Updates to Canadian citizenship by descent

Canada has a new citizenship law that changes the process for Americans to qualify for dual citizenship (see this video via CBC News on YouTube). I do not have many Canadian ancestors, but I have one that might work - my 4th-great-grandfather Asa Putnam Smith. He was born in Nova Scotia around 1783, if the widow's pension application from his service in the War of 1812 is valid.

Fold3. Widow's pension for Lucinda McIntosh Smith.

I am still looking into other records connecting him to Nova Scotia. The 1850 US Census recorded Asa's place of birth as Massachusetts, but the death certificate for Asa and Lucinda's son James M. Smith states his place of birth was Nova Scotia.

Ancestry. Indiana Death Certificate, 1914.

I do have another connection to Nova Scotia, although not directly on my line. In November, I wrote about the Oyler family and their role in the fruit business in Nova Scotia, shipping produce back to England for sale at Spitalfields Market.