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Colleen Murray
- Apr 17, 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 31, 2015
- 1 min
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...
Colleen Murray
- Mar 29, 2015
- 1 min
Genealogy courses
Recently I had the honour of accepting the position of Genealogical Courses Coordinator for the Alberta Genealogical Society, Edmonton...
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...
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...
Colleen Murray
- Feb 10, 2015
- 1 min
Learning about DNA
It’s a snowy day in Edmonton, and even though I do have to venture out to the Land Titles office to pick up some information for my house...
Colleen Murray
- Feb 6, 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...
Colleen Murray
- Feb 3, 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...
Colleen Murray
- Jan 29, 2015
- 2 min
House History Serendipity
I recently moved to Edmonton’s Westmount Heritage area, which is one of the oldest and most historically interesting neighbourhoods in...