Alberta Archives and Libraries

The International Institute of Genealogical Studies has contributed extensive content from its Alberta Course on Alberta Archives and Libraries as follows:
 * Glenbow Archives and Library - International Institute
 * Alberta Provincial Archives - International Institute

Archives and Libraries

 * Library and Archives Canada

395 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3 CANADA Telephone: 613-996-7458 Website Genealogy and Family History


 * Provincial Archives of Alberta

12845-102 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5N 0M6 CANADA Telephone: 403-427-1750 Fax: 403-427-4646 Website
 * 1870-1942 Alberta Marriage Record Indexes, 1870-1942 at Alberta Provincial Archives
 * 1870-1967 Alberta Stillbirth Record Indexes, 1870-1967 at Alberta Provincial Archives
 * 1877-1896 Alberta Birth Record Indexes, 1877-1896 at Alberta Provincial Archives
 * 1914-1944 Alberta Death Record Indexes, 1914-1944 at Alberta Provincial Archives

Hudson’s Bay Company
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.


 * City of Edmonton Archives

10440-102 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5H 3Z9 CANADA Telephone: 403-496-8710 Fax: 403-496-8732 Website


 * United Church Archives

St. Stephen's College University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2E8 CANADA Telephone: 403-439-7311 Fax: 403-433-8875 Website

Museums

 * Glenbow-Alberta Institute

130 9th Avenue S.E. Calgary, AB T2G 0P3 Telephone: 403-263-9552 Website
 * The Glenbow Museum has scanned images of diaries, letters, minute books, scrapbooks, and other unpublished archival records for over 3,000 individuals, families, clubs, businesses, schools, and organizations in Calgary, southern Alberta and Western Canada. For example, there are Will Parker's letters to his father in England, in which he tells of getting typhoid fever and joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police


 * Galt Museum in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Website Areas available to Search are Audio Recordings; Films, Negatives, Photographs, Slides and Videos; Government and Government Agency Records; and Maps and Technical Drawings.

Civil Registration at the Provincial Archives of Alberta
Birth, marriage, and death records are available beginning in 1870, although reliable coverage began more in 1898.
 * The Provincial Archives of Alberta provides access to:
 * birth records that are 120 years or older (from the date of birth)
 * marriage records that are 75 years or older (from the date of marriage)
 * death records that are 50 years or older (from the date of death)
 * stillbirth records that are 75 years or older (from the date of stillbirth)

Indexes
Before requesting a record, find your ancestor in the index and copy down the reference number:
 * Birth Indexes'
 * Marriage Indexes
 * Death Indexes
 * Stillbirth Indexes

Requesting and Purchasing a Record

 * Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Records at the Provincial Archives of Alberta--instructions for online requests.
 * When requesting the record for genealogical purposes, be sure to request a certified photocopy of a registration of birth (long form).

Registry Offices
Records too recent to be obtained from the Archives have privacy restrictions. These can still be obtained if you are able to show that the individual is deceased and that you are an eligible next of kin (parent, sibling, children or spouse).
 * Instructions, forms, and fees