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- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
Get organized!
In January, store shelves that were filled with decorations become filled with plastic storage containers, encouraging us to get...
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- Jan 4, 2017
- 1 min
ProGen26 Graduate!
I received my certificate in the mail today, showing that I completed the ProGen Study Program. It is a professional development course...
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- Nov 18, 2016
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Heritage Books on Sale
In preparation for their big renovation, the Stanley A. Milner branch of the Edmonton Public Library has been weeding their books. As a...
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- 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...
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- May 20, 2016
- 3 min
My DNA Journey
Image Courtesy FamilyTreeDNA www.familytreedna.com Several years ago, my husband gave me a DNA test as a birthday gift. I did the cheek...
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- 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...
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- Feb 2, 2016
- 1 min
Edmonton Area Genealogy Events
Most of us come to genealogy late in life, maybe even after all the relatives who could have shared stories with us have already passed. ...
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- Jan 14, 2016
- 3 min
Book Review
Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- Jul 14, 2015
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Visiting Ireland this summer?
The National Library of Ireland offers an excellent service- they have genealogists available to answer your questions on family tree...
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- Jun 16, 2015
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Irish Research Trip
It's been a whirlwind of a month since I last posted. Not only did I begin the ProGen Study Group (a study group set up to study the...
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- 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...
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- 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,...
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- Apr 21, 2015
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Final day of #AGS2015
I'm a few days late in blogging about our final day at #AGS2015- I guess I was still in recovery mode! Our plenary session was a lecture...
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- Apr 19, 2015
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2015 AGS Conference
Here I am, all slickered up for the 2015 AGS Conference banquet. After a day of lectures on women in the war, newspapers, FamilySearch...
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- 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...
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- Mar 31, 2015
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Irish Canadian Research
Today I watched a webinar found online on the Youtube channel of the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. It was...
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- Mar 30, 2015
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Genealogy courses
Recently I had the honour of accepting the position of Genealogical Courses Coordinator for the Alberta Genealogical Society, Edmonton...