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I had the pleasure last night of giving a presentation to the Alberta Family Histories Society monthly meeting. I was asked to give a talk about some of the more obscure resources that we have for people researching their family history. I was given somewhere...
Grave of George McDougall Alison Jackson Photograph Collection, 1458 The City of Calgary is thinking about offering a new way of burying our dead. With Queen’s Park Cemetery rapidly running out of space, the City is planning for a new cemetery in the...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online R.B. Bennett Receiving Nomination Convention of Conservatives, Winnipeg 1927 Postcards from the Past PC 503 This is the second of my installments about some of the subscription databases (other than Ancestry LE...
Group of people watching a band in Lethbridge, 1961 Alison Jackson Photograph Collection Most genealogists are aware that the Calgary Public Library has a subscription to Ancestry Library Edition. This is a great service for customers who don’t have their...
Our local genealogical society, the Alberta Family Histories Society, is presenting a seminar on Eastern European genealogy on Saturday October 24 at River Park Church (3818 14 A Street SW). Two speakers will be giving presentations, Jerry Frank and David...
It is time again for the start of the Family History Coaching program at the Central Library. This long-running program is very popular and we are happy to be able to offer it again. The Family History Coaching program is offered in conjunction with our...
You may have seen the article in the Saturday edition of the Calgary Herald that a "forest of family trees" was recently unveiled. That may be a little bit of an exaggeration but what has actually been released is just as exciting. This is the...
I can't explain my fascination with land records. The majority of my ancestors were working class people and not landowners. Unlike many of the people I encounter in my work with the genealogy collection here at the Central Library, I cannot go back...
Library and Archives Canada has announced the launch of a new database, the 1891 Census of Canada . This census marked the third time names and statistical information was collected from the whole of the country. The intent was to reflect the population...
One of the greatest perks in this job is the opportunity it provides to peruse some of the strangest and most interesting books you can imagine. I occasionally wander through the stacks to find interesting items to use in displays or when we are giving...
I love old newspapers. I could sit reading them for days on end (or at least until I get a microfilm headache). Most genealogists know that newspaper announcements can be a fabulous source for obituaries and other event announcements. They often include...
Genealogists searching for that elusive link to the old country have a new tool at their command. The Canadian passenger lists from 1865-1935 have been indexed and are available on Ancestry LE. These lists contain more than 7 million names and record...
Library and Archives Canada has digitized documents from the personnel files of the NWMP from 1873-1904. These files contain a wealth of information for historians, genealogists and those interested in the NWMP and the role they played in the evolution...
We have just received the Master Index to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers from the Ontario Genealogical Society and the United Chruch of Canada Archives. This set of 26 microfiche includes not just the names of the baptised but also of the...
All of you who remember how close we came to not getting the 1911 census released will be interested in Senator Lorna Milne's account of the seven year battle to get this vital genealogical information released to the public. Deeply Rooted outlines...
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