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Colleen Murray
- Jul 15, 2022
- 9 min
A Female Land Speculator in the Canadian West
A cousin that I recently connected with, thanks to DNA, lead me to some interesting information about my 2X great grand aunt, Victoria...
Colleen Murray
- Mar 14, 2022
- 7 min
My Irish Y-DNA project: breaking through brick walls
Irish research can be difficult, due to record loss or how the records were kept in the first place. When records fail us, sometimes DNA...
Colleen Murray
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Another Institute course certificate *and swag!
I received my certificate for completing the Advanced Methodology & Evidence Analysis course from the Institute of Genealogy & Historical...
Colleen Murray
- Sep 28, 2021
- 4 min
Gems in Ontario's Heir & Devisee Commission records
How to use Ontario's Heir & Devisee Commission records to further your genealogy
Colleen Murray
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
Forensic Genealogy Institute Certificate
One of the advantages of everything moving online during the pandemic is that I was able to take three genealogy institute courses. The...
Colleen Murray
- Jun 1, 2021
- 9 min
Have you been looking in the wrong place?
How to find where your ancestors came from in Ireland
Colleen Murray
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Book Review: The Lost Family
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...
Colleen Murray
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
DNA & Forensic Genealogy
I've received my certificate for the "All-DNA Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum" that I completed in 2020 through the Salt Lake...
Colleen Murray
- Nov 26, 2020
- 4 min
Albertans in the 1918 pandemic
I lost two of my great-grandparents during the Spanish Influenza pandemic- one from each side of my family. I have thought about them...
Colleen Murray
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Advanced DNA Practicum
I just handed in my last assignment for the All-DNA Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum course, offered through the Salt Lake Institute...
Colleen Murray
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
Document & Photo Organizing
Recently, I completed a project for a client where I organized and scanned their paper and digital documents and photos, and added them...
Colleen Murray
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Genealogy & Positivity
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...
Colleen Murray
- Jan 12, 2020
- 3 min
Not just tall trees
Do you remember when you first started working on your family tree? Your goal was probably to enter immediate relatives, and then move...
Colleen Murray
- Nov 4, 2019
- 4 min
Y-DNA and the Waiting Game
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...
Colleen Murray
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
New Editions
I treated myself to some new editions of books that I've previously owned & read. Especially excited that my brand new edition of John...
Colleen Murray
- Apr 22, 2019
- 7 min
Hunting for a spy in Belgium
My maternal Belgian line was the most neglected side of my family tree. My mother had inherited two extensive compiled genealogies that...
Colleen Murray
- Nov 11, 2018
- 3 min
The Intentionally Forgotten
Library and Archives Canada finished digitizing the service files of Canadian Soldiers in WW1 earlier this year. The completion of this...
Colleen Murray
- Sep 12, 2018
- 3 min
EPL's Heritage Collection is circulating!
Edmonton Public Library kept their best genealogy books in what was called the Heritage Room of the downtown Stanley Milner library....
Colleen Murray
- Sep 11, 2018
- 1 min
Lecture tonight on Irish Palatines
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...
Colleen Murray
- May 29, 2018
- 5 min
Granny Hogan and family lore
Moonshine Still, public domain, courtesy of Flikr Creative Commons, posted by UNC Library Commons. I'm sharing this story so that it is...