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Professional genealogist Janice Nickerson loves a good challenge whether it’s identifying elusive ancestors, tracking disappearing descendants or telling richer family stories.
Her specialties include early Ontario research, criminal justice records and using genealogy gifts and games to create a legacy.
Janice is a proud 8th-generation Canadian, with English, German, Irish, Welsh and First Nations ancestry

Geographic Specialities
Ontario (Canada)

Additional specialities or search keywords
Gifts, Games, Jail records, Hudson's Bay Company

Publications/Media
Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada: A Researcher's Guide; York's Sacrifice: Casualties of the War of 1812.

Lectures
Early Ontario Research
Tracing 20th Century Ontarians
Genealogy Gifts and Games
Criminal Justice Records of 19th Century Ontario
Debt, Drunk and Disorderly, Vagrancy, Prostitution, Theft, Assault, Insanity: Are you SURE your ancestors were never in jail?
Widows of the War of 1812
An Irish War Widow in Upper Canada (Case Study)
Six Free Websites Every Ontario Genealogist Needs
My Ancestors in the Hudson's Bay Fur Trade
The Secret to Finding and Telling Your Ancestors' Stories (psst ... it's conflict)

Repositories
Anglican Diocese of Toronto Archives, Archives of Ontario, City of Toronto Archives, Ontario Genealogical Society Library, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto Archives, Toronto Reference Library, United Church of Canada Central Archives

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Languages
English and some French

Honorifics/Credentials
U.E.

Affiliations
Past Chair, Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists
Active Member, Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto Branch

Degrees
MA (Anthropology), BA (Anthropology & Philosophy)