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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.

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.

Date7/13/1988
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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.
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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_0127868F
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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.
      Dinsmore, Ted
      9/5/1979
      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
      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
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      Dying art: Fourth-generation woodcarver Barac of North York puts a lot of work into creations such as this wooden altar. While he gets a great deal of joy out of his work, he is also saddened by the fact that his craft is drying. The native of Yugoslavia has spent 14 months carving this altar, which will sit in a church in Yorkton, Sask.
      Dying art: Fourth-generation woodcarver Barac of North York puts a lot of work into creations such as this wooden altar. While he gets a great deal of joy out of his work, he is also saddened by the fact that his craft is drying. The native of Yugoslavia has spent 14 months carving this altar, which will sit in a church in Yorkton, Sask.
      Spremo, Boris
      12/14/1982
      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
      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
      School master: James Potter has been teaching since he was 17, and generations of his students remember him as a touchstone figure in their lives
      School master: James Potter has been teaching since he was 17, and generations of his students remember him as a touchstone figure in their lives
      Calleja, Frank
      12/29/1982
      Fighting back: Failing eyesight caused by multiple sclerosis means chartered accountant Mel Posesorski needs the help of a monocular to work at his computer, one of many adjustments he has had to make in adapting to his disability with dignity and determination
      Fighting back: Failing eyesight caused by multiple sclerosis means chartered accountant Mel Posesorski needs the help of a monocular to work at his computer, one of many adjustments he has had to make in adapting to his disability with dignity and determination
      Lennon, Frank
      6/2/1989
      Homes have roots, too: Clerk Andrew Johnson has turned his passion for architecture into a part-time career
      Homes have roots, too: Clerk Andrew Johnson has turned his passion for architecture into a part-time career
      Bull, Ron
      1/3/1980
      Toronto Argonaut Paul Pearson, with wife Shan and children Michael, 4, and David, 6, says insecurity has kept his family from putting down roots in Toronto
      Toronto Argonaut Paul Pearson, with wife Shan and children Michael, 4, and David, 6, says insecurity has kept his family from putting down roots in Toronto
      Loek, Dick
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      The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
      The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
      Eglinton, Rick
      7/7/1994
      Roberto Silvestri was drawn from Toronto back to his roots in Castelfranco
      Roberto Silvestri was drawn from Toronto back to his roots in Castelfranco
      Stawicki, Andrew
      6/4/1992