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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 to get out and visit them - especially in the morning or evening when it's not too hot. Here's the belated report of my tour of Edmonton Cemetery. It was organiz...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 to get out and visit them - especially in the morning or evening when it's not too hot. Here's the belated report of my tour of Edmonton Cemetery. It was organiz...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 to get out and visit them - especially in the morning or evening when it's not too hot. Here's the belated report of my tour of Edmonton Cemetery. It was organiz...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 to get out and visit them - especially in the morning or evening when it's not too hot. Here's the belated report of my tour of Edmonton Cemetery. It was organiz...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 swab, filled out some information on where I thought my ancestors came from, and in return was sent a predicted haplogroup and a map showing my ancestral migrati...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Image Courtesy FamilyTreeDNA www.familytreedna.com Several years ago, my husband gave me a DNA test as a birthday gift. I did the cheek swab, filled out some information on where I thought my ancestors came from, and in return was sent a predicted haplogroup and a map showing my ancestral migrati...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 swab, filled out some information on where I thought my ancestors came from, and in return was sent a predicted haplogroup and a map showing my ancestral migrati...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Image Courtesy FamilyTreeDNA www.familytreedna.com Several years ago, my husband gave me a DNA test as a birthday gift. I did the cheek swab, filled out some information on where I thought my ancestors came from, and in return was sent a predicted haplogroup and a map showing my ancestral migrati...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 swab, filled out some information on where I thought my ancestors came from, and in return was sent a predicted haplogroup and a map showing my ancestral migrati...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Image Courtesy FamilyTreeDNA www.familytreedna.com Several years ago, my husband gave me a DNA test as a birthday gift. I did the cheek swab, filled out some information on where I thought my ancestors came from, and in return was sent a predicted haplogroup and a map showing my ancestral migrati...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 the City of Edmonton Archives. You won’t find out the names of your ancestor’s children, but you may learn when they built a house or garage, and when they decide...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Building permits are an overlooked record set that you should put on your to-do list. In Edmonton, these are available on microfilm at the City of Edmonton Archives. You won’t find out the names of your ancestor’s children, but you may learn when they built a house or garage, and when they decide...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 the City of Edmonton Archives. You won’t find out the names of your ancestor’s children, but you may learn when they built a house or garage, and when they decide...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Building permits are an overlooked record set that you should put on your to-do list. In Edmonton, these are available on microfilm at the City of Edmonton Archives. You won’t find out the names of your ancestor’s children, but you may learn when they built a house or garage, and when they decide...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 the City of Edmonton Archives. You won’t find out the names of your ancestor’s children, but you may learn when they built a house or garage, and when they decide...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Building permits are an overlooked record set that you should put on your to-do list. In Edmonton, these are available on microfilm at the City of Edmonton Archives. You won’t find out the names of your ancestor’s children, but you may learn when they built a house or garage, and when they decide...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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. Wouldn’t it be great to spark the genealogy bug early in a child’s life, so that they begin collecting those stories now? The Edmonton branch of the Alberta G...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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. Wouldn’t it be great to spark the genealogy bug early in a child’s life, so that they begin collecting those stories now? The Edmonton branch of the Alberta G...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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. Wouldn’t it be great to spark the genealogy bug early in a child’s life, so that they begin collecting those stories now? The Edmonton branch of the Alberta G...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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. Wouldn’t it be great to spark the genealogy bug early in a child’s life, so that they begin collecting those stories now? The Edmonton branch of the Alberta G...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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. Wouldn’t it be great to spark the genealogy bug early in a child’s life, so that they begin collecting those stories now? The Edmonton branch of the Alberta G...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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. Wouldn’t it be great to spark the genealogy bug early in a child’s life, so that they begin collecting those stories now? The Edmonton branch of the Alberta G...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Book Review
Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2000. Paperback, £11.99 from the publisher, ISBN 978-1-901905-89-5. 180 pages, index and 7 appendices: (Sample 17th century records, Repositories...
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Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2000. Paperback, £11.99 from the publisher, ISBN 978-1-901905-89-5. 180 pages, index and 7 appendices: (Sample 17th century records, Repositories...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Book Review
Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2000. Paperback, £11.99 from the publisher, ISBN 978-1-901905-89-5. 180 pages, index and 7 appendices: (Sample 17th century records, Repositories...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2000. Paperback, £11.99 from the publisher, ISBN 978-1-901905-89-5. 180 pages, index and 7 appendices: (Sample 17th century records, Repositories...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Book Review
Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2000. Paperback, £11.99 from the publisher, ISBN 978-1-901905-89-5. 180 pages, index and 7 appendices: (Sample 17th century records, Repositories...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
Researching Armagh Ancestors: A practical guide for the family and local historian. By Ian Maxwell. Published by Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2000. Paperback, £11.99 from the publisher, ISBN 978-1-901905-89-5. 180 pages, index and 7 appendices: (Sample 17th century records, Repositories...
Published at Colleen Murray Genealogy
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 turned 100 years old only a few months before! [1] David’s obituary indicated that “Interment will be made in the family plot in the Edmonton Catholic cemete...
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My 2X great grandfather, David Conroy, died in Edmonton in 1939. He was reported to have been one of Edmonton’s oldest citizens, having turned 100 years old only a few months before! [1] David’s obituary indicated that “Interment will be made in the family plot in the Edmonton Catholic cemete...
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