Chinook Arch

Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2026

• In his President’s Message, Gordon Lane outlines some recent Society news. We also share sad news about Larry Stone.

• This issue’s Alberta Pioneers article features the Forsters of Berry Creek Horse Ranch.

• The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.

• The Resource Centre Highlights page lists some of the new acquisitions in our library collection.

• On our Research Roundup page, Ron Gilmore describes the AFHS Settlers Project.

• 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.

• Gordon Lane shares some AFHS members tributes to Larry Stone on the February President’s Message page.

• The Ancestor Anecdote this month was written by Kelly Southworth about her 8x great-grandmother Jane Southworth who lived in 17th-century Lancashire.

• The Special Interest Group page highlights the benefits of our small-group sessions and the recorded presentations available to our members on our website.

• The Resource Centre Highlights page answers a common question about what AFHS does, and doesn’t, accept as donations for the library.

• On our Research Roundup page, Amber Godfrey shares information on Ukrainian Genealogy Research resources for western Canada including some upcoming webinars.

• 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.

• In the President’s Message, our new President, Dorothy Clements, introduces herself and shares AFHS news.

• The Alberta Pioneers page has a write-up on The Reiners of Youngstown by Shelley Lunney.

• 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 Resource Centre Highlights page, Warren Peterson highlights a new piece of technology available to members at the Resource Centre.

• Ron Gilmore shares some information about the soon-to-be released 1926 Census for the Republic of Ireland and a possible replacement for the unavailable 1926 Census of Northern Ireland.

• 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.