Alberta: Death Records

Cemetery Records/Transcriptions

• Communities: A-B - C - D-E - F-G - H-J - K-M - N-R - S - T-Z
• Calgary Crematorium (Queen's Park) Records: 1937-50 - the only crematorium at the time, serving British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary Crematorium (Queen's Park) Records: 1951-79 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary Crematorium (Queen's Park) Records: 1980-99 - Planned [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Alberta - Doukhobor [Underway: ]
• War Graves in Alberta - [Maple Leaf Legacy Project]
• Find a Grave - Alberta [Finda Grave]

Church Records

• Entwistle - Anglican Burials [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Minburn - Minburn Area Burials [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Zawale UK Presb burials [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]

Civil Records

• Alberta Registries. These are the free-enterprise folks to see in Alberta for copies of: medical certificate of death - Prices vary from agent to agent since the province has not capped (provided a maximum) fee for these records (e.g. the basic $20 fee, plus a $6.75 agency fee, and if needed a mailing/handling fee of $10.70 each or $37.45 to someone ordering by mail). There's a searchable site for registry offices. For details regarding what documents can be provided to whom, you may wish to visit the Alberta Vital Statistics Act online [Alberta Government Services]
• Alberta - BMD NWT/Alberta 1870-1905 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Alberta - BMD NWT/Alberta 1870-1905 [Publication: Documentary Heritage Society of Alberta]
• Alberta - Doukhobor [Underway: ]
• Athabasca - Athabasca Deaths [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Bentley - Bentley Death Records [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Red Deer]
• Carmangay - Carmangay Deaths [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Champion - Champion Deaths [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Champion - Cleverville Deaths [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Forestburg - Forestburg Deaths [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Heisler - Heisler Deaths [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Oyen - Oyen District Deaths [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Pakan - Pakan District Deaths [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Vulcan - Reid Hill Deaths [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Edmonton South - Rabbit Hill Birth Death Ma [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]

Newspaper Announcements

• Alberta - Obituary Daily Times [Rootsweb/Denis Savard]
• Alberta Obituaries - [Obituary Depot]
• Athabasca - Athabasca News 1908 - 1921 [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Athabasca - Athabasca News 1928 - 1938 [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Athabasca - Athabasca Newspapers 1988-93 [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Black Diamond - obituaries, burial notices, etc. [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Brooks - Brooks Bulletin - 1910-1989 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Brooks - Brooks Bulletin - 1990-2000 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Calgary - Alberta Newspaper Announcements, 1883-1899 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - Alberta Tribune 1897-1899 [Publication - out of print: Calgary & Foothills Pioneer Research Service
• Calgary - Daily Herald, Weekly Herald & The Albertan - 1900 [Underway: Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - Calgary Herald - 1989 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - The Albertan - 1901 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - The Albertan - 1902 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - Calgary Herald - 1992 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - Calgary Herald, 1994 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - Calgary Herald - 1997 [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Calgary - Calgary Herald, 3 May 2002 - Present [Calgary Herald]
• Drumheller - Munson Mail 1916 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller - Munson Mail 1917 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller - Munson Mail 1918 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller Mail 1918 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller Mail 1919 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller Mail 1925 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller Mail 1997 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller Mail 1998 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller Mail 1999 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller Mail 2000 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller - Valley Times 1999 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Drumheller - Valley Times 2000 [Drumheller GenWeb]
• Edmonton - Edmonton Journal BMD, 1903-1906 [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Edmonton - Edmonton Journal BMD, 1972-1981 [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Edmonton - South Edmonton News 1894-99 [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Fort Macleod [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Lethbridge]
• Fort McMurray - Fort McMurray Newspapers 1988-93 [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Fort McMurray]
• Grande Prairie Herald Tribune - Oct 1997 - [Grande Prairie Herald Tribune]
• Grande Prairie - Newspapers 1913-1920 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Grande Prairie]
• Innisfail - BMD Newspapers 1902-1925 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society]
• Innisfail - 1983 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Medicine Hat - Selected German-surname obituaries from Medicine Hat News, 1950-67 [Odessa Digital Library]
• Lethbridge - Herald, Nov-Dec 1905 [Alberta Genealogical Society/Lethbridge]
• Lethbridge - Herald, March 1906 [Alberta Genealogical Society/Lethbridge]
• Lethbridge - Herald, June 1906 [Alberta Genealogical Society/Lethbridge]
• Lethbridge - Herald, May 2-11, 1929 [Alberta Genealogical Society/Lethbridge]
• Lethbridge - Herald, Dec. 1976 - April 1977 [Alberta Genealogical Society/Lethbridge]
• Lethbridge - Herald, Dec. 1970-84 [Our Heritage]
• Red Deer - Red Deer Advocate 1982-1989 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Red Deer]
• Red Deer - Red Deer Advocate, 1992-93 [Publication: Alberta Genealogical Society/Red Deer]
• Southern Alberta - Marriage & Death Notices, 1962-80 [Publication: Ancestor Answers]
• Who Died When [Publication: Bruce Haig & Associates]
• Turner Valley [Database Query: Alberta Genealogical Society/Edmonton]
• Turner Valley - obituaries, burial notices, etc. [Alberta Family Histories Society]
• Turner Valley - Obituary Index, Turner Valley Oilfields Residents, Past & Present [Publication: Alberta Family Histories Society]

Wills/Probate Records

• None identified yet

Other Sources

Offline Resources:

• Documentary Heritage Society of Alberta c/o The Provincial Archives of Alberlta 12845 - 102 Avenue Edmonton, AB Canada T5N 0M6 V: (780) 427-0605 F: (780) 426-4646