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    My Irish Y-DNA project: breaking through brick walls
    Colleen Murray
    • Mar 14
    • 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...
    Another Institute course certificate *and swag!
    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...
    Gems in Ontario's Heir & Devisee Commission records
    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
    Forensic Genealogy Institute Certificate
    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...
    Have you been looking in the wrong place?
    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
    Book Review: The Lost Family
    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...
    DNA & Forensic Genealogy
    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...
    Albertans in the 1918 pandemic
    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...
    Advanced DNA Practicum
    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...
    Document & Photo Organizing
    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...
    Genealogy & Positivity
    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...
    Not just tall trees
    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...
    Y-DNA and the Waiting Game
    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...
    New Editions
    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...
    Hunting for a spy in Belgium
    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...
    The Intentionally Forgotten
    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...
    EPL's Heritage Collection is circulating!
    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....
    Lecture tonight on Irish Palatines
    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...
    Granny Hogan and family lore
    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...
    Colleen Murray
    • May 25, 2018
    • 2 min

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