This book is a story of the author’s father, born on Sherwood Farm, southwest of Montreal near the St. Lawrence River. Born in 1906, his mother Janet McNicol, died in 1907 at age 25, 3 months after his birth  and he was brought up as an only child by his Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Emma Grant on Hillcrest Farm 3 farms east of Sherwood. READ MORE & ORDER

This book continues the Fraser family story of the author’s mother Alma Beerworth Cockerline Fraser, born in 1916, and how her family of five siblings succeeded in life after their father’s suicide in 1961 when the author was only ten. Alma held her five children close and instilled determination to succeed against all odds. READ MORE & ORDER

McGibbon, Buchanan, Smellie, Stirrat, Caldwell, McPhee, Murchison, Colquhoun, Stowell, McMillan, Quenneville, Haineault, McBean, Steven, MacNaughton, Brunson, McNicol, Stewart & McPherson.

Over 1,500 family names with birth, death and many marriage dates are recorded in this book with 220 photos and maps, 13 family trees, and 27 pages of family lineages for use in genealogy research. READ MORE & ORDER

This book focuses on James, John and Alexander Fraser and descendants who inherited their Indigenous leases in the 1800s, then converted them to clear titles after the leasing Enquiry of 1888.

Over 600 family names with birth, death and many marriage dates are recorded in this book with 360 photos and maps, 7 family trees and 11 pages of lineage names showing genealogy research as far back as 1000 A.D. southeast of Paris, France. READ MORE & ORDER

Aubrey, Schryer, McCaffrey, Millar, Currie, Gardiner, Armstrong, Cappiello, Johnson, Forsyth, Davidson, Farlinger, Stark, Ross, Dupuis, Staveley, Jack Fraser, McBain, William, Donald & Janet Fraser.

Over 1,350 family names with birth, death and many marriage dates are recorded in this book with 180 photos and maps, 8 family trees and 13 pages of family lineages for use in genealogy research. READ MORE & ORDER

Ferguson, McRae, Vass, Fleming, Moody, Smallman, Grant, Gordon, Farley, Millar, McMillan, Gage, McLennan, Cruickshank, Davidson, Elder, Sutton, Platt, Sutherland, Watterson, Leslie, Reynolds, McDonald, Kazulak, Cameron, Stirrat & Arnold.

Over 1,450 family names with birth, death and many marriage dates are recorded in this book with 310 photos and maps, 20 family trees and 30 pages of family lineages for genealogy research. READ MORE & ORDER

The British created Lower Canada in 1791, including an unnamed township (later Dundee) north of the 45th parallel border with New York State, west of St. Anicet and south of the St. Lawrence River. In 1796, St. Regis First Nation Reserve (now Akwesasne) was created, encompassing Dundee and a portion of New York west past the village of St. Regis. In 1816, Britain encouraged St. Regis to lease their Dundee lands to Scottish, Irish and United Empire Loyalist emigrants. This book highlights the first log-building schools and churches started by the author’s great-great grandfather and uncles. Included is local Protestant and Catholic church history. Also addressed is the Protestant school system, postal service evolution, Ste. Agnes railway station, the Women’s Institute of the 1900s, the Dundee Girls Softball Team of the 1930s, and the scandal of “Winfrey’s Island”. This book also discusses the transition of Dundee from a community of Scottish and Irish heritage in the 1800s to a 95% Francophone community in the 2000s. READ MORE & ORDER

The British created Lower Canada in 1791, including an unnamed township (later Dundee) north of the 45th parallel border with New York State, west of St. Anicet and south of the St. Lawrence River. This book follows the plight of First Nations after France built Fort Albany in 1614 in future New York State, leading to Indigenous conflicts over the fur trade and creation of two Indigenous reserves, Kahnawake south of Montreal in 1667, and in 1796 the St. Regis First Nation Reserve (now Akwesasne) was created, encompassing Dundee and a portion of New York west past the village of St. Regis. In 1816, St. Regis was encouraged to lease their Dundee lands to Scottish, Irish and United Empire Loyalist emigrants. Highlighted is the author’s great, great grandfather and uncles who were among the first to build homesteads in Dundee. Also highlighted is the establishment of French Mills in 1793, its lumber and grist mills; Michael Hogan and his 1700s sailing travels; War of 1812 army base in French Mills; and arrival of 7,400 American troops. READ MORE & ORDER

The Beauharnois Seigneury of Quebec adjoined Huntingdon County on its west side and was granted by King Louis XV of France in 1750 to the Marquis de Beauharnois. In 1763 after the Seven Years’ War, he sold it to Michael Chartier who in turn sold it to wealthy British fur trader Alexander Ellice in 1795. Alexander’s son Edward helped shape the region using the seigneury’s economic and political influence as a major landowner. Also highlighted is the Beauharnois Scandal, starting in 1900 and expanding in the 1920s that exemplifies an abuse of power due to greed that impacted a federal prime minister, an Ontario premier and several senators. Construction of the current mile-wide canal and its massive hydroelectric power plant opening in 1933 are explored, along with the Fenian Raids of the 1860s and their impact on Huntingdon County.  READ MORE & ORDER

After the American Revolutionary War, United Empire Loyalists relocated from New York and Vermont to the so-called wedge-shaped “waste lands” west of Beauharnois Seigneury and the Richelieu River. This area south of St. Lawrence River to the 45th parallel defined Huntingdon County in 1791 when the British established Lower Canada. This book outlines the development of Huntingdon County related to settlement, education, governance, and health care. Included are the early beginnings of the village of Huntingdon, leading to its incorporation in 1825, its business development, social services and industries. Also explored are the opening and collapse of rural creameries ; the rural schooling system changes including consolidation and then regional schools; and Francophone buyouts that gradually changed the county demographics. READ MORE & ORDER

Prior to European first contact in 1534 in the St. Lawrence River Valley, First Nations lived in the St. Lawrence River region using a bow and arrow for hunting and protection. This book explores early Indigenous beginnings, following receding glaciers to settle in the valley during the Woodland Period, 2,500 years before Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534. This book chronicles Cartier’s three voyages and Champlain’s eight to the region starting in 1603. Each trip increased the French footprint and impact on First Nation territories, especially with Champlain’s introduction of guns in 1609 that initiated a “furs for guns” trading industry. Also highlighted are the histories of Chateauguay, Longueuil and Lacolle seigneuries east of Montreal, followed by the causes and battles of the Seven Years’ War between New France and Britain, including the “Battle of the Plains of Abraham” in Quebec and a story about the Lost Dauphin of France. READ MORE & ORDER

The Seven Years’ War ended in 1763 with the Royal Proclamation by George III to protect First Nations in British North America as the Thirteen Colonies looked for their own government. This book explores the causes of the American Revolutionary War of 1775-83, including the 1775 premature Quebec incursion by Benedict Arnold (1741). With the Treaty of Paris, the U.S. gained significant land east and west of the Appalachians, impacting First Nations who were soon confined to live on reservations. Also highlighted is the rise and fall of American Benedict Arnold’s career after his naval defeat on Lake Champlain, his victory at Saratoga, his British defection and future traitor humiliation. The War of 1812 between U.S. and Britain causes are explored with Canada having a tenth of the population and seen as a “stroll in the park” to defeat Britain, but the two U.S. armies failed to capture Montreal and the war ended in stalemate in 2014.  READ MORE & ORDER