Mennonite Genealogy Data Index: Canada: Alberta

Alberta

Vital Records Availability

The following chart shows the first year for which Vital Records were officially kept by the various Canadian provinces. In all cases privacy legislation keeps them from being freely available, so the parenthetical period indicates the age of the record that may be acquired/purchased by the general public. Records that are more recent may also be acquired/purchased, but proof of close kinship is generally required.

* tip: use the pathfinder
** some records actually go back as far as 1801

Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, 1923-30 - settlement records MHSA
Census of Canada, 1891 (southern Alberta) AFHS
Census of Canada, 1901 - (Alberta & Saskatchewan - Districts 202-206) - AGS
Census of Canada, 1906 (Alberta District - includes Lethbridge, Taber, Pincher Creek, Coaldale, etc.) AFHS
Census of Canada, 1906 (Calgary District - includes Didsbury, Carstairs, etc.) AFHS
Census of Canada, 1906 (Strathcona District - includes Tofield) AFHS
Census District 6, Subdistrict #18 - 1911 MHSA
Census District 6, Subdistrict #24 - 1911 MHSA
Census District 6, Subdistrict #25 - 1911 MHSA
Mennonites in Alberta Local History Books - OurFutureOurPast - do a KEYWORD search for Mennonite or your surname! - Our Future; Our Past
Alberta History Books - The Recents

Cities, towns, & villages

www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/ - do a KEYWORD search for Mennonite - Our Future; Our Past

Acme -Acme Memories, 1978 - Our Future; Our Past
Aldersyde - Mount View Mennonite Cemetery & Photos AFHS
 
Calgary - Henderson's Directory, 1910-1925, 1926-1936, 1939-940, 1943, 1945, 1948-1953 - U of Alberta - Peel's Prairie Provinces
Calgary Daily Herald, Announcements, 1903-1905, 1907, 1909-1910, 1914-1932, 1934-1936 - The Recents
Calgary - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past
Camrose - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past
Carstairs - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past
Carstairs - Last Rest Mennonite Cemetery AFHS
Carstairs - New Bergthal Mennonite Cemetery AFHS
Carstairs - West Zion Mennonite Cemetery AFHS
Cayley - Under the Chinook Arch. A History of Cayley and Surrounding Areas, 1983? - Our Future; Our Past
Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Cemetery AGS
Coaldale Church - Coaldale Mennonite Church: 1928-1978 (1978) - Coaldale Mennonite Church
Coaldale - Coaldale, "The Gem of the West", in Sunny Southern Alberta - Our Future; Our Past

Didsbury Cemetery AFHS
Didsbury - Echoes of an Era: History of Didsbury and District - Our Future; Our Past
Didsbury - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past

Edmonton - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 1936-2000 - Shannon's Extracts
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 2001 - The Recents
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 2002 - The Recents
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 2003 - The Recents
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 2004 - The Recents
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 2005 - The Recents
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 2006 - The Recents
Edmonton Journal - Obituaries Index, 2007 - The Recents

Fairview - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past Our Future; Our Past

Gem Gemeinde Buch MHSA
Gem Gemeinde Buch MHSA
Gem Gemeinde Buch MHSA
Gem Gemeinde Buch MHSA
Gleichen - The Gleichen call. A history of Gleichen and surrounding areas, 1877 to 1968, 1967 - Our Future; Our Past
Gem - Dreams and Ditchbanks (1989) - Gem Historical Committee (in MHSA Lib)
Grande Prairie - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past

High River - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past
Life and Legends: A History of the Town of High River, 1982 - Our Future; Our Past
This is High River: The Cowtown Capital of the Foothills, 1950 - Our Future; Our Past

Lethbridge - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past
Lethbridge Herald, 1905-1955 - Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge - Facts for the settler about the Lethbridge District, 1910 - Our Future; Our Past
Lethbridge,1906 - Our Future; Our Past
Lethbridge in a Nutshell, 1910 - Our Future; Our Past
Lethbridge: A Railway Centre, 1939 - Our Future; Our Past
Lethbridge: Alberta's Golden Jubilee 1905-55, 1955 - Our Future; Our Past
Lethbridge - Nineteenth Century Lethbridge, 1978 - Our Future; Our Past
Lethbridge - Scenic Beauties of Lethbridge: Special Souvenir Edition, 1912 - Our Future; Our Past

Mayton Mennonite Cemetery AFHS

Namaka Farms Mennonite Cemetery Burials Register MHSA
Namaka Mennonite Cemetery AFHS
Namaka - Trails to Little Corner: A Story of Namaka and Surrounding Districts (1983) - Namaka Community HIstorical Committee (in MHSA Lib)

Peace River Record Gazette Obituary Index, 1918-1931; Peace River Record, 1914-1917; & Peace River Standard, 1917-1922 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Peace River Gazette Obituary Index, 1932-1951 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Peace River Gazette Obituary Index, 1952-1971 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Peace River Gazette Obituary Index, 1972-1991 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune, 1965-1977 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune, 1978-1991 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune, 1992-1995 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune, 1996-2005 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)
Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune, 2006-2008 AGS (Grande Prairie & District Branch)

Raymond -Raymond, 1901-1967, 1967 - Our Future; Our Past

Seven Persons - A Study of the Seven Persons Mennonite Mission Church by David Adrian (1968) - MHSA

Vauxhall - The History of the Vauxhall Mennonite Church: 1933-1988 by Henry J. Dick (1988) - MHSA
Vauxhall - Mennonite Church, Register of Baptisms, 1939-2000
Vauxhall - Mennonite Church, Register of Marriages, 1941-1995
Vauxhall - Mennonite Church, Register of Deaths and Funerals, 1941-1996

Youngstown - Newspaper Announcements - Our Future; Our Past