Western Canadian Genealogical Services
Finding your Canadian Immigrant Ancestors
- Thoughtful, detailed genealogical reporting of ancestor’s life events
- Extensive knowledge of Canadian archival centres and their collections
- Personal and professional experience researching in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Life on the Prairies: Homesteads, Land Titles, Census data, etc.
- Giving you a better idea of your family’s triumphs and hardships on the Canadian Prairies
- Making history personal by providing details that add character and bring facts to life
Humanizing your ancestor’s war experience
- Deciphering WWI and WWII Canadian military records so you can understand them
- Providing insight into locations, dates and surrounding circumstances of events
- Detailing medical records, injuries, casualty reports and their impact on service men and women and their families
- War brides, children, immigration to Canada and their new lives
Kendra Gaede, PLCGS, BJ, BFA
Kendra Gaede is a genealogist, writer and former journalist specializing in Western Canadian Genealogy. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and also a member of the Manitoba Genealogical Society’s Research Committee. She has a passion for oral history, research, archives, historical photographs and old films. Originally from Alberta, she studied in Saskatchewan and now lives and works in Manitoba.
Personal Historian
It’s a great joy for me to help clients find answers about their ancestors. You’ve heard of a personal shopper? Think of me as your personal historian, collecting and curating the story of your family and presenting it in a stress and confusion-free package for you and your loved ones.
After discussing your genealogical goals, we sign a research agreement that protects us both and I get to work. Following professional guidelines and applying the Association of Professional Genealogists’ Code of Ethics to my work, I search, analyze and produce a written report detailing your ancestor’s immigrant story and life in Canada.
Rates
I charge reasonable, professional rates based on my education and experience, starting at $40/hour CDN for a minimum of 5 hours of research and reporting ($200 CDN).
Please contact me with your research question(s) or goal and we can devise a research plan that suits your needs. Keep in mind, every research project has unique difficulties that require project-specific strategies and results are not guaranteed.
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Genealogical artifacts come in many forms
There’s more to original sources and genealogical artifacts than just diaries and letters. Recently, while refinishing a piece of furniture, Tim Skelly of Lanark, Ontario, discovered a series of handwritten notes on the underside of a drawer. Previous owners of the piece had left messages dating from 1942 to the most recent inscription from 1982.…
Lies, damned lies and ethnicity estimates
So you’ve chosen a company to analyze your DNA and they use the data to produce an “ethnicity estimate” to give you a better idea of who your ancestors were. The report comes back and wow! You feel like you understand yourself better – you always knew you were Italian, but 30%? That’s amazing. Portuguese…
The Genealogist as Arborist
Living in a post-WWII neighbourhood for the past 17 years, tree maintenance is something I take seriously. Dutch Elm disease took about seven of our elms not long ago, so maintaining the health of the trees that were left in our large yard became our priority. My favourite of all our trees is a massive…
Epic Genealogy 