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Records Of The Family History Library
Research Strategy
Archives And Libraries
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Collections
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Genealogy
History
Land And Property Records
Maps And Gazetteers
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
School Records
Societies
Vital Records
For Further Information
Comments And Suggestions
GENEALOGY A recent index to many published biographies, census records (1881–1891), directories to 1913, genealogies, local histories, and vital records in newspapers is:
Elliot, Noel Montgomery, ed. The Western Canadians, 1600–1900: An Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places, and Vital Dates. 3 vols. Toronto: Genealogical Research Library, 1994. (FHL book 971 D22w.) Indexes about 300,000 names from various sources for the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon (also includes Alaska). Sources are listed at the end of each volume.
Today’s Alberta was a part of the territory given to the Hudson’s Bay Company.
First trading post on Lake Athabasca was established.
Fort Chipewyan was founded.
Fort Augustus was founded near the present site of Edmonton.
Rupert’s Land bought from the Hudson’s Bay Company and organized into the Northwest Territories.
North West Mounted Police established Fort Macleod and Fort Calgary.
Territorial rights acquired from the Indians by treaty.
The southern region of the Northwest Territories was divided into four districts; one was named Alberta.
Canadian Pacific Railway’s Northwest Rebellion outbreak.
The Province of Alberta was formed.
The University of Alberta was founded.
About half of Alberta’s population is of British origin. Other nationalities include Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Ukrainian, and Indian (18,000 American Indians reside on 90 reservations). Most migrations were from eastern Canada
Homestead Maps of municipal districts and counties which show the land owners’ names can also be found at the Provincial Archives.
There are two districts for land registration in Alberta:
Northern Alberta Land Registration District
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HISTORY
1670
1777–1778
1778
1794
1869
1874–1875
1876–1877
1882
1883
main line was completed across Alberta.
1885
1905
1908
, Europe, and the United States in the early 1900s.
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LAND AND PROPERTY RECORDS
registers from about 1885 to 1930 are available on microfilm at the Provincial Archives. The records are arranged by land location. There is an index to these records. The township registers list the name of the applicant, the application date, and the date the patent was granted. There are related files which contain actual applications for homestead and give the name, marital status, citizenship, and previous residence of applicants and the number of ages of their family members.
Land Titles Building
Southern Alberta Land Registration District
P.O. Box 2380
Edmonton, AB T5J 2T3
CANADA
Telephone: 403-427-2742
Telephone: 403-427-3535 (Homestead information)
Fax: 403-422-6477 (General)
Fax: 403-297-4885 (Surveys and maps)
P.O. Box 7575
Calgary, AB T2P ZR4
CANADA
Telephone: 403-297-6511
Fax: 403-2997-8641
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