Colleen Murray

Many of us do genealogy for the thrill of the hunt. Sometimes that means we aren't as careful in documentation and organization as we...

I received some great news this week! This blog has received an award from Feedspot for being one of the top 100 genealogy blogs. You can...

I recently visited the Parksville, British Columbia Sand Sculpting Competition & Exhibition and saw this lovely sandcastle by Delayne...

As most genealogists have already heard by now, FamilySearch is discontinuing its microfilm lending program. Although the news has been...

Links for researching Historic homes: Canada’s Historic Places: http://www.historicplaces.ca/ Alberta Register of Historic Places:...

Tomorrow night, I am excited to be speaking to the Postscripts Special Interest Group at the Alberta Genealogical Society’s Edmonton...

In January, store shelves that were filled with decorations become filled with plastic storage containers, encouraging us to get...

I received my certificate in the mail today, showing that I completed the ProGen Study Program. It is a professional development course...

In preparation for their big renovation, the Stanley A. Milner branch of the Edmonton Public Library has been weeding their books. As a...

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...

Image Courtesy FamilyTreeDNA www.familytreedna.com Several years ago, my husband gave me a DNA test as a birthday gift. I did the cheek...

Building permits are an overlooked record set that you should put on your to-do list. In Edmonton, these are available on microfilm at...

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. ...

Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical...

My 2X great grandfather, David Conroy, died in Edmonton in 1939. He was reported to have been one of Edmonton’s oldest citizens, having...

Photo courtesy of Avacados via Flickr Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/3ZX5aE Ontario Church records A few years ago, when I was...

I was at the Legislature Library here in Edmonton today doing some newspaper research using microfilm. The microfilms may be about the...

The National Library of Ireland offers an excellent service- they have genealogists available to answer your questions on family tree...

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...

In my previous post, I mused about my grandmother's team's basketball trophy and what may have happened to it. Upon contacting the...