As a Genealogist Brian focuses on the people, places, and events that make up the people's family stories. In this edition of his podcast Brian talks to Short Docomentary produce Bertie Brosnan https://www.youtube.com/@BertieBrosnan . Bertie does videos about Ancient Irish History and has been recently working on Videos about the Irish Diaspora. Brian is a Genealogist who started working on his own family tree over 30 years ago and has been able to trace one family line back to as early as 950 AD. Brian traces his own family from Scotland and Ireland to the New World where they wound up in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in the 18th and 19th Century in some cases fleeing their homelands due to the Highland Clearances in Scotland or the Potato Blight in Ireland in others taking their Expertise and Coal Miners from Scotland to Cape Breton or their Mercantile and Manufacturing Skills from Ireland to the streets of Halifax Brian has been a member of; The Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, The Scottish Genealogical Society, and the Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society. Brian currently resides in Prince Edward Island Canada with his family. Thinking of starting your family tree or do have you hit a brick wall you'd like some advice on book a free 30 minute private consultation with Brian: https://calendly.com/howwegothere/half-hour-preliminary-genealogy-meeting Support the Channel - Buy Brian a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowWeGothere Email Brian - info@howegothere.ca Listen to the How We Got Here Podcast on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0WJo0xg...​ Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/HWGHPodcaster​ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HowWeGotHere2