As I read through these wonderful stories describing the lives of everyday people, I was excited to think that these talented ladies had done what so many of us have dreamed about, written their stories!· Lynn Gainer in Ancestor Hunting, the newsletter of the Sudbury branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.Beads in a Necklace: Family Stories from Genealogy Ensemble contains 50 compelling short stories about the ancestors of nine Montreal-based family history enthusiasts who meet monthly to discuss the challenges of combining fiction techniques with historical facts and genealogical research.If you are a Montrealer, a Montrealer-at-heart, a genealogist, a creative writer, or merely the kind of person who loves reading about the lives of ordinary people whose real-life actions and relationships were discovered within piles of papers, historical photos and old newspaper clippings, Beads in a Necklace is for you.