When my husband and I were married in 2oo1, the only place we even thought about going was Niagara Falls. We had no idea why, maybe because it is traditional, or close, but we were drawn to the area.
We went to all the usual historical tourist attractions in the area,
Laura Secord's monument
General Sir Isaac Brock's monument,
scene of the Battle of Queenston Heights,
Fort George in Niagara-on-the-lake,
and the locks at the Welland Canal.
I started researching my family history four years later, and …