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Calgary man finds his father with DNA
A Calgary man had been searching for his biological father for two years, pouring over family trees and genetic matches. “I had papers everywhere. It was all over the floor”. […]
Canadian of WW1 Soldier has Calgarian Connection
March 30, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of remains recovered during a munitions […]
AFHS Library is now a FamilySearch Affiliate Library!
This is exciting news because some of FamilySearch’s vast record sets can only be accessed at a FamilySearch location. You can use any of our library computers to access many […]
Scottish Indexes releases more Prison records
In a continuation of their Scotland’s Criminal Database project, Glasgow based genealogists Emma and Graham Maxwell have released an index to a further 43,000 historical Scottish Prison records. These have […]
FamilySearch Completes Digitization of Microfilms
FamilySearch has completed their massive microfilm digitization project. For more information, see these blogs on the topic: FamilySearch blog Genealogy a la Carte blog Legal Genealogist blog
