Gail Collins

Warren, Jody and Dean
So sorry to hear of your Mom's passing.
Our Sincere Condolences

I knew Gail as a busy young mom, capably managing three active youngsters yet still having plenty of energy to have fun. Her devotion to genealogy and her impact on those who shared her passion is not surprising. From what I remember Gail never did anything half heartedly and always excelled. She was also quite an artist. At our little cottage we have two of Gail's incredibly accurate pencil sketches of the place plus a clay bowl she fashioned to hold loose...

Gail was a wonderful activist for all aspects of genealogy, history and our city's history. We worked together on projects years ago. She will be much missed.

Her activism has been widely recognized as an RIP appears for her in Anglo-Celtic Connections today, a free online blog.

I will miss her friendship.

Gail Benjafield

Our sincere condolences to Gail's family and friends. Thanks to her for making and for including the photo of my father (Andrew Robertson) in the BHC quilt.

Thank you Gail for all of your time and enthusiasm in compiling the Rye Children Database. Over the past 20 years, you have helped hundreds of people in their search for information, always being so willing to go the extra mile to help families unlock the key to their past.

My condolences to your family.

Thank you Gail, the work you did on the Maria Rye database, now incorporated into the Library and Archives Canada database, is invaluable and we will all miss you so very much. Condolences to the family from all of us researching Home Children.

Condolences to the family. I always appreciated the work Gail did researching British Home Children.