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  How I Accidentally Discovered the Murder of Sam Caughey: Connecting and Honoring Avenues of His Life with special thanks to the Transcona Museum for permission to reprint this article     Where it Began A typical day at the Transcona Museum as their Collections …

  PROMISES AND BROKEN DREAMS: THE GOLD RUSH DIARY OF GEORGE BLAIR 1862-63 by KATHRYN E. BLAIR-COLBERT, MGS #6484   EDITOR’S NOTE:  This submission will go out in four parts: I     PART I                         Generations …

  PROMISES AND BROKEN DREAMS: THE GOLD RUSH DIARY OF GEORGE BLAIR 1862-63 by KATHRYN E. BLAIR-COLBERT, MGS #6484   EDITOR’S NOTE:  This submission will go out in four parts: I     PART I                         Generations …

How To Research Ancestors from Volhynia, Russian Empire by Angela Fiebelkorn, MGS #5795 VP Communications     Volhynia (English), Volyn’ (Ukrainian & Russian), Wołyń (Polish), Volin (Yiddish), Wolhynien (German) Many Manitobans have ancestors who came from the province of Volyn’, Russian Empire (1721-1917), but self …

The History of the Fardo-Fardoe Family by Ronaele Fardoe, MGS #5844 The family story is that in 1506, a Fardo merchant came from Portugal or Spain and was shipwrecked off Wales, hopped a horse cart and ended up in Shropshire, England.  Our earliest known Fardo …

Thank you for your contribution to our Society.  These donations are from October 2022 to March 2023 and includes our annual fundraising campaign in December, Donations in Memory of Amber Bole, as well as regular donations to the Society. Thank you! This is MGS Member …

  PROMISES AND BROKEN DREAMS: THE GOLD RUSH DIARY OF GEORGE BLAIR 1862-63 by KATHRYN E. BLAIR-COLBERT, MGS #6484   EDITOR’S NOTE:  This submission will go out in four parts: I     PART I                         Generations …

Goin’ to ‘the Lake’ by Daryl Dumanski (m.s. McCowan) MGS #1031 In Manitoba we usually hear this phrase once we hit the long weekend in May. Like socials in Manitoba, it is not familiar in many other provinces. We are indeed a special province to …

PROMISES AND BROKEN DREAMS: THE GOLD RUSH DIARY OF GEORGE BLAIR 1862-63 by KATHRYN E. BLAIR-COLBERT, MGS #6484   FORWARD This year marks the 160th anniversary of the Caribou gold rush. People came from all over the world. Some traveled from Scotland, England, Germany, and even …

In Canadian Census Records, under Nationality, you will sometimes find the word Ruthenian. What exactly is a Ruthenian? The Kingdom of Ruthenia was founded in 1253 when the Pope officially crowned Danylo Romanovych Halitskiy as King of Ruthenia (or King of Rus’). This is MGS …