Colleen Murray

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    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...
    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....
    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...
    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...
    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...
    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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