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What’s Available on the Internet

 * Library and Archives - Western Land Grants (1870-1930)


 * Glenbow Museum - Archives CPR Land Sales


 * Online Historical Map Digitization Project

Websites of Interest

 * Library and Archives Canada


 * Hudson’s Bay Company Archives


 * Provincial Archives of Alberta


 * Service Alberta - Land Titles - Titles, Documents and Plans


 * Alberta Genealogical Society


 * Alberta Family Histories Society


 * Glenbow Museum

History
Like Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Alberta was also originally part of Hudson’s Bay Company’s holdings from 1670. The first North West Company post was built in the Peace River District in 1788.

In 1870 this land was acquired by the Dominion of Canada and in 1882 the North West Territories divided into 4 districts:

1. Alberta

2. Assiniboia East, Assiniboia West

3. Saskatchewan

4. Unorganized Territories

In 1905 the Province of Alberta was created.

Provincial Archives of Alberta
Homestead Records - Homestead records are deposited with the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

These records have been microfilmed for the period prior to 1930 and are arranged in 4 sections:

1. Alphabetical lists of applicants.

2. Township registers which show who settled on a particular township.

3. Microfilms of applications for homestead.

4. Index to the microfilm reels containing files.

The Register of Water Rights also has an alphabetical index. Land records indexed by land description are:

1. School Land Registers.

2. Timber Registers

3. Parish and Townsite Registers

4. Others.

The Alberta Genealogical Society offers several searchable databases on the Internet. These include:


 * Index to Applications for Alberta Land Patents 1885-1897
 * Index to Alberta Homestead Records 1870-1930
 * Index to Alberta Homestead Records post-1930

Provincial Archives of Alberta   8555 Roper Road    Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5W1    Telephone: 780-427-1750    Email: paa@gov.ab.ca

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
Please refer back to the section in Manitoba regarding the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives.

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives      130 - 200 Vaughan Street    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1T5    Telephone: 204-945-4949    Email: archives@gov.mb.ca

Glenbow Museum - Library and Archives
The Glenbow Museum’s Library and Archives are the one of Canada’s largest non-governmental repositories and house a great collection of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) land records. There is a searchable database online for both CPR records and Métis research. The Métis database is for surname searching in order to obtain the call number needed to order the microfilmed records. Your librarian can order these for you but you must pay fee per request directly to the librarian.

Glenbow Museum   130 - 9th Avenue SE    Calgary, Alberta T2G 0P3    Telephone: 403-268-4100    Telephone - Library Reference Desk: 403-268-4197    Library Email: library@glenbow.org     Telephone - Archives Reference Desk: 403-268-4204    Archives Email: archives@glenbow.org

Land Title Offices
Edmonton Land Title Office    John E. Brownlee Building    10365 - 97 Street    Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3W7    Telephone: 780-427-2742    Email: lto@gov.ab.ca

Calgary Land Title Office   Service Alberta Building    710 - 4 Avenue S.W.    Calgary, Alberta T2P 0K3    Telephone: 403-297-6511     Email: lto@gov.ab.ca

Alberta Genealogical and Family History Societies
Alberta Family Histories Society    712 - 16 Avenue NW    Calgary, Alberta T2M 0J8    Telephone: 403-214-1447 (voice mail)

Alberta Genealogical Society    162, 14315 - 118 Avenue    Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4S6    Email: agsoffice@abgensoc.ca

Numerous branches of the Alberta Genealogical Society exist. Please check with them for their contact information.

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