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Colleen Murray
- Oct 22, 2023
- 8 min
From Edmonton to the Aran Islands: genealogy of Lusitania victim
Researching an Edmonton woman who died in the Lusitania sinking
Colleen Murray
- Jul 30, 2023
- 1 min
The Irish in Western Canada
I’ve been working on my presentation “The Irish in Western Canada” for the upcoming Alberta Genealogical Society Conference. As is often...
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
- 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
- Nov 25, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...