Alberta FamilySearch Centers A to K (National Institute)

FamilySearch Centers
As a facet of their religious beliefs, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) (Mormons) are obligated to identify their ancestors. To aid in research, the church, through the Genealogical Society of Utah and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, seeks out genealogical information all over the world. Their vast collection of books, microfilm and microfiche are made available to their members and to non-members through local church Family Search Centers.

Most cities and many towns with a Mormon church will have a FamilySearch Center. Their resources vary, depending on their size and their clientele, however, every local center has access to the microfilm and microfiche housed in the library in Salt Lake City through a loan arrangement. All Centers have some basic tools:

Family History Library Catalog

 * lists and describes the over 3 million records, books, microfilms, and microfiche in the Salt Lake City Family History Library
 * records from throughout the world, including census records, birth records, family histories, church registers and many others

Social Security Death Index (U.S.)

 * an online index of deceased persons who had a social security number and whose death was reported to the Social Security Administration
 * mainly covers deaths since 1962.

The Index provides:


 * 1) full birth date
 * 2) month and year of death
 * 3) state where the social security number was issued
 * 4) last place of residence of the deceased person
 * 5) where the death benefit was sent
 * 6) each person’s Social Security Number

The records, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of the Social Security Administration, have been made available through the Freedom of Information Act. Since the Index relates only to deceased persons, no Rights of Privacy apply.

FamilySearch
FamilySearch is a powerful computer system which helps identify ancestors and organize family history information.

Brooks FamilySearch Center

 * Brooks Family earch Center 40 10th Street West Brooks, Alberta T0J 0J0 Telephone: (403) 362 2855

Brooks FamilySearch Center has computers, microfilm and fiche readers. In addition they have some films and fiche on permanent loan and a wide collection of reference books.

Calgary FamilySearch Center

 * Calgary FamilySearch Center 2021 - 17th Avenue South West Calgary, Alberta T2T 0G2 Telephone: (403) 571-3700

The Calgary FamilySearch Center concentrates on Albert sources. They have many Alberta cemetery transcriptions.

Cardston FamilySearch Center

 * Cardston FamilySearch Center 348 Third Street West Cardston,Alberta (in old seminary) Telephone: (403) 653-3288

Resources


 * microfilm/microfiche readers
 * seven computers
 * large collection of books
 * county histories—Canada, U.S.
 * church records
 * collection of microfilm and fiche on divers subjects
 * many English church records

Edmonton Branch FamilySearch Center

 * Edmonton Branch FamilySearch Center 9010 - 85 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta T6C 3C5 Telephone: (780) 469-6460

Resources


 * Family Search®
 * Social Security Death Index
 * Family History Library Catalogue™
 * Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
 * Most used books—220 (on microfiche)

Also:

1. England and Wales


 * civil registration–birth, marriage and death 1837-1903 (onmicrofilm)
 * civil registration after 1903 (on microfiche
 * 1851 census index for Warwickshire, Devon and Norfolk
 * 1881 census index (complete)
 * 1891 census (almost complete)
 * other census indexes and records (1841-1891)
 * Boyd’s marriage index (partial)
 * British and Irish biographies
 * probate index

2. Scotland


 * civil registration indexes - births/marriages 1865-1900
 * Old Parochial records (on microfiche)

3. Ireland


 * civil registrations and birth/death indexes 1865-1900
 * registry of deeds
 * marriages 1845-1900
 * Householders index
 * marriage licenses before 1864

4. Ontario


 * land grants (partial)
 * cemeteries (partial)
 * United Empire Loyalists (partial)
 * vital statistics indexes—birth, marriage and death 1868-1903 (on microfilm)
 * civil registration certificates (on microfilm)

5. Québec


 * Rivest marriage index (on microfilm)
 * Loiselle marriage index (on microfilm)

6. Russia

About 110 films in German, Latin and Finnish of the Odessa, St.and Petersburg, Bessarabia and Ukraine areas where Germans settled and lived during the reign of Catherine the Great.

7. United States


 * Accelerated Indexing Systems (index of names from early U.S. census)
 * pre-1700 marriage records -New England States

8. Miscellaneous


 * enumeration districts
 * street addresses
 * Switzerland
 * Sweden
 * Atlantic Provinces
 * Australian vital records (CD-ROM)

9. Books


 * atlases and; maps
 * gazetteers
 * genealogical guides
 * periodicals
 * passenger lists
 * church and civil jurisdictions

Grande Prairie FamilySearch Center

 * Grande Prairie FamilySearch Center 11212 – 102nd Street Grande Prairie, Alberta Telephone: (780) 832-0067

Resources


 * England/Ireland films
 * Ontario material
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists
 * small collection of material from Russia and Ukraine

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