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Western Wheel Newspaper Coverage
Western Wheel Newspaper Coverage. In addition to the CBC News Crew on hand in Okotoks during a recent cemetery visit, the local Western Wheel newspaper was also on hand. Read […]
A newsworthy field trip
A newsworthy field trip. AFHS volunteers have a long history of documenting cemetery burial information, going back as far as the mid to late 1970’s, even before the Society’s creation […]
Family History Library is FamilySearch Library
We received this message from FamilySearch: The Family History Library in Salt Lake City is now the FamilySearch Library. For all the details, see The Family History Library Is Changing Names […]
Digitizing handwritten family trees
Handwritten family trees Digitizing handwritten family trees. Handwritten family trees containing names of a million and a quarter people from the medieval period onwards will be shared online by Britain’s […]
California Slavery Reparations
California Slavery Reparations 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 […]
