Irish Ancestors

I just found my great great grandparents after searching for 15 years! I found their marriage in the Drouin Marriage Indexes--St. Patrick's Church in Montreal. This stands to reason because many Famine Irish sailed into Montreal, then were unable to leave because they had no money. I saw lots of Irish names in this parish and several others in Montreal.

How to Make Maple Syrup Video

This will give you some idea of what we did, except it leaves out the HOURS of boiling!

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Maple Syrup

Recently, my father taught me how to make maple syrup. I have to say it took A LOT of work--boiling, boiling, and more boiling, but was really fun! I never appreciated how much went into that gallon of syrup I buy every year. Here 's a cool link if you want to know more about making yummy maple syrup...