Colleen Murray

How to find where your ancestors came from in Ireland

I recently finished Libby Copeland's book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are, which came out about this time last...

I've received my certificate for the "All-DNA Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum" that I completed in 2020 through the Salt Lake...

I lost two of my great-grandparents during the Spanish Influenza pandemic- one from each side of my family. I have thought about them...

I just handed in my last assignment for the All-DNA Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum course, offered through the Salt Lake Institute...

Recently, I completed a project for a client where I organized and scanned their paper and digital documents and photos, and added them...

If you’re like me, you are staying home as much as possible right now, to social-distance and help “flatten the curve”. It’s easy to get...

Do you remember when you first started working on your family tree? Your goal was probably to enter immediate relatives, and then move...

I first tested my father’s Y-DNA back in 2014- and it wasn’t until a few weeks ago, five years later, that he finally received a match...

I treated myself to some new editions of books that I've previously owned & read. Especially excited that my brand new edition of John...

My maternal Belgian line was the most neglected side of my family tree. My mother had inherited two extensive compiled genealogies that...

Library and Archives Canada finished digitizing the service files of Canadian Soldiers in WW1 earlier this year. The completion of this...

Edmonton Public Library kept their best genealogy books in what was called the Heritage Room of the downtown Stanley Milner library....

Photo we took of Adare Manor during a visit a few years ago. Tonight, I am giving a talk at the Alberta Genealogical Society, at the...

Moonshine Still, public domain, courtesy of Flikr Creative Commons, posted by UNC Library Commons. I'm sharing this story so that it is...

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I will admit that I had no knowledge of The Catholic Register newspaper prior to learning that they were offering free access to their...

I just listened to a fascinating discussion on CBC Radio: The Current on personal genome sequencing. Although we have become used to...

The holidays are coming, and this genealogist has been working on her Christmas list. The battle of the DNA testing companies has led to...

This morning I happened to hear an interview on CBC radio on the program "The Current". Author A.J. Jacobs was being interviewed...