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  • The Last Black West: Oklahoma Freedmen Seek Refuge in Alberta, Part 2

    Dr. Russell Cobb

    Read The Last Black West: Oklahoma Freedmen Seek Refuge in Alberta, Part 1. As we noted in Part 1, early…

  • Heritage Meets History: Exploring a Family’s Past

    Tim O’Grady

    I married into a big Edmonton family. The matriarch of the clan is Elsie Henderson (née Maksymuik), my wife’s grandmother….

  • The Prins Family and the Dutch in Beverly

    Lawrence Herzog

    Jacob and Aafje Prins helped more than 800 Dutch newcomers settle in Canada and the hospitality of their big white…

  • Apartment Living – Then and Now

    Sally Scott

    Imagine reading in a local newspaper the following description of a building to be built in Edmonton: A driveway will…