Colleen Murray

Researching an Edmonton woman who died in the Lusitania sinking

I’ve been working on my presentation “The Irish in Western Canada” for the upcoming Alberta Genealogical Society Conference. As is often...

As part of their Métis Project, La Société généalogique du Nord-Ouest, Edmonton is hosting a lecture entitled: Finding Indigenous...

I’m busily preparing to teach the Introduction to Genealogy course offered through ELLA (Edmonton Lifelong Learners Association). This...

A cousin that I recently connected with, thanks to DNA, lead me to some interesting information about my 2X great grand aunt, Victoria...

I lost two of my great-grandparents during the Spanish Influenza pandemic- one from each side of my family. I have thought about them...

Edmonton Public Library kept their best genealogy books in what was called the Heritage Room of the downtown Stanley Milner library....

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...

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

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

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

Commercial Yell:[1] Pickles, ketchup, chow, chow, chow, Chew ‘em up, eat ‘em up, bow, wow, wow; Hannibal, cannibal, sis, boom, bah,...

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...

I have recently spent many hours studying the French Canadian Lamoureux family. Louis Lamoureux, my 9X Great Grandfather came from...

Today I was pleased to visit Edmonton’s King’s University for the first time. They were offering a free lecture by presenter Shannon...