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Colleen Murray
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Professional Genealogist (PLCGS) in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Former tea shop entrepreneur. Fan of obscure professions & cookies.
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theglobeandmail.com
A small Irish town searches for truth as it digs for a long-suspected mass grave
After years of demanding answers, an exhumation is under way in Tuam, where a Catholic institution is accused of burying the bodies of nearly 800 babies
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Still stuck on the Tom King having no Indigenous ancestry. According to the Globe, he "didn't think DNA tests were accurate when it came to Indigenous genealogical markers". With Tom's father's paternity is in question, DNA is the only thing that is going to sort that out. ½ #DNA #genealogy
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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And this post from Tom King himself #genealogy #familyhistory
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Wow! Another major revelation brought to us by genealogists #genealogy #familyhistory
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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ATTN GENEALOGISTS: Please read and share this post - important info on #AI and #photo regeneration. @craigenorg.bsky.social #craigen #artificialintelligence
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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The Alberta Family Histories Society has a mystery to
Solve. Can you help? #genealogy #familyhistory www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box | CBC News
A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have ...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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What a great project! Lest we forget #FamilyHistory
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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New on @internetarchiveca.bsky.social, every County of Peel minute book (1867-1973):
archive.org/details/peel...

People interested in what's now Toronto and York Region may be interested in the Home District, and United Counties of York and Peel minutes (1842-1866).
Cover of a book titled "By Laws of County Council of York and Peel."
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Checking out Ancestry’s new DNA highlights. And that is a YES for dimples! #geneticgenealogy #familyhistory #DNA #genealogy
Ancestry’s DNA highlights predicts I have dimples More “stickers” showing my predicted ancestral regions Ancestral origin prediction “stickers” from Ancestry’s DNA highlights
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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For those of you with New Brunswick roots, the Provincial Archives of NB have added a great set of records to its online offerings! #genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Almost 20,000 New Brunswick birth registrations, 1920-1929, recently added online - Genealogy à la carte
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick this week added 19,931 digitized images of registrations of birth for the counties of Gloucester and Kent, from 1920 to 1929. These records can be searched in ...
genealogyalacarte.ca
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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theglobeandmail.com
Legal groups seek exoneration of Black man from Halifax hanged in 1935
Family looks to clear name of their ancestor, Daniel Perry Sampson, in the deaths of two white boys
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Yup 💯
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · Oct 8
Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/
Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree
October 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Ontario Land Records Index is now digitized and freely available to the public: archive.org/details/onta....
Thanks to the collaboration with the Archives of Ontario, @tofamilyhistory.bsky.social, OurDigitalWorld and CRKN.
internetarchivecanada.org/2025/09/24/n...
Now Online! Ontario Land Records Index – Internet Archive Canada
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September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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theonion.com
Weird Relative At Family Reunion Knows How Everyone Related To Each Other https://theonion.com/weird-relative-at-family-reunion-knows-how-everyone-rel-1819579336/
Weird Relative At Family Reunion Knows How Everyone Related To Each Other
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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internetarchiveca.bsky.social
En français s'il vous plaît 😀
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Honoured to welcome Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin to Ottawa today.

As one of nearly five million Canadians with Irish roots, I know the opportunities our partnership has created. Together, we’re deepening those ties — for greater prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic.
September 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Scotland says nae to Ancestry. #genealogy

www.independent.ie/business/anc...
Ancestry’s Irish unit fails to secure rights to millions of Scottish records
The popularity of tracing family trees prompted the Irish arm of Ancestry.com to embark on what has been effectively a failed effort to force the National Records of Scotland to let it reuse tens of m...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I may be missing out on the Peter Robinson emigration commemorations happening in Ireland this week, but I did find a new-to-me Peter Robinson descendant DNA Group Project www.cmgenealogy.com/post/peter-r... #genealogy #familyhistory #IrishGenealogy #CanadianGenealogy
Peter Robinson Settlement celebrations & DNA Project
2025 is a year of celebration in both Canada and Ireland for the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlement. Descendants can also join a group project at FamilyTreeDNA to share DNA results.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The lobby of the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference has me excited for the weekend ahead! Going to need a lot of caffeine to attend as many live sessions as possible! #geneticgenealogy #genealogy
Screenshot of the lobby in the website for the ECGG online conference
September 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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A genealogical buffet! 🤣#familyhistory #genealogy
August 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Upcoming Indigenous digitization workshop in Edmonton organized by @edmontonheritage.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigitiza...
Indigitization Workshop
Join us for a four-day workshop with hands-on training, equipment, and resources to digitize and preserve Indigenous community knowledge.
www.eventbrite.ca
August 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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globalnews.ca
U.S. border agents are searching travellers’ smartphones and other electronic devices at a record rate, new data suggests amid a broader immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.

globalnews.ca/news/1134410...
More phones being searched at the U.S. border than ever before, data shows - National | Globalnews.ca
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security denied the uptick in searches of electronic devices has anything to do with the current Trump administration.
globalnews.ca
August 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Texas man reunited with his lost college ring 56 years after it slipped into the Long Island Sound - After spending more than a half century at the bottom of the Long Island Sound, a long lost college ring has been reunited with its owner.
Texas man reunited with his lost college ring 56 years after it slipped into the Long Island Sound
After spending more than a half century at the bottom of the Long Island Sound, a long lost college ring has been reunited with its owner.
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August 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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archive.org
The calm pace of our livestreamed microfiche scanning may not show the scope of the work, so here’s a time-lapse revealing how many pages we can digitize in just one hour.

📡 Watch the real-time stream ⤵️
www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...

#Preservation #Digitization #InternetArchive
August 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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NEW! For the Toronto Star, I penned an op-ed about Halton Region's decision to shut down its heritage services division, which is incredibly short-sighted for any number of reasons.

#cdnhistory #history #onpoli

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Jamie Bradburn: Public archives are more important now than ever. So why is this Ontario region shutting down its own?
The mistake that Halton Regional Council made last month should never be repeated.
www.thestar.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM