Alberta Probate Records

Online Resources

 * ANI database - The Alberta Name Index (ANI) offers a simple unified search for Alberta residents named in various sources including Probates, Local Histories, Obituaries, Coroner records, Land Records (not early homesteads), etc., recorded by the Edmonton Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society

Wills and Estates
There is no central registry for wills in Alberta; wills are kept at the Court House in the judicial district where probate was granted. The information held is Grants of Probate, Letters of Administration, and Wills. To determine in which judicial district an ancestor died, write to:


 * Succession Duties Department Public Trustees’ Office 10365 - 97 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3Z8 Telephone: (780) 427-2744 Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-12:00 pm, 1:00 pm-4:30 pm There is a search fee.

For Wills Probated in Edmonton

 * The Clerk of the Surrogate Court  Main Floor, Law Courts Building 1A Sir Winston Churchill Square Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0R2 Telephone: (780) 422-2434 Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-4:30 pm

For Wills Probated in Calgary

 * Calgary Court Centre  601 - 5th Street South West Calgary, Alberta T2P 5P7

Other Judicials Districts
Other Judicials Districts and their Court Houses in the province are:


 * Drumheller Court House 511 - 3rd Avenue West P.O. Box 759 Drumheller, Alberta T0J OYO


 * Fort McMurray Court House 9700 Franklin Avenue Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 4W3


 * Grande Prairie Court House  10260 - 99 Street Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 2H4


 * Lethbridge Court House  320 - 4th Street South Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 1Z8


 * Medicine Hat Law Courts  460 First Street South East Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 0A8


 * Peace River Court House 9905 - 97 Avenue Bag 900-34 Peace River, Alberta T8S 1T4


 * Red Deer Court House  4909 48th Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3T5


 * St. Paul Court House  4704 - 50 Street P.O. Box 1900 St. Paul, Alberta T0A 3A0


 * Wetaskiwin Law Courts  4605 - 51 Street Wetaskiwin, Alberta T9A 1K7

The cost of obtaining copies of wills are the costs of copying. The Provincial Archives of Alberta holds surrogate case files. (Accession Number 95.399)


 * Edmonton (1898-1969)
 * Athabasca (1909-1969)
 * Northwest Territories (1922-1969)
 * Files include probates, affidavits, oaths of Executers, copies of wills, applications for Letters of Administration

Wills and probate records are kept by the surrogate registrar.

The registrar’s records, as well as those of the clerk of court, are housed in the courthouses of the various judicial districts (see Alberta Court Records).