Jim McKane is retired living in Waterloo,
Ontario. His keen interest in genealogy and family history began
about 30 years ago when his father convinced him to become the
pedigree keeper for his Lyons Clan Reunion. His family left
Ulster circa 1832 to settle near near Brampton, Ontario where Jim
was born. Upon completion of high school, he farmed with his father
until age 25. After a brief period of factory work, he joined a
financial services firm in Toronto as an overdue account collector –
quite a jump from the farm. In 2004, he retired as an independent
financial advisor being licensed for stocks, bonds, mutual funds and
life insurance.
Jim has built a linked database of nearly 250,000 people, over the
years, which has been of great assistance to him in tracking his
family tree. His keen interest in computers has led him to currently
being the webmaster for the McCain DNA Project, the Ulster DNA
Project and the Ulster McKane website, as well as his own personal
websites. He has a great deal of public speaking experience, has
taught many training classes and was quite involved in community
services. As a member of the Waterloo-Wellington Genealogical
Society, he organized and taught a number of classes on using
computers for genealogy. In January 2003, at the age of 62, he was
oldest member of a 26-person team to climb Mount Kilimanjaro raising
over $200,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
In retirement, Jim enjoys genealogy, woodworking as well as
travelling with his wife, Suzanne. They summer at their cottage on
beautiful Colpoy’s Bay, near Wiarton, Ontario. Jim and Suzanne are
extremely proud of their 13 grandchildren.
He can be contacted at:
192 Baker Street,
Waterloo, ON N2T 2L4
Canada
Jim McKane is retired living in Waterloo,
Ontario. His keen interest in genealogy and family history began
about 30 years ago when his father convinced him to become the
pedigree keeper for his Lyons Clan Reunion. His family left
Ulster circa 1832 to settle near near Brampton, Ontario where Jim
was born. Upon completion of high school, he farmed with his father
until age 25. After a brief period of factory work, he joined a
financial services firm in Toronto as an overdue account collector –
quite a jump from the farm. In 2004, he retired as an independent
financial advisor being licensed for stocks, bonds, mutual funds and
life insurance.