey, sometimes frustrating and, at other times, very rewarding. I admire immensely the initiative many of them had to go and explore opportunities for a different life, sometimes in a variety of places before they settled. I love the words of my Great, Great, Grandmother, Emily Shaw/Beavan Published in her book "Sketches and Tales Illustrative of life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America," George Routledge, London 1845. "Son of the Isles! Talk not to me, Of the old world’s pride and luxury! Tho’ gilded bower and fancy cot, Grace not each wild concession lot; Tho’ rude our hut, and coarse our cheer, The wealth the world can give is here."