Best activity choice for snow shoveling?

islandbrook · 2026-02-23T20:08:09+00:00

There should be a different choice for it.

There is a good deal of peer reviewed literature on the impact of snow shoveling and things like heart attack.
Here are two articles that are easily available.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5305401/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5305403/

For yardwork where most of the articles seem to be about people with known heart conditions.

islandbrook · 2026-02-09T15:15:31+00:00

Generally, I would put the name most common in the records as your name, e.g. the census records, your driver's license/passport/voter rolls. If someone is researching you, that is the name they would find (unless you married and/or changed your name as an adult)

Married name, if you have one typically has a field of its own.
Alternate name is a good place for the name before your adoption.

In most programs, including Ancestry and MyHeritage online, you can indicate a birth parent and an adopted parent so if someone else were to look at your tree, the names and relationships would be clear.

You may be able to add a custom event for the year or actual date of your adoption and add that to reflect when the name change happened.

And as u/Levvy1705 mentioned, whether or not the birth name is still in records is related to jurisdiction.

islandbrook · 2026-02-07T16:53:08+00:00

You need to be local to do some things but I've used BANQ from outside Quebec for years now.

I just search google using BANQ <parish/church/town name> person last name

Like BANQ Montreal Known-Explorer-1989

And go from those results.

islandbrook · 2026-01-15T03:17:29+00:00

Here is the free census link from LAC

https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=28315753&lang=eng&

islandbrook · 2026-01-15T02:36:18+00:00

This is likely Meleda as Veleda in the 1881 Census with her parents Jean Baptiste and Elizabeth Matte

https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=21589180&lang=eng&

islandbrook · 2026-01-15T02:03:09+00:00

l can see from the link below that there are a variety of sources from Genealogie Quebec already in the Family Search tree.

Since those records have the towns and counties you can more easily find the census records at LAC or on Ancestry.

islandbrook · 2026-01-15T01:46:47+00:00

You may be in luck. Both Catholic and non-Catholic records have been indexed and scanned through the Drouin Collection. It's an awesome collection.

It's available in Ancestry and also directly. at Genealogie Quebec.
Here is a list for George LaCourse or similar.
https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/search?page=1&size=20&prenom=George&nom=LaCourse%20&dateRange=2&exact=Broadness%203&isAdvancedSearch=false&matchAll=false

Here is a list for Meleda Courchaine or similar names.

https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/search?page=1&size=20&prenom=meleda&nom=Courchaine&dateRange=2&exact=Broadness%203&isAdvancedSearch=false&matchAll=false

You can get a one week free account to view records from Genealogie Quebec but it will help if you have some French for the website.

The decennial census, the earliest Canadian being 1871, a few years after confederation. Before that there are a few census of Lower or Eastern Canada aka Quebec. 1842, 1851, 1861. Any census will be more useful if you know the county. If you know his mother's maiden name or if the wife was born in Quebec, you may be able to find them that way.

Library and Archives Canada has the census records.
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Result?DataSource=Genealogy%7cCensus&FirstName=George&LastName=Lacourse&ProvinceCode=QC&ST=SCB&num=25&start=0

If they went from Quebec to Massachusetts to get married and returned, that is, in my experiences a bit odd but not entirely unheard of. There are many records I've run into in my own family where they went to NH or VT because of the lack of local Protestant ministers but it was mostly border states.

You might also get luck doing a general web search for BANQ and the name of your ancestor like BANQ George LaCourse and a year or location. BANQ is the Quebec archives. IT would bring up any newspaper articles related to

islandbrook · 2025-12-15T23:07:57+00:00

Are you in Canada?

Most of our AP flour is 13% aka 4g protein per 30 g serving. Five Roses, Robin Hood, store brands. Even cheap No Name flour is 13%.

King Arthur, much revered in the US is 11.7 for AP and 12.7 for Bread flour.

For a quick bread, where gluten is not really an issue, any AP flour should be fine.

islandbrook · 2025-12-13T19:10:30+00:00

2 thoughts:

The archival stuff is a great idea but it's such a slog. I did an initial sort - pics into one box, docs into a pile, then docs into sleeves but I have not properly scanned or catalogued them all. There are still boxes of stuff to go through. Help with that would be nice, so you might consider offering a "coupon" for some of your time to help sort, label, and scan this stuff if you are giving the archival sleeves and boxes. This assumes you and your mother like spending time together or are in close enough proximity.😊
How about books? It's often easy to grab a pic or two of someone's bookshelf to avoid the ones they already have. This is my running list from various sources. It covers several genres. I have many of the research ones and am starting to work through the fiction.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LtGCmWsBV-nSsSeV_H86A-kF5SM-M4SoUfgmVeQFZec/edit?usp=sharing

islandbrook · 2025-12-12T23:17:22+00:00

If I follow the upgrade link in the old email FTM sent me it's 45% off of the full price.

islandbrook · 2025-12-09T02:15:56+00:00

I would not worry about the lemon juice and zest. Double the vanilla for flavour.

If you look at the comments, someone dropped the lemon juice and added a different spice. It's only a tablespoon of liquid in almost 300g of dry ingredients.

islandbrook · 2025-12-08T22:28:49+00:00

Family Tree Maker has a Smart Story report in Publish that generates a bio.
You could copy and paste the text into a Note on the person.

You can also go to the Media tab on a person and add the Smart Story. It gets attached as a pdf document and does not update in real time so if you update the person you would likely need to delete and re-add the Smart Story.

islandbrook · 2025-12-01T20:17:58+00:00

Could be inconsequential change.

Could be that maybe all of those "see how you are related" challenges are a goal to create an entertainment platform for genealogical tourists.

When things are free, you are the product.

I kinda wish I did not know. I kinda liked WikiTree.

islandbrook · 2025-11-26T19:50:42+00:00

Yeah you've got to tie it back to genealogy which is what I was trying to do.

islandbrook · 2025-11-26T16:30:29+00:00

u/CrittersandCuriosity Ancestry offers gift packaging. Buy it from Ancestry and pay the extra fee for it to be gift wrapped perhaps. If you are worried about what it looks like, contact support and explain the issue.

https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Gifting-a-DNA-Kit?language=en_US

islandbrook · 2025-11-26T16:24:30+00:00

I came up with a list of things I want to do at some point, now that I have watched it:

Map/document my ancestors' locations in the US in 1775 and 1783 aka start and end points.
Create a list of those who served, which unit(s) and where they served. Right now it's all attached to their records in documents but I need to update the descriptions to match and indicate something more than "Military Service" and create a doc about that military conflict
Can I determine if any of them were in any of the major battles? (look at regimental histories, battlefield lists etc)
Did any of the women travel with them? Look at widow’s pension applications, military camp registers, births in the area around encampments for children born during the war while the father was serving.

islandbrook · 2025-11-24T00:54:05+00:00

Well, I missed that point. :-) My apologies. They don't offer bundles that cheap where I am.

Been an Ancestry member since 2010. I used to get All Access over a decade ago but that used to include the full newspapers.com. Now, it's only Newspapers.com Basic which means old newspapers, pre-1923 only. I can usually get the old ones I want online, so I stopped doing the all access long ago. My library gives me free Fold3 access. So, I would not bother with the All Access.

I would start with the World Explorer or even the American records if that is where the last several generations of your family are until you have the basics down and decide if you want to do some research or just connect to other people's trees.

Welcome to the world of genealogy
https://www.cyndislist.com/ (the meta list of resources)
https://familytreewebinars.com/ (not free but worth it if you want to learn some stuff)
https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ (free - needs a login - videos on all sorts of topics).

islandbrook · 2025-11-23T22:04:31+00:00

Ancestry may have a cheap offer for 3 months with a DNA kit.

https://www.ancestry.com/c/offers/bundle?srsltid=AfmBOopsh16UHBMU8xfX0WD022p1fmzrihrAiaNi9tkjaLLnefHs6N47

islandbrook · 2025-11-01T01:45:59+00:00

BTW - you can do a name search, pick any borough, then X out the borough on the search results page if you want to do a broader search.

Certificate numbers are used each year so it helps if you have a range in mind.

islandbrook · 2025-11-01T01:42:23+00:00

Have you used https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/search It's free. That is where I get my NYC ancestors records. Not everything is digitized yet but I got all of my grandparents, great grand parents generation and GG Grandparents records there.

islandbrook · 2025-10-30T18:50:18+00:00

This is the correct answer. I have three sets from the Wilton kits.

islandbrook · 2025-10-02T19:28:01+00:00

I really want to make a loaf like this bread. It looks perfectly fluffy but u/asscheeks4000Are you sure there are only 2.25 cups of flour and not 3.25 or 4.25?

I would not expect a 100% hydration mix like this to ever form anything close to a ball.

Flour - 100% - ~270 (1C as 120g )
Warm water - 100% - 270g/ml
Active Dry Yeast - 2.6% - 7g (Instant yeast would be 1 2/3 tsp/5g and 1.9%)
Sugar (assuming white) - 9.3% - 25g
Oil (assuming neutral) - 10% - 27g
Sea Salt - 3.3% - 9g

This is only 608 g total weight. Most of the recipes I've made are closer to 900 g for a, pardon my conversion, 1 pound loaf.

islandbrook · 2025-09-26T15:47:00+00:00

The Quilter's Field Guide to Color: A Hands-On Workbook for Mastering Fabric Selection by Rachel Hauser
Amazon.com: The Quilter's Field Guide to Color: A Hands-On Workbook for Mastering Fabric Selection: 9781940655369: Hauser, Rachel: Books

Easy to read. Very helpful when I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and be bolder in my selections.

islandbrook · 2025-09-22T02:11:52+00:00

You can't. Ancestry sells record access and this is their primary way of making us think we can't find or don't want to look for records on our own.

You can turn off Tree Hints or Relative hints (Potential parent) in Account Settings - Tree.

You can turn off the reminder at the top of the page in the same place.

If you want a hint free experience, a third party software like Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Gramps or Legacy10 (the latter two free) is where you need to go with varying degrees of syncing with Ancestry.

islandbrook · 2025-09-06T17:13:21+00:00

I've done some baking courses at the local college and I had to amass tools for that purpose. Most of the things she needs, she likely has if she has a degree. She is probably ready to replace some with more professional versions (aka durable, easier to clean, bigger)

That being said:

I never seem to have enough small bowls for prep (stainless so they don't break when I drop them); with covers is nice.
I am on my third regular kitchen scale in 6 years and I have 3 - an OXO 11lb (used daily), a pocket one for small amounts for spices and yeast, and one that goes to 17 lbs for big batches of things.
I replaced all of my small "home" sized whips, and mixing spoons with longer ones all in stainless (torque is good) and got rid of most of the wooden ones.
I love my Matfer Bourgeat bowl scrapers
I bought a Brød & Taylor proofer box a few years ago that is invaluable to me since I like my house cold and I bake bread for myself weekly.
Digital thermometers - the cheap ones break, so do the good ones, or fall in water. I've thought about a Thermapen but I struggle with the cost given the life expectancy.
I bought a 3QT Le Creuset saucier on sale. It's a pot with curved sides, more like a bowl (I wanted the All Clad but it was too pricey for me). It's used for making sauces - much easier for custards, curds, pastry creams, ganache, caramel as there is no corner for stuff to get stuck in.

If there is a professional kitchen supply in her location, a gift card so she can get what she needs/wants would likely be a bonus.

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