Monthly Archives: October 2010

GPS Replacing Tombstones in Calgary?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dawn Turner

The City of Calgary has a new strategy for the city’s soon-to-be-full cemeteries: green burials and GPS locators for finding the dead. Four of Calgary’s five municipal cemeteries are full, and officials estimate the Queen’s Park burial lands, which opened … Continue reading →

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Video from our AFHS FamilyRoots Event

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dawn Turner

Special thanks to Thomas MacEntee for allowing Joan Miller to use his video camera to take some clips of our AFHS FamilyRoots Event. He gave permission to link to the videos here. UPDATE – Other posts related to this event. … Continue reading →

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AFHS FamilyRoots Event a Success

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dawn Turner

THE weather cleared and the mountains stood strong and majestic with their fresh dusting of snow on Calgary’s western horizon as AFHS FamilyRoots attendees picked up their registration packages at the Deerfoot Inn.  It was going to be a good … Continue reading →

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AFHS Mentioned on AnceStories and EWGS

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Dawn Turner

We are delighted and honoured that our upcoming AFHS Family Roots event on October 16, 210 with Dick Eastman, Thomas MacEntee and Lyn Meehan was mentioned on Miriam Robbins Midkiff’s AnceStories Blog and the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society blog! Miriam … Continue reading →

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