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Making Connections Conference – October 1
Registration is now open for our upcoming conference on October 1, 2022! You won’t want to miss this in-person opportunity to learn and to network with other family historians. Please […]
British Institute – October 2022
The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) welcomes you to British Institute (BI). Registration is now open. This year’s institute focuses on writing your family history, and […]
Historic family trees with 1.25 million names to go online
Handwritten family trees containing names of a million and a quarter people from the medieval period onwards will be shared online by Britain’s leading genealogy society. Digital images of the 10,000 manuscript […]
Historic Calgary Week July 2022
Historic Calgary Week returns this July 22 to August 1. Many interesting tours and talks on Calgary, past and present. View the pamphlet at https://chinookhistory.ca/historic-calgary-week. Jim Benedict of AFHS will […]
California and reparations for slavery ancestors
California has approved a plan to pay reparations to residents of the state who can show they are descendants of those formerly enslaved. Seeking the evidence will be a process, […]
Indigenous History Month
June is Indigenous History Month. Here's some events that are happening in Calgary. Thanks to AFHS member, Cat Schick, for sending us these links. https://www.avenuecalgary.com/things-to-do/calgary-events-national-indigenous-history-month/ https://bbbscalgary.ca/indigenous-events-for-june-in-calgary/ https://ucalgary.ca/news/come-celebrate-indigenous-culture-and-diversity-ucalgary-june Book: https://www.amazon.ca/True-Spirit-Original-Intent-Treaty/dp/0773515216
