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Brian Gilchrist: Ancestry sleuth
Brian Gilchrist: Ancestry sleuth

Brian Gilchrist: Ancestry sleuth

Date12/19/1978
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0127672F
Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.
Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.
9/5/1979
Super Sleuth: Randall Reid, the senior historical interpreter at Montgomery's Inn, led the search for the missing woman through letters, interviews and assessment rolls
Super Sleuth: Randall Reid, the senior historical interpreter at Montgomery's Inn, led the search for the missing woman through letters, interviews and assessment rolls
4/10/1990
Jim Gilchrist was a cancer specialist working in London's Victoria Hospital, a job he'd held for 16 years, when he began to feel something was missing in his life
Jim Gilchrist was a cancer specialist working in London's Victoria Hospital, a job he'd held for 16 years, when he began to feel something was missing in his life
12/30/1986
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
1/3/1980
Family man: Noel Elliott, director of research for the Genealogical Research Library on Gerrard St. E., has compiled the International Family Tree Kit for root sleuths.
Family man: Noel Elliott, director of research for the Genealogical Research Library on Gerrard St. E., has compiled the International Family Tree Kit for root sleuths.
9/19/1990
Elementary, my dear watson: It should be no surprise that so many translations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes are available, considering the fictional sleuth's world wide popularity, says Cameron Hollyer, curator of Arthur Conan Doyle Room
Elementary, my dear watson: It should be no surprise that so many translations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes are available, considering the fictional sleuth's world wide popularity, says Cameron Hollyer, curator of Arthur Conan Doyle Room
8/25/1989
Reg Gilchrist: Although he was acquitted, police refuse to return his 19 slot machines.
Reg Gilchrist: Although he was acquitted, police refuse to return his 19 slot machines.
7/17/1981
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
6/2/1986
Brian McWilliams - Saved woman from drowning (Sheryl Smith)
Brian McWilliams - Saved woman from drowning (Sheryl Smith)
11/27/1996
Magnificent Mansion: Brian Malcolm is the new general manager of Parkwood Estate in Oshawa.
Magnificent Mansion: Brian Malcolm is the new general manager of Parkwood Estate in Oshawa.
7/18/1991
Moment of high drama in the world of plants comes whenplant doctor Brian Murphy, right, diagnoses the ills of the ficus Benjamina, the pride of Don Lerner, left, Murphy is checking the light readin inthe area in which the plant is kept
Moment of high drama in the world of plants comes whenplant doctor Brian Murphy, right, diagnoses the ills of the ficus Benjamina, the pride of Don Lerner, left, Murphy is checking the light readin inthe area in which the plant is kept
10/24/1975
Infant's parents: Catherine and Brian Murphy, of Kitchener, leave the inquest into the death of their baby, Gary, at Sick Children's Hospital last month
Infant's parents: Catherine and Brian Murphy, of Kitchener, leave the inquest into the death of their baby, Gary, at Sick Children's Hospital last month
5/24/1983