Saskatchewan Archives and Libraries

Introduction
Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations, the provincial archives is dedicated to provincial government organizations, city archives to municipal affairs, and University archives to university personnel and records. Most archives and libraries house records of local residents including biographies, family histories, photographs and local histories. Additionally church records, school files, newspapers, and passengers lists are also available. Additionally resources are available about nearby places contained in maps, gazetteers, and place-finding aids. Reference helps and special indexes are available for important local sources. When paying a visit to an archive or a library, visit their website, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees.

The FamilySearch Library has copies of some records of these archives and they have recently come online and are available for free. The Family Search Center has available documents of the Saskatchewan Provincial Archives dated between 1879-1987. Among these 767,737 images are pioneer questionnaires, biographies, military and municipal records, teacher registries, voter lists, homestead files and Henderson's Directories.

The following archives, and libraries have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers:

National Libraries and Archives

 * Library and Archives Canada


 * 395 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3 Canada Phone: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll-free in Canada and the United States) Website


 * Canada Archives and Libraries

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
Records of this fur trading company are some of Canada’s most important. Until 1870, the company controlled almost four-fifths of the territory of present-day Canada, including northern Quebec and Ontario and most of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA), home to the archival records of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), is part of the Archives of Manitoba operating under The Archives and Recordkeeping Act and 1994 gift agreement between HBC and the Government of Manitoba. HBCA operations are supported in part through the ongoing financial support of the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation. A very helpful source is:
 * Hudson's Bay Company Archives
 * Resources
 * Name Indexes
 * Biographical Sheets
 * Finding Aid to the Hudson Bay Company Archives. . WorldCat.

Provincial Archives

 * Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan 2440 Broad Street P.O. Box 1665 Regina, SK S4P 3C6 Canada Phone: 1-833-382-4068 Website

University Libraries

 * University of Saskatchewan Library Catalogue
 * University of Regina Online Catalogue

Other Libraries and Archives
Other archives and libraries that may be useful include:


 * Statistics Canada 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway Ottawa, ON K1A 0T6 Canada Phone: 1-800-263-1136 Website


 * Courts of Saskatchewan, Wills and Estates 2425 Victoria Avenue Regina, SK S4P 3V7 Canada Phone: 306-787-5223 Website


 * FamilySearch Library 35 N. West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400 USA Website


 * Association of Canadian Archivists Box 2596, Station D Ottawa, ON K1P 5W6 Canada Phone: 613-443-0251 Fax: 613-443-0261 Website

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:


 * Post queries.
 * Send and receive E-mail.
 * Search large databases.
 * Search computer libraries.


 * Join in computer chat and lecture sessions.

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Saskatchewan in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of September 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

Canada GenWeb
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county and province.
 * Canada GenWeb
 * Saskatchewan GenWeb
 * Library Resources
 * Archive Resources

Canadian Genealogy Resources
Website - Lists county, provincial, and national sources; personal pages; and publications.

Roots-L
Rootsweb Canada Lists - A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

FamilySearch
The FamilySearch Library and some FamilySearch Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.