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Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.
Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.

Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.

Date9/5/1979
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  • Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127866F
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      Back in time: Ken Gowie sits by a computer he uses to help people trace their roots. He has traced his own family back 14 generations.
      Back in time: Ken Gowie sits by a computer he uses to help people trace their roots. He has traced his own family back 14 generations.
      Faught, Ken
      7/13/1988
      Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
      Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
      Slaughter, Mike
      4/2/1984
      Roots toot. Ernie Smith and his Roots Revival will be laying down some reggae Saturday, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., at Harbourfront, 235 Queen's Quay W. It's a fun(...)
      Roots toot. Ernie Smith and his Roots Revival will be laying down some reggae Saturday, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., at Harbourfront, 235 Queen's Quay W. It's a fun(...)
      Combs, Erin
      5/21/1979
      An exciting experience: Libby Morris has returned form a successrul career in England to get back to her roots and co-star with her brother Paul Kligman in Neil Simon comedy at Solar Stage
      An exciting experience: Libby Morris has returned form a successrul career in England to get back to her roots and co-star with her brother Paul Kligman in Neil Simon comedy at Solar Stage
      Spremo, Boris
      4/28/1983
      Bruce Charlap, alias Eugene Ripper, (right) praises rock promoter Elliott Lefko (above) and his Silver Dollar digs: He will get behind and push the new hard rock but he also has a taste for good roots and acoustic music
      Bruce Charlap, alias Eugene Ripper, (right) praises rock promoter Elliott Lefko (above) and his Silver Dollar digs: He will get behind and push the new hard rock but he also has a taste for good roots and acoustic music
      Bull, Ron
      1/5/1992
      Picture of Jones Falls that hangs in the office of Canon Borden Purcell, new chairman of Ontario Human Rights Commission reminds him of his roots. He was raised in a nearby village
      Picture of Jones Falls that hangs in the office of Canon Borden Purcell, new chairman of Ontario Human Rights Commission reminds him of his roots. He was raised in a nearby village
      Goode, Jeff
      4/1/1982
      Tracing disease: Dr. Jim Nethercott looks at a slide of herpes virus at St. Michael's Hospital before he places it on his microscope. Since herpes isn't a reportable disease, there are no statistics showing how many people have active outbreaks, but the number of Canadians infected with genital herpes is estimated at 250,000 to 500,000.
      Tracing disease: Dr. Jim Nethercott looks at a slide of herpes virus at St. Michael's Hospital before he places it on his microscope. Since herpes isn't a reportable disease, there are no statistics showing how many people have active outbreaks, but the number of Canadians infected with genital herpes is estimated at 250,000 to 500,000.
      Lennon, Frank
      2/9/1982
      Tracing disease: Dr. Jim Nethercott looks at a slide of herpes virus at St. Michael's Hospital before he places it on his microscope. Since herpes isn't a reportable disease, there are no statistics showing how many people have active outbreaks, but the number of Canadians infected with genital herpes is estimated at 250,000 to 500,000.
      Tracing disease: Dr. Jim Nethercott looks at a slide of herpes virus at St. Michael's Hospital before he places it on his microscope. Since herpes isn't a reportable disease, there are no statistics showing how many people have active outbreaks, but the number of Canadians infected with genital herpes is estimated at 250,000 to 500,000.
      Lennon, Frank
      6/1/1980
      Finding roots: Thomas Bata back in shoe business in Czechosiovakia
      Finding roots: Thomas Bata back in shoe business in Czechosiovakia
      Bata Industries Ltd
      10/5/1990
      The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic : wherein the rudiments of common arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, the extraction and use of the square and cube roots, &c. are so easily treated of, and so plainly demonstrated, that any person may, of himself (in a short time) become acquainted with every thing necessary to the knowledge of business : to which is added a postcript for the use of country youths in particular, shewing how to measure any regular piece of timber, tyling, thatching, brick-work, or piece of land, as also how to gauge any cistern, piece of malt, or common cooler, tub, &c. : the whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected or have not had opportunity of being acquainted with figures and attempted in natural and familiar dialogues in order to render the work more easy
      The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic : wherein the rudiments of common arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, the extraction and use of the square and cube roots, &c. are so easily treated of, and so plainly demonstrated, that any person may, of himself (in a short time) become acquainted with every thing necessary to the knowledge of business : to which is added a postcript for the use of country youths in particular, shewing how to measure any regular piece of timber, tyling, thatching, brick-work, or piece of land, as also how to gauge any cistern, piece of malt, or common cooler, tub, &c. : the whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected or have not had opportunity of being acquainted with figures and attempted in natural and familiar dialogues in order to render the work more easy
      Crowder, Stanley, -1798
      1770
      Root problem: Long girdling roots at the bottom of this Cycad revolutea indicate it's time to repot into a large pot, or cut back the roots and put back into the same pot
      Root problem: Long girdling roots at the bottom of this Cycad revolutea indicate it's time to repot into a large pot, or cut back the roots and put back into the same pot
      Faught, Ken
      2/22/1988
      Daily dance: Owner John Arena's artistry and the roots of his power are demonstrated in his daily performance in the subtle allocation of the tables on Winston's main floor
      Daily dance: Owner John Arena's artistry and the roots of his power are demonstrated in his daily performance in the subtle allocation of the tables on Winston's main floor
      Arena, John
      10/15/1981