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Alberta is one of three Prairie provinces, and has a population of about three million people. Until 1905 it was part of the Northwest Territories. Its major cities are Calgary and Edmonton.


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1881 census: FamilySearch

1901 census: AGS | Ancestry.ca | Automated Genealogy | Library and Archives Canada

1906 census: AFHS | Ancestry.ca | Automated Genealogy | Library and Archives Canada

1911 census: Ancestry.ca | Automated Genealogy | Library and Archives Canada

Cemeteries: Calgary | Edmonton | Lethbridge (obituaries) | Medicine Hat

Homesteads 1870-1930

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The National page lists the best sources that cover most or all of Canada.


The top sites for genealogy

1901 census index -- Alberta and Saskatchewan
Compiled by the Edmonton branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society

Census indexes on Ancestry.ca
This site includes indexes to the 1901, 1906 and 1911 censuses, linked to the images of the Library and Archives Canada website. It's free to search Ancestry.ca, but you will need a subscription to view the results. A free 14-day trial is available.

Census indexes on Automated Genealogy
Includes indexes to the 1901, 1906 and 1911 censuses

Archivianet -- Library and Archives Canada
Includes the 1906 census of the prairie provinces as well as a database of western land grants -- the names of homesteaders who successfully obtained ownership of their property

Homestead Index 1870-1930
The Alberta Genealogical Society's centennial project, based on 686 rolls of microfilm at the Provincial Archives of Alberta

Alberta Heritage Digitization Project
Superb collection, including searchable local histories as well as newspapers covering more than 100 years

Peel Bibliography
A superb collection for Prairie research, with thousands of items online -- and it is all searchable

Alberta Family Histories Society - Cemetery Index
Index of more than 120,000 burials in the Calgary region

Edmonton's municipal cemeteries
Search 60,000 burials from more than 25 years ago

Our Heritage -- from the Lethbridge area of southern Alberta
Under Links to Local History, you will find a database of burials in southwestern Alberta from 1885 through 1984

Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat
This City of Medicine Hat website has burials up to 1981

Calgary Herald death announcements
Obituaries from 2002 to 2008 in the largest newspaper in Southern Alberta

Edmonton Journal death announcements
Obituaries from 2002 to 2008 in the largest newspaper in Northern Alberta

Alberta Source
Alberta online encyclopedia, with many historial features

Western Canadian directories on the Internet
Use these online resources to fill in the gaps between census years

Alberta GenWeb
The Alberta Provincial page of Canada GenWeb.

Stockmen's Memorial Foundation
Find farmers! You can look up people who registered cattle brands

Canada's Digital Collections
Includes Alberta Heritage - Home, home on the plains

The Recents -- Alberta and British Columbia resources
Includes an index of obituaries as well as extracts from directories

German-speaking Community in Alberta: 1882-2003
Includes a 7,000 item bibliography of the German-speaking communities in Alberta since 1882, plus maps and other aids

Alberta Heritage Online
Information about the archives, heritage organizations, historic sites, interpretive centres and museums that preserve and interpret our heritage.

Alberta Digital Archives
Includes bible records, cemeteries, census, church records, correspondence, deeds, local histories and directories.

Mary's Genealogy Treasures
More than 20,000 links, with great coverage of resources in the Lethbridge ara of Southern Alberta.

Lethbridge 1891: A settlement becomes a town
FREE DOWNLOAD -- PDF FORMAT. Includes a day-by-day account, as well as a census index and three other sources of names.


Archives and libraries

Provincial Archives of Alberta
The archives, in Edmonton, has both government and private records

Glenbow Museum and Archives
Based in Calgary. The website includes a photograph collection as well as the Canadian Pacific Railway land sales database

University of Alberta libraries and University of Calgary Library
Use the library catalogues to find additional materials of interest

Archives Society of Alberta
Includes information about archival institutions, including a searchable database of more than 5,000 records

Genealogy Resources at Calgary Public Library
Most of the items mentioned are at the main library in downtown Calgary

Genealogy Resources at Edmonton Public Library
This library has a comprehensive collection of books, maps and microfilm to help genealogists


Genealogical societies

Alberta Genealogical Society
Based in Edmonton with branches throughout the province. Links to census and homestead indexes.
Branches: Brooks | Camrose | Drayton Valley (email) | Edmonton | Fort McMurray
Grande Prairie | Lethbridge | Medicine Hat (email) | Peace River | Red Deer | Wetaskiwin

Alberta Family Histories Society
Based in Calgary. More than 500 pages with lots of cemetery and newspaper obituary references. A key resource is the projects registry, listing resources across Canada.

Cold Lake and District Genealogy Club
Area obituaries, photos and history. Member researech interests and club information.

Historical Society of Alberta
Publications list, calendar of events, newsletter, society information and links.

Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Alberta
A forum for Jewish family historians.

Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
With the ancestry of society members, newsletter, membership and programs.

Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
The society, based in Calgary, collects, preserves, and publishes the history of the people in Southern Alberta before 1891.

Stettler Genealogy Club
The club serves a large area of east central Alberta, not just the town of Stettler.
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