Alberta

Data Online

• Alberta - Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry
• 1906 Census of Northwest Canada (Prairie provinces) - images online; no name index
• Edmonton Journal Obituaries
• Homestead Index - 1870-1930
• Our Future, Our Past - the Alberta Heritage Digitization Project

General Resources

• Alberta First Families
  • Barr Colonists - arrived 1903
  • Kauffmans - arrived 1910/12
• Alberta Genealogical Society - a 400,000 -person database searchable for a small fee.
• Alberta's Italian Community
• Alberta Source / Alberta Online Encyclopedia
• Anglican Diocese of Calgary
• Anglican Diocese of Edmonton
• Doukhobor Genealogy
• FamilyHistory.com queries forum - Alberta
• Calgary Resources - major repositories
• Cyndi's Alberta
• LDS Family History Centre, Calgary - permanent collection listing
• Newspapers in Alberta
• Peace River Genealogical Society
• Place Names of Alberta
• Prairie Land Records finding Aid
• Saving Graves

GenWeb

• Alberta Province
• Big Lakes Municipal District includes High Prairie, Swan Hills, Kinuso, Enilda, Faust, Grouard, Joussard, Big Meadows, Big Prairie, Gilwood, Heart River, Kenzie, Leicester, Prairie Echo, Salt Prairie, Triangle, Traverse Creek, and Winagami Lake
  First Nations of Driftpile, Kapawe'no, Sucker Creek, Swan River and
  The Metis Settlements of East Prairie, Gift Lake, and Peavine
• Camrose County
• Cardston area includes Cardston, Magrath, Mountain View, etc.
• East Peace (Municipal District of)includes Peace River (town), etc.
• Flagstaff
• Grande Prairie
• McKenzie (Municipal District of)
• Peace (Municipal District of) includes Berwyn, Grimshaw, Peace River (town), etc.
• Ponoka County
• Red Deer includes Town of Bowden, Town of Innisfail, Town of Penhold, Town of Sylvan Lake, County of Red Deer Districts, etc.

Government Offices, Archives & Libraries

• Alberta Registries. These are the free-enterprise folks to see in Alberta for copies of: birth, death, or marriage
• City of Edmonton Archives
• City of Edmonton Archives Photo Collections
• Glenbow Library & Archives - searchable databases
• Provincial Archives of Alberta
• Reynolds-Alberta Museum - An exciting world of cars, planes and machines!
• University of Calgary Library Catalogue

History Links

• Alberta Historical Timeline:1754 to Present
• Alberta Local Histories -- see also Volunteers for folks willing to do local history lookups!
• Alberta's Premiers
• Directory of Alberta's Museums (and Galleries)
• Making of Treaty 8 in Canada's Northwest
• Northwest Mounted Police (NWMP) "1874 Trek" Re-Creation
  Background to the 1874 Trek and its Re-Creators
  Original NWMP Trek Members [pdf documents: Hamilton Junior High, Lethbridge,Alberta]
• History of Alberta Politics

Newspapers

• Calgary Herald
• Camrose Canadian
• Edmonton Journal
• Hanna Herald
• Wetaskiwin Times

Societies

• Alberta Genealogical Society (AGS)
• AGS - Grand Praire & District Branch
• AGS - Edmonton Branch
• Archives Society of Alberta
• Burtonsville Historical Society
• Chinook Country Historical Society
• Germans from Russia Society - Alberta Chapter
• Historical Society of Alberta
• Nordegg Historical Society
• Southern Alberta Pioneers & Their Descendants