Helpful Sites

Government Records

Alberta Adoption Records
Alberta Land Titles
Alberta Legislature Library
Alberta’s Historic Resource Information (HeRMIS – A central gateway for virtual visitation of Alberta’s heritage and cultural collections)
Citizenship and naturalization records - Canada.ca
Canadian Postal Codes
Edmonton Municipal Cemeteries
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Provincial Archives of Alberta, Historic Vital StatisticsProvincial Archives of Alberta – Court RecordsProvincial Archives of Alberta -Township Plans, Registers, and Settlement MapsProvincial Archives of Alberta - World War, 1914-1918Provincial Archives of Alberta - World War, 1939-1945
RETROactive (official blog of Historic Resources Management Branch of Alberta Culture and Tourism)
Library and Archives Canada - Canada.ca
Search Library and Archives Canada's collections - Canada.ca
Genealogy, family history and census research and help - Canada.ca
Home children and Board of guardians - Canada.ca
Immigration records - Canada.ca
Post Offices & Postmasters
Western Land Grants (1870 – 1950)
Personnel records of the First World War - Canada.ca
Canadian Directories, 1790-1906 - Canada.ca
Census records - search and learn how to research - Canada.ca

Libraries/Archives

Alberta Folklore and Local History
Anglican Church of Canada Archives
Edmonton City Archives
Edmonton Public Library
Edmonton Public Library/Genealogy
Glenbow Western Research Centre - University of Calgary
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum
Métis Nation Genealogy - Library and Archives Canada
Residential Schools Student Names - Provincial Archives of Alberta
United Church of Canada Archives Network
University of Alberta Archives
University of Alberta Libraries
University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections
University of Calgary Digital Collections

Other helpful websites

Alberta Fire Insurance Plans  - University of CalgaryAlberta GenWeb
The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project
Alberta Homestead Index  (Alberta Genealogical Society)
Alberta Records Name Index (ARNI)  (Alberta Genealogical Society)
Automated Genealogy (Canadian Census Records)
Alberta 411 White Pages Search
Canada 411 (Free people search and reverse phone lookup)
Canadian Geographical Names
CPR Land Sales Record SearchCummins Rural Directory Maps  - University of Calgary
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Edmonton Fire Insurance Plans – City of Edmonton ArchivesEdmonton Journal ObituariesFind a Grave – Millions of Cemetery Records
Historical Alberta Maps
Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
Obituary Daily Times (includes Edmonton Journal extracts from September 1995)
Peace River Land Settlement
Peel’s Prairie Provinces (Digitized, Indexed Prairie newspapers and directories)
Photos of Alberta and Saskatchewan grave markers
Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation