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My great-great-grandmother was a Margaret Whitty from New Ross. She married a George Hart Hughes and they both emigrated to Canada. I don't know whether they were married in Ireland or later in Canada.

I am looking for information on George Hart Hughes, a protestant who emigrated to Canada after 1839, which is his supposed birthdate in Gorey, Wexford. I am assuming that Hart may have been his mother's maiden name? He died in Montreal, Quebec, in 1921. The Thomas Staples mentioned earlier in this thread is also a great-great-grandfather and any information on his family prior to emigration would be appreciated.

I use both webbased family trees and a CAD paper version, which I update from time to time. The CAD drawing allows unlimited lateral and vertical extension, which I print out in A4 sheets as needed. It is completely scaleable and I can zoom in on an area that I am working on, or zoom out to see a more general relationship. On the greater tree I keep a red line through my direct ancestors so that I am not deluged by the lateral branches. Being graphic, I can drag and drop if modifications require more space. My drawing started as an Autocad project but since retirement I prefer a free to use (for non-business use) program called Projecad.

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Fortunately the parish records in Cornwall, unlike most other counties, have been freely available for some years now. It was relatively easy to track down Joanna's marriage and other family member's movements around Cornwall through the census and parish records. The original family home, Newpark, is still there in Week Saint Mary. My wife and I have visited the current owners a couple of times. The house is in a beautiful country setting between the villages of Whitstone and Week Saint Mary. It is a shame that burial records were not maintained in Canada in the 19th century as the elder Thomas Trewin and his wife Mary seem to just disappear. I have even read through all of the local newspapers hoping for a mention.