Alberta Cemeteries

Online Resources

 * Alberta Family Histories Society ~ Home AFHS Alberta Cemetery Database containing close to 169,000 records. Also available on DVD.
 * Alberta Canada page on Interment.net
 * Alberta cemeteries at RootsWeb
 * Find A Grave Alberta Cemeteries
 * BillionGraves Alberta Cemeteries
 * — index
 * Alberta Canada Cemetery Records
 * AGS Surname Index
 * Mary's Genealogy Treasures: Alberta includes cemetery links
 * Web: Alberta, Index to Cemeteries, 1823-2013, index ($)
 * Web: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Index to Cemeteries, 1890-1987, index ($)

Jewish Cemeteries

 * Edmonton Jewish Cemetery
 * Calgary Jewish Cemetery
 * Erlton Jewish Cemetery
 * JewishGen has an inventory you can check. Click on Canada and then Alberta.

Military Cemeteries

 * Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery
 * Canadian Virtual War Memorial. This is a worldwide registry of military Canadian burials.

Individual Cemeteries

 * Good Shepherd Cemetery 17th Avenue South East at Garden Road P.O. Box 0, Site 17, R.R. #7 Calgary, Alberta T2P 2G7 Telephone: (403) 272-9824 Requests can be made in person, by mail or by telephone; no fees
 * Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries' For Holy Cross, St. Albert and St. Joachim Telephone: (780) 447-2921 For Our Lady of Peace and St. Anthony Telephone: (780) 454-4453
 * Email: [mailto:info@edmontononcatholiccemeteries.org info@edmontononcatholiccemeteries.org]

Additional Resources at the Family History Library
To find cemetery records for Alberta in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: Alberta in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Places within Alberta
 * 5) Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.

Additional Resources

 * Locating a cemetery in Alberta may be possible through the Department of Municipal Affairs. All cemeteries should be registered with this department, however, older sites, perhaps abandoned before legislation was put into place, may not appear on their lists. Active and inactive cemeteries are listed alphabetically by municipal district, however this does not necessarily mean by name of town or city.
 * Department of Municipal Affairs Housing and Consumers Affairs Division 16th Floor, Commerce Building 10155 - 102 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4L4 Telephone: (780) 427-2732 Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-4:30 pm


 * Calgary Municipal Cemeteries Administrative Office 3219 - 4 Street North West Calgary, Alberta T2M 3A6 Telephone: (403) 221-3660 Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am-12:00 pm; 1:00 pm-4:30 pm
 * St. Mary’s Church Rectory (403) 228-4170 holds the records of their burials before 1945. Three privately owned cemeteries maintain their own records, and can be contacted by calling: Rockyview (403) 285-0660, Mountain View (403) 272-9824, Eden Brook (403) 217-3700
 * Search Worldcat.org for Alberta Cemeteries.
 * Alberta Genealogical Society Library