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Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2025

For this month’s President’s Message, Gordon Lane outlines recent and upcoming initiatives of the Board.
Stephanie Morton shares how she determined the identity of someone identified as “Aunt Veronica” on a family photograph.
The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.
For this month’s Tech Tip, Amber Godfrey describes how to search, view and save results using Full-Text Search on the FamilySearch website.
The Library Highlights page features book reviews by Ann Williams of three books about the history of Britain.
There are lots of great educational opportunities on our Upcoming Events page, including two workshops being offered by AFHS this spring.
As usual, the final page is filled with information about Alberta Family Histories Society.

Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2025

Gordon Lane celebrates our volunteers in his President’s Message.
Shelley Lunney shares the story of Staff Sergeant Christopher Hilliard of the North West Mounted Police on our Ancestor Anecdote page.
The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.
Wondering where your genealogy research will end up after you are gone? Check out Thomas MacEntee’s article on our Tech Tips page for some suggestions.
Our Library Highlights page features a book review by Amber Godfrey of The Complete Guide to FamilyTreeDNA, a new book at the AFHS Resource Centre.
There are lots of great educational opportunities on our Upcoming Events page.
As usual, the final page is filled with information about Alberta Family Histories Society.

Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025

Gordon Lane shares exciting news. AFHS is moving!
On our Ancestor Anecdote page, Ann Williams and Amber Godfrey describe times when genealogy items literally “fell” into their possession.
The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.
On the Tech Tips page, Amber Godfrey describes the resources available on the Alberta Research Portal.
Our Library Highlights page features five new books at the AFHS Resource Centre.
There are lots of great educational opportunities on our Upcoming Events page.
As usual, the final page is filled with information about Alberta Family Histories Society.

Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2025

The AFHS Move Team gives an update on the upcoming Resource Centre relocation.
Shelley Lunney shares a story about the George Canning Ives family on the new Alberta Pioneers page.
The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.
On the Research Roundup page, Amber Godfrey highlights the Canadian Encyclopedia Online website.
The AFHS Resource Centre’s collection of Calgary Henderson’s Directories is featured on the Library Highlights page.
There are lots of great educational opportunities on our Upcoming Events page.
As usual, the final page is filled with information about Alberta Family Histories Society.

Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2025

President Gordon Lane gives an update on recent activities of the Society.
Shelley Lunney shares a story about the Wade family of Hanna, Alberta.
The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.
On the Research Roundup page, Amber Godfrey highlights the resources available at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
The many volunteers who helped with the move to our new location are listed on the Library Highlights page.
There are lots of great educational opportunities on our Upcoming Events page.
As usual, the final page is filled with information about Alberta Family Histories Society.

Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2025

President Gordon Lane gives an overview on the activities of the Society in the 2024/25 season.
On the Alberta Ancestors page, Kelly Lunney shares a story about the Gray family of Rocky Mountain House.
The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.
On the Tech Tips page, Jim Benedict gives an example of how he used Chat GPT to create an exciting version of one of his family stories and explains how to do this.
There are lots of great educational opportunities on our Upcoming Events page.
As usual, the final page is filled with information about Alberta Family Histories Society.