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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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See also Alberta newspapers | Alberta directories Census records in Alberta 1881: Library and Archives Canada | FamilySearch Ancestry.ca | FindMyPast | MyHeritage 1891: Library and Archives Canada | FamilySearch Ancestry.ca | FindMyPast | MyHeritage 1901: Library and Archives Canada | FamilySearch Automated Genealogy | Ancestry.ca | FindMyPast | MyHeritage 1906: Library and Archives Canada | FamilySearch Automated Genealogy | Ancestry.ca | MyHeritage 1911: Library and Archives Canada | FamilySearch Automated Genealogy | Ancestry.ca | FindMyPast | MyHeritage 1916: Library and Archives Canada | Family Search | Ancestry.ca | MyHeritage 1921: Library and Archives Canada | Ancestry.ca | MyHeritage 1926: Library and Archives Canada | FamilySearch | Images 1931: Library and Archives Canada | Ancestry FamilySearch FindMyPast MyHeritage Birth, marriage and death records To search the indexes on the Provincial Archives site, note the way the surnames have been indexed: By first letter and then by the next vowel, so (in theory at least) Smith would be under Si, and Schwartz would be under Sa, and so on. Births: Provincial Archives 1870-1904 | Ancestry 1870-1898 Marriages: Provincial Archives 1870-1948 | Ancestry 1898-1944 Deaths: Provincial Archives 1870-1974 | Ancestry 1870-1968 Births, marriages, deaths: Ancestry - 1889-2012 Cemeteries: Calgary, including Burnsland, Chinese, Queen's Park, St. Mary's, and Union Southern Alberta - Ancestry | Southern Alberta - AFHS | Edmonton Medicine Hat | Grande Prairie | Prairie Souls | Southeast Alberta | Old Banff Obituaries: Northwestern Alberta 1914-2014 Lethbridge area 1885-1959 | Lethbridge area 1960-1969 Lethbridge area 1970-1984 | Edmonton obituaries Probate indexes Compiled by the Alberta Genealogical Society, which can provide copies. Alberta Family Histories Society - Cemetery Index Alberta Ancestors is a new source for information on more than 145,000 burials in the Calgary region. Billion Graves International cemetery site includes Alberta. Canadian Headstones A national cemetery site with two million entries. Edmonton's municipal cemeteries Search 60,000 burials from more than 25 years ago Our Heritage - from the Lethbridge area of southern Alberta This site is no longer active but is an important resource, so the link is to the Internet Archive. Scroll down to 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 the past few years. It also offers a cemetery app to make it easy to find graves using a mobile device. Edmonton Journal obituaries Obituaries from the early 2000s to the present day. Calgary Herald obituaries Obituaries from the early 2000s to the present day. Geography and land records Edmonton fire insurance plans, 1913 and 1925 Courtesy the City of Edmonton Archives. Click on a year, then click on the volume numbers to see a guide to coverage. Edmonton aerial photographs Courtesy the City of Edmonton Archives. Coverage includes 1924, 1930, 1948, 1952, 1957, 1965, 1978, 1988, 1998. Click on a year, then check on the guide map to determine which local map will help you. Alberta Genealogical Society Homestead Index The Homestead Index was compiled by AGS volunteers transcribing the applications for land patents including all surnames. The database includes Alberta Land Patents, 1885?1897; Alberta Homestead Records, 1870?1930; and Alberta Homestead records, post-1930 Ancestry Homestead Index 1870-1930 Homestead Records -- Internet Archive Alberta homestead records, courtesy the University of Alberta. These records were digitized from the microfilms at the university. To find a file, search first on the AGS site above to get the microfilm number and the file number. Then click on this Internet Archive link, and then enter the film number in the search form when it appears. Then, look for your file. Be warned that it might take time, because each digitized microfilm has 2,000 to 3,000 images. Canadian Pacific Railway land sales Alberta Township Maps If you know the township where your ancestors lived, the next step is to get a map. You are likely to find several here. In the "Search the Archives" box, type the township and range in this format: "TP.47 RGE.26" without the quotation marks. The most informative map is the one with red handwriting that names the homesteader of the quarter section. Finding Aid to Prairie Land Records -- by Dave Obee Understanding Western Canada's Dominion Land Survey System -- Downloadable PDF Posted by the Saskatchewan Professional Planners Institute. Canadian National Railway maps -- From the early 1900s Other sites for genealogy Alberta Government Telephone books A superb collection of scanned telephone directories, courtesy the Medicine Hat and District Genealogical Society. University of Calgary Digital Collections Superb collection, including searchable local histories as well as newspapers covering more than 100 years. Including: Local and Alberta histories collection Early Alberta newspapers Historical maps Alberta airphoto collection Grande Prairie historical photos Glenbow Library and Archives Peel's Prairie Provinces A superb collection for Prairie research, with thousands of items online. It is all searchable. Provincial Archives of Alberta Searchable database, including many maps. Alberta Genealogy Research A private site with plenty of information and lists of names. (Use the search box on the main page to quickly get to what you are looking for.) Alberta Source Alberta online encyclopedia, with many historical features. Alberta Digital Archives Major source for digitization projects. Alberta On Record Searches multiple archives in Alberta. Alberta GenWeb The Alberta page of Canada GenWeb. Stockmen's Memorial Foundation Find farmers! You can look up people who registered cattle brands. A Profile of Alberta's German-speaking Communities Includes an extensive bibliography as PDF files. Alberta Digital Archives Includes Bible records, cemeteries, census, church records, correspondence, deeds, local histories and directories. 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 in Alberta Provincial Archives of Alberta The archives, in Edmonton, has both government and private records. Glenbow Library and Archives Based at the University of 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. Genealogy Resources at Edmonton Public Library This library has a comprehensive collection of books, maps and microfilm to help genealogists. Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum South Peace Regional Archives Peace River Country land settlement database, soldier memorials, newspaper collections and more. Veterans Memorial Gardens and Interpretive Centre Based in Grande Prairie. Archives Society of Alberta Includes information about archival institutions, including a searchable database of more than 5,000 records. Genealogical societies in Alberta Alberta Genealogical Society Based in Edmonton with branches throughout the province. Links to census and homestead indexes. Branches: Brooks | Camrose | Drayton Valley | Edmonton | Fort McMurray Grande Prairie | Lethbridge | Medicine Hat | 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. 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. The North-West Genealogical Society This is a non-profit organization that focuses on the history of Canadian families and their genealogies. SGNO, a society with 30 years of experience, has a research centre located in the Cité francophone in Edmonton open to all interested people. Stettler Genealogy Club The club serves a large area of east central Alberta, not just the town of Stettler. United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada Branches: Calgary | Edmonton American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Chapters: Calgary | Edmonton Nation-wide sites worth checking Library and Archives Canada (Free) A huge amount of information, including census, immigration and military information. A key resource for all Canadian genealogists. FamilySearch (Free) From the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Includes an index to several censuses, civil registration extracts, a guide to the library catalog, submitted and extracted records, and more. Canadiana (Free) Quick access to about millions of documents held in Canadian libraries, museums and archives, compiled into one resource for convenient searching. This site has many resources not found elsewhwere. Ancestry.ca (Commercial) Ancestry has an extensive collection drawn from census indexes, immigration sources, and other material from different provinces. FindMyPast (Commercial) A collection of sources that is still being developed. FindMyPast includes census indexes, birth indexes, and many scanned books, as well as newspapers. MyHeritage (Commercial) The Canadian arm of a site known for its strong European material. It includes the major resources found on other sites. Automated Genealogy (Free) Includes free indexes to the 1851/2, 1901, 1906 and 1911 censuses. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (Free) Notable people who died before 1930. |
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