AFHS Recognizes Outstanding Volunteers
The Alberta Family History Society celebrated its 30th anniversary in June 2011. Past president Kay Clarke shared the following words at the gathering to honour several outstanding individuals within...
View ArticleRemembering Heather Jaremko
The Alberta Family Histories Society mourns the loss of colleague and friend Heather Jaremko. Heather was an avid volunteer and served on numerous committees and projects over the many years she was...
View ArticleMonthly Meetings – First Monday of Month Unless Stat Holiday
AFHS holds their monthly meetings on the first Monday of the month unless there is a statutory holiday. Location: First Christian Reformed Church 3818 – 14A Street SW (map) TIME: 7 to 9 pm. Society...
View ArticleCeltic Special Interest Group
The Alberta Family Histories Society Celtic Special Interest Group (Celtic SIG) will be meeting this Saturday September 24th from 10:00 AM to noon at the AFHS library located at 712 – 16 Ave NW,...
View ArticleComputer Special Interest Group – Genealogy 101
The next meeting of the Alberta Family Histories Society Computer Special Interest Group will meet October 8, 2011. Date: 08 October 2011 Location: Lounge Area of the LDS Family History Centre, 17 Ave...
View ArticleRemembering Olive Carlin
The Alberta Family Histories Society is saddened to learn of the death of dear friend and dedicated AFHS library volunteer Olive Carlin. Linda Murray, a member of the AFHS board, remembers Olive as a...
View ArticleAFHS Chinook News
“Photo of a couple who emigrated to Canada in 1910, via the United States – he originally from Switzerland and she from Germany – celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in Alberta in 1950”...
View ArticleKids Build a Family Tree at the Library
The Alberta Family Histories Society led a group of eight to ten year old children in a pilot project entitled “Build a Family Tree Booklet” this past weekend at the Crowfoot branch of the Calgary...
View ArticleCONFERENCE: Find Your Tree in the Forest, April 13-14, 2012
Alberta Genealogical Society and Alberta Family Histories Society have joined forces to help you “Find Your Tree in the Forest.” Partake of the offerings of a tremendous lineup of speakers, including...
View ArticleCemetery lookup indexes
Since the Alberta Family Histories Society (AFHS) first had a website, the Projects Committee has offered a searchable index to its Cemetery Transcriptions Database. This database, which has been...
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