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		<title>Still time to get in on the Early Bird Special!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are thinking about attending the Find Your Tree in the Forest conference in April, you still have time to get in on the Early Bird Special! Register by March 15 for a discount. Visit the official website for &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/events/early-bird-special/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The AFHS Projects Committee needs transcribers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transcribers needed. Help the Projects Committee record newspaper births, marriages and deaths (BMD) announcements. Work from home! Do as little or as much as you&#8217;d like (every little bit helps). Have fun adding to the Alberta Family Histories Society&#8217;s databases. &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/projects-committee-needs-transcribers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Reference &#8220;QR&#8221; Codes &#8211; A great way to share more information in tiny spaces</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick Reference (QR) codes, those little squares with digital-looking maze-like patterns in them, are popping up in more and more places these days. Now genealogists are finding they can use them to share a lot of information in very small &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/quick-reference-qr-codes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cemetery lookup indexes</title>
		<link>http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/cemetery-lookup-indexes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Miller - AFHS PR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the Alberta Family Histories Society (AFHS) first had a website, the Projects Committee has offered a searchable index to its Cemetery Transcriptions Database. This database, which has been recorded over the past 25 years by numerous volunteers, is based &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/cemetery-lookup-indexes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The AFHS PR Committee needs you!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Public Relations Committee is an important part of what AFHS does. But, due to circumstances beyond its control, the PR Committee has recently suffered some setbacks by way of losing some valuable members. We are looking for new members &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/the-afhs-pr-committee-needs-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning Your Family History</title>
		<link>http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/beginning-your-family-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alberta Family Histories Society&#8217;s own Kay Clarke and Diane Granger have put together a great beginners&#8217; course on Beginning Your Family History. This program will take you step-by-step through identifying what you already know about your family, deciding what &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/beginning-your-family-history/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Genealogical Society &#8211; Conference 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As usual, OGS has a great lineup of workshops and sessions for their 2012 Conference in Kingston, Ontario, June 1-3. But the main reason AFHS is so excited is because one of our own is a speaker this year &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/events/ogs-conference-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of life in 1911 is completed as remaining 1911 census records go online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: We haven&#8217;t normally been posting these news releases on the AFHS blog but this was just too good to pass up. Enjoy! &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The final, missing column of data from the 1911 census, which details individuals’ infirmities is &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/picture-of-life-in-1911-completed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CONFERENCE: Find Your Tree in the Forest, April 13-14, 2012</title>
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		<comments>http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/conference-find-your-tree-in-the-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Miller - AFHS PR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alberta Genealogical Society and Alberta Family Histories Society have joined forces to help you &#8220;Find Your Tree in the Forest.&#8221; Partake of the offerings of a tremendous lineup of speakers, including Dick Eastman, Thomas MacEntee and Gena Philibert Ortega. Some &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/conference-find-your-tree-in-the-forest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Build a Family Tree at the Library</title>
		<link>http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/kids-build-a-family-tree-at-the-library/</link>
		<comments>http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/kids-build-a-family-tree-at-the-library/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Miller - AFHS PR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alberta Family Histories Society led a group of eight to ten year old children in a pilot project entitled &#8220;Build a Family Tree Booklet&#8221; this past weekend at the Crowfoot branch of the Calgary Public Library.   The project &#8230; <a href="http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/kids-build-a-family-tree-at-the-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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