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    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
    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...
    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....
    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...
    Society Blue Books
    Colleen Murray
    • Oct 25, 2017
    • 3 min

    Society Blue Books

    Recently, a friend introduced me to the Blue Book, a society Who’s Who guide. Several editions from the early 1900’s for the Toronto area...
    Summer Graveyard Visits
    Colleen Murray
    • Jul 25, 2016
    • 1 min

    Summer Graveyard Visits

    If you live in a winter city like I do, you'll find that cemeteries are barely accessible for much of the year. So July is a great time...
    Edmonton Building Permits
    Colleen Murray
    • Mar 9, 2016
    • 2 min

    Edmonton Building Permits

    Building permits are an overlooked record set that you should put on your to-do list. In Edmonton, these are available on microfilm at...
    Written in Stone
    Colleen Murray
    • Dec 2, 2015
    • 3 min

    Written in Stone

    My 2X great grandfather, David Conroy, died in Edmonton in 1939. He was reported to have been one of Edmonton’s oldest citizens, having...
    New work on Old problems
    Colleen Murray
    • Oct 14, 2015
    • 5 min

    New work on Old problems

    Photo courtesy of Avacados via Flickr Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/3ZX5aE Ontario Church records A few years ago, when I was...
    Research at the Capital
    Colleen Murray
    • Sep 9, 2015
    • 1 min

    Research at the Capital

    I was at the Legislature Library here in Edmonton today doing some newspaper research using microfilm. The microfilms may be about the...
    Basketball: Update
    Colleen Murray
    • May 16, 2015
    • 1 min

    Basketball: Update

    In my previous post, I mused about my grandmother's team's basketball trophy and what may have happened to it. Upon contacting the...
    Basketball & genealogy
    Colleen Murray
    • Apr 30, 2015
    • 4 min

    Basketball & genealogy

    Commercial Yell:[1] Pickles, ketchup, chow, chow, chow, Chew ‘em up, eat ‘em up, bow, wow, wow; Hannibal, cannibal, sis, boom, bah,...
    Métis Nation & EPSB archives
    Colleen Murray
    • Apr 18, 2015
    • 2 min

    Métis Nation & EPSB archives

    As part of the 2015 AGS Conference happening this weekend, I was able to attend pre-conference tours at both the Métis Nation of Alberta...
    Colleen Murray
    • Mar 19, 2015
    • 2 min

    Not so French after all

    While researching my French-Canadian ancestor of the surname Phaneuf, I stumbled upon a few websites claiming that ALL Phaneufs come from...
    French-Albertan Pioneers
    Colleen Murray
    • Mar 5, 2015
    • 2 min

    French-Albertan Pioneers

    I have recently spent many hours studying the French Canadian Lamoureux family. Louis Lamoureux, my 9X Great Grandfather came from...
    Definitely not the Murphys: 
French-Canadian Genealogy
    Colleen Murray
    • Feb 7, 2015
    • 2 min

    Definitely not the Murphys: French-Canadian Genealogy

    Photo Credit: Library and Archives Canada, e010952219 I have spent most of the last ten years focusing on Irish and Irish-Canadian...
    Archives at King's University
    Colleen Murray
    • Feb 4, 2015
    • 1 min

    Archives at King's University

    Today I was pleased to visit Edmonton’s King’s University for the first time. They were offering a free lecture by presenter Shannon...

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