I arrived in Vancouver on Saturday afternoon for the start of a two week talks tour across Vancouver Island and mainland BC. I spent most of yesterday 'on a dander', as the saying goes in Ulster - just traveling about and taking in the sites, from the University of BC, including its libraries (where I bought a brilliant wee book second hand on inheritance law across mainland Europe, for just $2!) and Museum of Anthropology, to Granville Island and a walk along the sea wall, narrowly avoiding the Vancouver Sun Run fun runners! Lots o sea planes flying over head, mountains to the rear, sun up above, it's all looking rather civilised! This afternoon I am crossing over to Vancouver Island to give my first talk this evening at Nanaimo, which I am very much looking forward to.
A huge thanks to my hosts in Vancouver, Don and Gerald, for some great conversation, sites, food and wine!
Chris
For details on my genealogy guide books, including
A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923,
Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition),
Discover Irish Land Records and
Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit
http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at
https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.
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