Canadian Genealogical Services
Kendra Gaede, PLCGS, BJ, BFA
Kendra Gaede is a genealogist, writer and former journalist specializing in Canadian Prairie Genealogy and Immigration Records. She is Chair of the Manitoba Genealogical Society’s Research Committee and Winner of the Association of Professional Genealogists New Professional Scholarship, 2025. Kendra has a passion for Canadian history, research, archives, and historical photographs. Born in Alberta, she studied in Saskatchewan and lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Specializing in Canadian Prairie Genealogy
MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN & ALBERTA
- Extensive knowledge of Western Canadian history, Prairie-specific archival centres and their genealogical record collections
- Professional experience researching in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
- Thoughtfully written, detailed genealogical reports with citations
Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors
- Telling the story of your family’s travel to Western Canada, and the triumphs and hardships once there
- Passenger Lists, Immigration documents, Naturalization Papers, Homesteads Grants, Land Titles, Censuses, etc.
Humanizing your ancestor’s war experience
- Deciphering WWI and WWII Canadian military records so you can understand them
- Providing insight into locations, dates and surrounding circumstances of events
- Detailing medical records, injuries, casualty reports and their impact on service men and women and their families
- War brides, children, immigration to Canada and their new lives
Speaker/Presenter
- Knowledgeable, articulate presenter on genealogical topics
- Engaging and accessible subject matter, eye-catching visuals
- Throroughly-researched material
Testimonials
I am extremely well pleased with your research efforts and the detailing of the references you’ve carefully included. I feel your charges are very fair… You are thorough, conscientious and appear to work from the heart.
– John, United Kingdom
Kendra Gaede is one of the most knowledgeable, well spoken and confident speakers our branch has engaged to present educational webinars to our members that are focused on different aspects of genealogy. Kendra is always very well prepared and organized. Her enthusiasm for genealogy is contagious.
– Bob Allebone, President, Southeast and Winnipeg Branch, Manitoba Genealogical Society
Rates – Research
Starting at $50/hour CDN for a minimum of 5 hours of genealogical research and reporting ($250 CDN).
After discussing your genealogical goals, we sign a Research Agreement that protects us both and I get to work. Following professional guidelines and applying the Association of Professional Genealogists’ Code of Ethics to my work, I search, analyze and produce a written report detailing your ancestor’s genealogical footprint in Canada.
Please contact me with your research question(s) or goal and we can devise a research plan that suits your needs.
Keep in mind, every research project has unique difficulties that require project-specific strategies and results are not guaranteed.
Speaking engagements
Rate: (90 min) $50 – $75 honorarium
Contact information:
MY PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS – click here
My Epic Blog posts:
Vaccines, cross-border ancestral connections and current global politics
By Kendra Gaede My mum, who turns 80 today, still remembers the taste of the oral polio vaccine given to her atop a sugar cube in the 1950s. She also remembers the collective sigh of relief of at the release of the vaccine and its importance in the fight against a disease that indelibly ravaged…
Genealogical artifacts come in many forms
There’s more to original sources and genealogical artifacts than just diaries and letters. Recently, while refinishing a piece of furniture, Tim Skelly of Lanark, Ontario, discovered a series of handwritten notes on the underside of a drawer. Previous owners of the piece had left messages dating from 1942 to the most recent inscription from 1982.…
Lies, damned lies and ethnicity estimates
So you’ve chosen a company to analyze your DNA and they use the data to produce an “ethnicity estimate” to give you a better idea of who your ancestors were. The report comes back and wow! You feel like you understand yourself better – you always knew you were Italian, but 30%? That’s amazing. Portuguese…
Epic Genealogy 