Alberta, Canada Genealogy

Guide to Alberta ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Alberta Information

 * Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces.
 * First Nations peoples include the Plains Indian tribes of southern Alberta such as those of the Blackfoot Confederacy and the Plains Cree and the more northerly tribes such as the Woodland Cree and Chipewyan.
 * After the British arrival in Canada, approximately half of Alberta, south of the Athabasca River drainage, became part of Rupert's Land. This area was granted to the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1670.
 * The North West Company (NWC) of Montreal occupied the northern part of Alberta territory with fur trading rights.
 * The extreme southernmost portion of Alberta was part of the French territory of Louisiana. In 1818, the portion of Louisiana north of the Forty-Ninth Parallel was ceded to Great Britain.
 * In 1821, the British government forced the HBC and NWC to merge. The amalgamated Hudson's Bay Company dominated trade in Alberta until 1870.
 * The District of Alberta was created as part of the North-West Territories in 1882 and then became a province in 1905.

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.


 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * Family History Center locator map
 * Alberta Genealogical Society website

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Other Online Resources
The Family Bible Index (over 300,000 entries)