When I was researching and then pursuing obtaining my Spanish citizenship, I came to realize that citizenship laws are incredibly varied and changeable. They'll change with the political winds, for good and bad!

It looks like Canada has gone a little against the grain and opened up its citizenship requirements!

Now anyone with a proveable ancestral connection to Canada can apply, not just one generation back! This is even better than Spain “Historical Memory" changes that are now slowly expiring!

"“In January 2025, we had 32 requests for certified copies of vital records and this year in January 2026, we've had over 1,000,” she said, adding most of those requests were made by Americans.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-c-3-canadian-citizenship-by-descent-american-interest-9.7112724
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Heritage #Geneology

Low energy activity this evening led me to discovering my father's membership forms for the Burma Star Association.
I've also discovered that my parents lived at two addresses I've never heard of before today (and lived there before I appeared on the scene )

#geneology #FamilyHistory #BurmaStar

What is Your Political Legacy?

How will your descendents regard your political activity in these turbulent times?

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=508

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#geneology #progeny

The genealogy website I use has a free offer on searching newspapers.
I've wasted a few hours looking up ancestors.

My father in law seems to have won prizes for his allotment raspberries and pinks in the middle 1950s.
There were relations on that side who were variously getting into trouble with the law in the 1910s but saving lives at sea in the 1930s.

I found mentions of a distant cousin of mine who when I was a child seemed very glamorous. She appeared in a number of variety shows, mostly at seaside resorts in the 50s & 60s.

I've also found out a bit more about a Polytechnic Cycling Club memorial race in my family name - I now know it was a 12 hour time trial. I don't know when it was last run though, but the London Mercury CC seem to have taken it on by the mid 60s.

#geneology #allotment #cycling

Posting a hashtag dump so I can find and connect with similar folks!

#lgbtq #nonbinary #neurodivergent #leftist #disabled #disabilityrights #blacklivesmatter #freepalestine #TransRights #antifascism #anticapitalism #sustainability #solarpunk #permaculture #herbalism #anime #scifi #poetry #watercolor #nature #weightlifting #datascience #geography #travel #languagelearning #dataprivacy #disasterpreparedness #selfdefense #minimalism #mariekondo #cats #witchcraft #paganism #geneology #weaving #mmo

There's nothing quite like a deadline for getting me to actually make a mass of data into something more readable...

Aka somehow I need to make the family tree info easier to convey to the rest of the family... Activate the library degree!!

#Geneology #FamilyTree #InformationScience

What is Your Political Legacy?

How will your descendants see you 100 years from today?

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=508

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#legacy #geneology