Creating your family tree can be both an emotional and rewarding journey of discover. However, it’s also easy to get off-track, lose focus, and objectivity. Even small errors can lead to completely wrong branches on your tree. Be sure to avoid these common mistakes:
Vancouver Island Based Genealogist and Researcher
Everyone's story is unique, and deserves to be told
Creating Your Family Tree
Genealogy vs Family History
Are Genealogy & Family History Research the same thing? Technically no, but they do go hand-in-hand. While Genealogy deals with Facts (births, deaths, marriage, etc), Family History involves the stories & the “why” behind those facts. Read more about the differences.
DNA Testing For Genealogy
DNA Testing is rapidly evolving, both for accuracy and the information it can provide. I can help you make sense of the options and guide you through the process, or help you understand the risks and limitations of DNA Testing, before you go down this path of discovery.
Discover & Connect with your Welsh, English, Scottish & Irish Roots
My paternal Great-Grandparents and their children, taken in Manchester, UK circa 1900. My Grandfather is back row – far right. (Restored and colourised)
I have been practicing and learning genealogy since 2010 and offer professional genealogy & family history research services specializing in Canadian, English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish ancestry – from the 17th century onwards.
I offer a unique combination of experience, education, and an arsenal of tools, to help you go beyond what the large family history services offer.
University of Strathclyde – Glasgow
- Genetic (DNA) Family Research Certificate
- Family Tree Research Certificate
- Advanced Family Research Techniques (UK)
Association Memberships:
Uncover Your Family History and Discover Yourself
I help solve genealogical mysteries and overcome brick-walls through a holistic and comprehensive approach that utilizes both DNA research (when available) and traditional record searches to discover unknown family members, trace lost relatives, identify birth parents, and even re-discover forgotten war heroes!
TRADITIONAL SEARCH
From births, marriages and burials, to immigration and probate records. Knowing where to look is the key.
DNA TEST RESULTS
Have you taken a DNA Test? I can help you get the most out of the results, and understand some of the limitations.
PHOTO RESTORATION
Photos can be as valuable as documents, providing hints of people and places. Colour can bring them to life!
BRICKWALLS
Have you hit a brick-wall in your research? Need help going through or around it, let's have a conversation.
MILITARY RECORDS
Discover forgotten heroes and military service records from WWI, WWII, and other conflicts.
DOCUMENT TRANSCRIPTION
Interpret, transcribe & digitise records, photos and documents into modern sharable formats.
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Michael Owen, Genealogist - Researcher
Nanoose Bay, BC
Canada
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