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Colleen Murray

@cmgenealogy.bsky.social
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Professional Genealogist (PLCGS) in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Former tea shop entrepreneur. Fan of obscure professions & cookies. www.cmgenealogy.com

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘Created in Canada’: How a leading cosmetics brand leans into its roots - U.S. tariffs have reshaped Canadian consumer habits, including a dose of patriotism at the cosmetics counter, according to Groupe Marcelle.
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‘Created in Canada’: How a leading cosmetics brand leans into its roots
U.S. tariffs have reshaped Canadian consumer habits, including a dose of patriotism at the cosmetics counter, according to Groupe Marcelle.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Workshop this Saturday "Finding Indigenous Ancestors" by Sheila Genaille, presented (in English) by La Société Généalogique du Nord-Ouest. Zoom or in person in Edmonton, Alberta. www.sgno.ca/evenements/W... #genealogy #familyhistory #CanadianGenealogy
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Nécrologie, avis de décès, cartes mortuaires - Société généalogique du Nord-Ouest
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Excited to be speaking at the Norfolk County Genealogy Symposium on September 19th in Simcoe, Ontario #genealogy #familyhistory bit.ly/4bLtwEi
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2026 Norfolk County Genealogy Symposium
Norfolk County Archives' 6th Annual Genealogy Symposium has a value-packed afternoon for you on Saturday, September 19th from 12pm - 4:30pm.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The C-3 debacle continues… www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #genealogy #canadiangenealogy
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Government abruptly suspends citizenship certificates issued under 'lost Canadians' law | CBC News
The federal government has suddenly suspended an unknown number of citizenship certificates issued to people around the world. Recipients of the notices, some of whom have already moved to Canada or w...
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Maggie Gaffney @mghistorical.com · 14/06/2026
Interesting to read about Canadian PM Mark Carney's Irish connections. Aside from the possible Gaffney connection, my Burke and Flynn families were from the parish of Aughagower. We might be twice related! www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
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How Ireland helped shape the Prime Minister of Canada
When Mark Carney visits Ireland, he will be presented with a 90-page, leather bound book packed with his family history
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
County Mayo made my family. It’s great to be back.
Prime Minister Carney meets and shakes hands with members of the community in County Mayo, Ireland.Prime Minister Carney meets and shakes hands with members of the community in County Mayo, Ireland.Prime Minister Carney meets and shakes hands with members of the community in County Mayo, Ireland.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Some people who had already received Certificates of Canadian Citizenship & sometimes passports are now being told to surrender them pending a review. #genealogy #Canadiangenelogy hayerlawoffice.ca/2026/06/13/b...
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Bill C-3 Suspension Letters - What is this about? | Hayer Law | Immigration & Citizenship
But I did pause and wonder if this might be a sign the Act could be reinterpreted (particularly in regard to having 2 or more generations pre-1947 ). This
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 13/06/2026
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Carney’s Irish grandfather fought off mob of 50 armed men as young police recruit during civil war
Dublin historians researched Prime Minister’s ancestral roots to coincide with his first official visit
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Last surviving British “Home Child” in Canada receives an honorary degree from Wilfrid Laurier University #genealogt #canadiangenealogy #familyhistory www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
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Last surviving British 'Home Child' in Canada receives honorary degree from Laurier University
Celebrated centenarian Sir George Beardshaw’s received an honorary degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford on Tuesday.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
FamilyTreeDNA's father's day sale has finally begun! Best price for BigY-700 test, that traces your patrilineal line. Time to message my male cousins on all my family lines with brick walls! #genealogy #geneticgenealogy #familyhistory #DNA www.familytreedna.com?utm_source=m...
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DNA Testing for Ancestry & Genealogy - FamilyTreeDNA
Discover your DNA story and unlock the secrets of your ancestry and genealogy with our autosomal DNA, Y-DNA and mtDNA tests.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Upcoming free presentation by the Société généalogique du Nord-Ouest "Indigenous Peoples of Canada" by Sheila Genaille. June 24th, 9 pm ET on Zoom, in English. #genealogy #CanadianGenealogy #familyhistory www.sgno.ca/evenements/C...
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Indigenous Peoples of Canada animée par Sheila Genaille
Indigenous Peoples of Canada animée par Sheila Genaille
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
"...IRCC hasn't seen a significant increase in the volume of proof of citizenship applications since the law changed..." 🤔🤔🤔 #Canadiancitizenship #genealogy #CanadianGenealogy #familyhistory www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Thousands are now Canadians under new citizenship law. Half of them are Americans — CBC News
Thousands of people around the world have received Canadian citizenship certificates as a result of a change late last year to federal law. Half of them Americans.
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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I have a piece in today’s Irish Examiner about a new AHRC project I’m proud to be involved in with @jcrangle.bsky.social & @tortietabby.bsky.social on a hundred years of diversity in Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Kieran Connell: Ireland has a long multicultural history. It's time to tell that story
Refugees from Hungary and Belgium; migrant workers from Poland and Germany; doctors from Africa and Asia — over the last century, Ireland was far more diverse than many of us seem to realise
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 18/05/2026
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Genomics pioneer Craig Venter’s DNA used in Canadian study
Venter, who died on April 29, is a posthumous co-author on what is likely to be his final contribution to science
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National Post [Unofficial] @nationalpost.com.web.brid.gy · 14/05/2026
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This U.S. church is helping citizens trace their Canadian roots to claim citizenship
The odd overlap between church and state is the result of a recent piece of legislation. Bill C-3, known as the “Lost Canadians Act,“ came into effect in December and allows anyone with a direct ancestor born in Canada, regardless of how many generations back, to claim citizenship. Read More
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Preparing for my Y-DNA presentation for Strathcona Library tomorrow night scl.bibliocommons.com/events/69a64... #genealogy #familyhistory #DNA #geneticgenealogy
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Family Tree Trackers: Using Y-DNA to Build Your Family Tree
Many people have taken an autosomal DNA test, but fewer have tried using Y-DNA to break through brick walls in genealogy research. Y-DNA is not just for men – many women manage Y-DNA tests from their ...
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Shout out to OldNews! I have been having a lot of success with their newspaper search lately, and today found obituaries for two of my ancestors from Prince Edward Island (a province with no representation on Newspapers dot com)! #CanadianGenealogy #genealogy #familyhistory
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
“Anyone seeking these records should have as much information as possible in advance—such as the names, dates, locations…religious affiliation of their Canadian relatives” Please don’t overwhelm the archives with a province or country-wide search request! #genealogy #canadiangenealogy #familyhistory
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Nerd here!🤣 I was disappointed to only get the short form census! Was ready to leave those breadcrumbs for my future descendants! #genealogy #familyhistory #CanadianGenealogy
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
University of Waterloo researchers are looking for descendants of those who perished in the Franklin Expedition willing to DNA test. #genealogy #geneticgenealogy uwaterloo.ca/news/media/d...
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DNA matches identify four more sailors from Franklin expedition | Waterloo News
Researchers have identified four more members of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition, one of whom was the subject of great debate lasting for more than a century. Anthropologists from the Faculty of A...
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Internet Archive Canada 🍁 @internetarchiveca.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario! Explore a growing collection of historical newspapers documenting the lived experiences of immigrant and racialized communities across Canada. internetarchivecanada.org/2026/03/31/p...
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Preserving the Ethnic Press: Internet Archive Canada and the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario Partner to Expand Access to Historical Newspapers – Internet Archive Canada
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Sad to hear the Alberta Genealogical Society has lost their provincial funding, going from $29,000 last year to $0, and are no longer considered a Provincial Heritage Organization. See their post on what you can do to help. #genealogy #familyhistory #Alberta #CanadianGenealogy
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Alberta Genealogical Society
The Alberta Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization, founded in 1973, to promote the study of genealogy and genealogical research within the province of Alberta. We have ten branches through...
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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Irish Land Commission's Keane Index cards from 1891-1909 are now online (and it looks like all of them) scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2026/04/iris... #genealogy
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Irish Land Commission's Keane Index cards now online
From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Major uptick for records requests in Nova Scotia due to Bill C-3 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #genealogy
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Bill C-3 sparks surge in N.S. ancestral record requests | CBC News
A new bill has triggered a surge in requests for ancestral records needed for Canadian citizenship. Some applicants face long waits and others turn to alternative sources beyond official records to pr...
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Every Canadian interested in genealogy & history needs to read this post & then write to their MP #genealogy #Canadiangenealogy #familyhistory
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
48,000 awaiting approval of their applications for Canadian Citizenship certificates already, and this is still early days. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #billc-3 #genealogy #canadiangenealogy
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Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it | CBC News
Amid rising tensions in the United States and increased global volatility, many Americans are looking to Canada — and their roots — for a possible way out following recent changes to Canada’s citizens...
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It's RootsTech & FamilyTreeDNA has released discount codes at their virtual booth in the Expo Hall. If you've been waiting to Y-DNA or mtDNA test, now is the time. Or transfer a copy of your DNA test from Ancestry etc. & unlock FTDNA's DNA tools free #genealogy www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...
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FamilySearch.org
Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My blog post about the uptick in Canadian Citizenship record requests, and the changes in the amalgamation plans for some Ontario religious archives #genealogy #familyhistory #CanadianGenealogy www.cmgenealogy.com/post/canadia...
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Canadian Citizenship Requests & Church Archives
Demand for birth registrations and baptism records is increasing, as more people seek Canadian Citizenship. But how easy is it to obtain these records?
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
An important reminder to learn the limitations of any AI tools you are working with
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Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) @igrs1936.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
IGRS Top Research Tip #191: Cork City Libraries has a terrific online collection of scanned images of Cork City and County maps, the earliest dating from 1545: shorturl.at/Qqu3o
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 11/12/2025
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A small Irish town searches for truth as it digs for a long-suspected mass grave
After years of demanding answers, an exhumation is under way in Tuam, where a Catholic institution is accused of burying the bodies of nearly 800 babies
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Still stuck on the Tom King having no Indigenous ancestry. According to the Globe, he "didn't think DNA tests were accurate when it came to Indigenous genealogical markers". With Tom's father's paternity is in question, DNA is the only thing that is going to sort that out. ½ #DNA #genealogy
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
And this post from Tom King himself #genealogy #familyhistory
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Wow! Another major revelation brought to us by genealogists #genealogy #familyhistory
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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
ATTN GENEALOGISTS: Please read and share this post - important info on #AI and #photo regeneration. @craigenorg.bsky.social #craigen #artificialintelligence
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The Alberta Family Histories Society has a mystery to Solve. Can you help? #genealogy #familyhistory www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box | CBC News
A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have ...
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
What a great project! Lest we forget #FamilyHistory
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Region of Peel Archives @peelarchives.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New on @internetarchiveca.bsky.social, every County of Peel minute book (1867-1973): archive.org/details/peel... People interested in what's now Toronto and York Region may be interested in the Home District, and United Counties of York and Peel minutes (1842-1866).
Cover of a book titled "By Laws of County Council of York and Peel."
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Checking out Ancestry’s new DNA highlights. And that is a YES for dimples! #geneticgenealogy #familyhistory #DNA #genealogy
Ancestry’s DNA highlights predicts I have dimplesMore “stickers” showing my predicted ancestral regionsAncestral origin prediction “stickers” from Ancestry’s DNA highlights
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British Columbia Genealogical Society @bcgs.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
For those of you with New Brunswick roots, the Provincial Archives of NB have added a great set of records to its online offerings! #genealogy #FamilyHistory genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46378
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Almost 20,000 New Brunswick birth registrations, 1920-1929, recently added online - Genealogy à la carte
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick this week added 19,931 digitized images of registrations of birth for the counties of Gloucester and Kent, from 1920 to 1929. These records can be searched in ...
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 09/10/2025
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Legal groups seek exoneration of Black man from Halifax hanged in 1935
Family looks to clear name of their ancestor, Daniel Perry Sampson, in the deaths of two white boys
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Yup 💯
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Internet Archive Canada 🍁 @internetarchiveca.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Ontario Land Records Index is now digitized and freely available to the public: archive.org/details/onta.... Thanks to the collaboration with the Archives of Ontario, @tofamilyhistory.bsky.social, OurDigitalWorld and CRKN. internetarchivecanada.org/2025/09/24/n...
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Now Online! Ontario Land Records Index – Internet Archive Canada
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/10/2025
Weird Relative At Family Reunion Knows How Everyone Related To Each Other theonion.com/weird-relative-at-fami…
Weird Relative At Family Reunion Knows How Everyone Related To Each Other
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Internet Archive Canada 🍁 @internetarchiveca.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
En français s'il vous plaît 😀
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Honoured to welcome Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin to Ottawa today. As one of nearly five million Canadians with Irish roots, I know the opportunities our partnership has created. Together, we’re deepening those ties — for greater prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak.com · 15/09/2025
Scotland says nae to Ancestry. #genealogy www.independent.ie/business/anc...
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Ancestry’s Irish unit fails to secure rights to millions of Scottish records
The popularity of tracing family trees prompted the Irish arm of Ancestry.com to embark on what has been effectively a failed effort to force the National Records of Scotland to let it reuse tens of m...
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I may be missing out on the Peter Robinson emigration commemorations happening in Ireland this week, but I did find a new-to-me Peter Robinson descendant DNA Group Project www.cmgenealogy.com/post/peter-r... #genealogy #familyhistory #IrishGenealogy #CanadianGenealogy
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Peter Robinson Settlement celebrations & DNA Project
2025 is a year of celebration in both Canada and Ireland for the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlement. Descendants can also join a group project at FamilyTreeDNA to share DNA results.
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The lobby of the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference has me excited for the weekend ahead! Going to need a lot of caffeine to attend as many live sessions as possible! #geneticgenealogy #genealogy
Screenshot of the lobby in the website for the ECGG online conference
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Colleen Murray @cmgenealogy.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
A genealogical buffet! 🤣#familyhistory #genealogy
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