Nicholas Sparks Ottawa 200 SPARKS AND MORE SPARKS

Sparks and More Sparks: Introduction • Background • Aim • Methods • Results •

Background • 1960 s Genesis of Looking Back v Dyson's interest v Who are

Background • 1972 -1980 v Correspondence – family and anyone who might just possibly

Background • 1980 Publication of Looking Back v Written in Australia v Published in

SPARKS AND MORE SPARKS Background • 1981 -1986 Second volume, Sparks and More Sparks,

Background • 2010 -2016 Updating the family charts in Looking Back Blue Sea Lake

Aims of the project • To update the charts in Looking Back; the intention

Methods • Direct contact; usually by email • Judicious use of the internet Google

Methods - 40 years ago • No email • No internet research • Filing

Where does a family start and end? • Every genealogist probably handles this differently.

Results Unexpected extra dimensions to the project have been • • Extensive information on

Date 1999 Nov-12 Dec-13 Aug-14 Nov-14 Jan-16 Mar-16 Individuals 2000 2609 3422 3966 4985

Results: chart updates Family charts in Looking Back which have been updated: SPARKS branch

Results: distribution of updates • Emailed to all those for whom I have email

The Future • How do we sustain the updating process? v Cajoling relatives v

The Future – long-term Role of family websites whose features may include biographical details

The Future – long-term Family websites of relevance to the attendees at this reunion:

What lies ahead? • Sparks and More Sparks • Correspondence and research papers returned

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Nicholas Sparks Ottawa 200 SPARKS AND MORE SPARKS Presented by Julia Hoffman 11 June 2016

Sparks and More Sparks: Introduction • Background • Aim • Methods • Results • Conclusion • The Future

Background • 1960 s Genesis of Looking Back v Dyson's interest v Who are Slater/Sparks relatives? v Who are Stewart/Pinhey relatives?

Background • 1972 -1980 v Correspondence – family and anyone who might just possibly help v Travel – all over the British Isles, Canada and Australia v Research - her own meticulous and persistent work and the services of professional researchers in the spread of locations already mentioned.

Background • 1980 Publication of Looking Back v Written in Australia v Published in Canada v Distributed widely

SPARKS AND MORE SPARKS Background • 1981 -1986 Second volume, Sparks and More Sparks, underway This magnum opus was to cover • The Sparks Ancestry in Ireland • The siblings of Nicholas Sparks v • Abraham, Elizabeth, Frederick, Roger and George of Bells Corners George Sparks of Gloucester (second cousin of Nicholas) v His brothers, Robert, Frederick and Abraham who also came to Canada v His 12 Children By Naomi Slater Heydon

Background • 2010 -2016 Updating the family charts in Looking Back Blue Sea Lake 2010

Aims of the project • To update the charts in Looking Back; the intention being to document the additions, and subtractions, from the family over the past 35 years. • To circulate the updated charts to all those who are interested especially those who assisted by providing the information

Methods • Direct contact; usually by email • Judicious use of the internet Google searching Genealogy sites such as Ancestry. com • Census records • Births, Death and marriage records from church or government sources • Family bible information

Methods - 40 years ago • No email • No internet research • Filing and storage of information • Production of charts

Where does a family start and end? • Every genealogist probably handles this differently. • Should offspring of former partners or spouses be included? • How far back, and how wide, should you document the family of those who marry into a family? • Intermarrying within and across branches of a family is always interesting.

Results Unexpected extra dimensions to the project have been • • Extensive information on the genealogy of • George Sparks (b 1801) of Gloucester • George Sparks (b 1803) of Bells Corners This table and chart show the database has grown since 2010.

Date 1999 Nov-12 Dec-13 Aug-14 Nov-14 Jan-16 Mar-16 Individuals 2000 2609 3422 3966 4985 5199 5327 Families 678 881 1179 1411 1787 1810 1869 Note from Looking Back 1980 Start of Looking Back updates Updated with George Sparks of Gloucester Updated with George Sparks of Bells Corners June 2016 updates

Results: chart updates Family charts in Looking Back which have been updated: SPARKS branch Olmstead Nicholas Sparks Slater Tomlinson Also available, charts for • George Sparks (b 1803) of Bells Corners • George Sparks (b 1801) of Gloucester PINHEY branch Townley Tasker Pinhey Drummond Hill Greene Ross Stewart

Results: distribution of updates • Emailed to all those for whom I have email addresses • Printouts here for inspection • Sign-up list at this Reunion • Download from the Sparks Family website http: //sparks. family-search. ca/

The Future • How do we sustain the updating process? v Cajoling relatives v Spreading the word including via social media v Please take a form with you; complete it, share it.

The Future – long-term Transition

The Future – long-term Role of family websites whose features may include biographical details v genealogy v photographs v maps showing location of significant events v variety of methods to chart branches of the family v facility for people to advise of additions or corrections to family v details

The Future – long-term Family websites of relevance to the attendees at this reunion: v Sparks Family: Our Sparks Family History http: //sparks. family-search. ca/ v Wright Family: Wright Genealogy Pages http: //www. wrightfamily. ca/genealogy/index. php Both of the above sites have been built using The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© ("TNG") v A Pinhey site?

What lies ahead? • Sparks and More Sparks • Correspondence and research papers returned to Canada • More and more family information to share • This weekend: family, fun and friendship