Search for the Henry and Lylie Candy Homestead

One of our objectives while in Alberta was to investigate and visit the homestead property of Ken's grandparents. This homestead was were Ken's mother was born in 1916.  The Candy family emigrated from the Alberta homestead to Los Angeles when Ken's mother Eileen was age 6.
The property was located near Kinsella AB, but was and is located in Flagstaff County rather than Beaver County, which Kinsella is part of. In fact the homestead is on the county line. This explains why all public documents we have seen were processed in Sedgewick, which is still the location for the Flagstaff County administration office.  We drove to Sedgewick one evening to try and find information about the current owner of the homestead,  We arrived just before closing but Brent, shown here with Ken, was a wonderful help.  Brent spent almost an hour after closing helping us look through the available property records (which only date back to the early 1940's) and advising us on who to contact regarding the property. We purchased a county property map that lists all of the current owners of the quarter sections in the county. Armed with this information we would attempt to contact the current owners of the homestead property.  Stay tuned - the trip the following weekend to discover family roots near Kinsella was remarkable.