Starting the 2024 Season off right In this Episode Brian Nash talks to Journalist and Businessman Joseph Quaderer Founder and CEO of StorySavor.about the process of writing a good biography. Biography writing is often one thing that Family Historians often struggle with they have the facts and figures but need to build the story. Joseph shares his experiences and some tips for gathering information and interviewing family members to help equip you for this sometimes daunting task. Joseph shares Brian's vision that everybody has a story worth telling and he left a career in Finance on Wall S ..read more

Free Family Tree Templates and Worksheets and a 30 minute genealogy consultation https://tinyurl.com/3bdk2seh In this insightful and educational YouTube video, Family Historian Brian Nash sist down with Marc Bastarache, an 11th generation Acadian, to learn about how learning his family history shaped his worldview. Marc's ancestors have a fascinating history, having been originally from outside Port Royal in Acadie (modern day Nova Scotia) before being deported to South Carolina. Despite this, they managed to escape and embark on a journey that saw them walk to Lake Ontario, get captured by th ..read more

Join Brian's channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/@howwegothere/join Tools  for starting your own  family tree:  https://tinyurl.com/HWGH-Tools Check out Our Free Genealogy Discord server https://discord.gg/QfxABEHu8f On this podcast Genealogist  Brian Nash  talks to Fred Israels about the value in Family Heirlooms and talking to seniors to developing a clearer picture of your family history  Fred's YouTube Page https://www.youtube.com/@fredisraels9583 As a Genealogist Brian focuses on the people, places, and events that make up the people's ..read more

To see the perks you get by joining Brian's YouTube Channel as a member : https://www.youtube.com/@howwegothere/join Tools  for starting your own  family tree:  https://tinyurl.com/HWGH-Tools If you haven't checked out my Free Genealogy Discord Server In this video Genealogist  Brian Nash  talks with Brendan from Mastertalks about public speaking tips for genealogists to help take some of the worry off of sharing your family History or Giving your first talk at a genealogy event.  Brendan's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@MasterTalks As a Genealogist Br ..read more

Join the How We Got Here Genealogy's YouTube  channel to access perks: https://www.youtube.com/@howwegothere/join   Tools  for starting your own  family tree:  https://tinyurl.com/HWGH-Tools Author Brian McConnell joins host Brian Nash and in this episode, they discuss the Loyal Orange Lodge and its members and their work and influence on Atlantic Culture.    Brian McConnell talks about his book "Loyal and True"  about the Local Lodge from Torbrook Mines Nova Scotia and how he started researching this particular lodge after his discovery of two for ..read more

Genealogist  Brian Nash focuses on the people, places, and events that make up the people's family stories.    In this podcasr, he talks about Food and Family History with Elizabeth Morrison of My Mother's Cookbooks Blog. So many of our memories of family members and celebrations are tied to food.  So much of our who we are as families and cultural identity revolves around food and the food experiences of our Ancestors.   Check out Elizabeth's Blog at  https://my-mothers-cook-books.ca/blog/  Brian is a Genealogist who started working on his own family tre ..read more

In this episode Brian Nash sits down with Susan Parker from the McCulloch House  Museum and Genealogical Centre in Pictou Nova Scotia  to discuss Scottish Settlers, The Hector, and how her and the rest of the staff can help you research your Scottish Ancestors in Nova Scotia.  McCulloch House Museum and Genealogical Centre https://mccullochcentre.ca  HAGGIS (Hector Archiving Gateway and Genealogical Indexing System) http://haggis.mccullochcentre.ca Resources about the Highland Clearances and Scottish Canadians: Set Adrift Upon the World: The Sutherland Clearances https ..read more

If the Acadian Expulsion and the policies behind it were to happen in another country today would we call it an attempt at Cultural Genocide?  Listen to Marc &  you decide?                                 This is the amazing story of how an interest in understanding his unique family name lead Marc Bastarache into a genealogical search unearthing  discoveries about his Acadian Ancestry.       His ..read more

Originally Uploaded April 30, 2021 - I moved my podcast to a new host so over the next few weeks I will be re-uploading old "Lost" episodes Podcasts  Today I am joined by Cara MacDonald,  ‎Librarian and Genealogical Research Manager at Scotiabank Family History Centre located at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.  We talk about the Centre, Immigration records and so much more. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://pier21.ca/scotiabank-family-history-centre Remember to Check out My YouTube Channel Support the Podcast Support The Podcast Where Else to Find How W ..read more

Originally Uploaded April 14, 2021 - I moved my podcast to a new host so over the next few weeks I will be re-uploading old "Lost" episodes Podcasts  Remember to Check out My YouTube Channel Support the Podcast Support The Podcast Where Else to Find How We Got Here Podcast : How We Got Here on YouTube Facebook Page Twitter 10 Minute Genealogy 10 Minute Genealogy on YouTube Music: TRIBUTE TO O’CAROLAN by Luna Bujalesky Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show ..read more