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REMEMBER ME Dedicated to remembering those we have loved and lost. ABOUT US Creating a public memorial for someone you love is a very personal thing. My name is Nicola Finch.
I currently freelance as a website designer, and I am
researching and writing the story of my Great Uncle Charley Bailey from his WW1
letters and diaries. I have a
background in health care, theatre arts and non-profit management. My husband David and I live and work 'way out in the middle of nowhere' at the edge of an historic hay meadow on a high plateau in British Columbia's Cariboo Chilcotin. Our homestead is eco-friendly and remote. David and I tend to work as a team on any project we undertake. He is my technical guru among other things. About two years ago I was seriously bitten by
the genealogy bug! The impetus for
beginning my genealogy research is the book I am writing about my Great Uncle. Charley
Bailey was a Canadian WW1 veteran who served the entire length of the great war
and died of heart disease as the Second World War was heating up. His is a fascinating story not unlike the stories of so many
of his contemporaries. Most of his
letters home were signed off with "Remember me to Dad and VV" The Internet has given genealogists and researchers an incredible tool. The resources available online are staggering and yet, (and here is where the seed of rememberme.ca was planted) I haven't found 'real information' about so many of the people I am searching for. People I love who have died. My brother, my mother, my father, my grandmother . . . Where are they? Some details can be found in the excellent online resources dedicated to making our family histories public but I want more. When someone searches for my grandma many years from now, I want there to be a photograph of her and something written about who she was and what her life was like. I am troubled by the fact that Grandma's record of birth carries an incorrect spelling of her name and this kind of error is not uncommon. My brother Michael has just appeared in BC's vital stats since it is now 20 years since his death. But his date of death is incorrect and his middle name is not documented. How will anyone know that this young man was beautiful, gifted and loved. How will they know? And so I have created rememberme.ca for those who lived long ago and those who have just recently shuffled off this mortal coil. This is a place to remember them. I understand the need to remember and to keep those we love present in our lives. If you are interested in having a memorial created for your loved one, I will treat your memorial with the same tender loving care I give to the memory of my own dear departed. With warmest regards |
