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Land records in Western Canada

It pays to check for land records if your ancestors had farms in Western Canada. It is easy to find the records, and easy to understand how to find the land in question. The session offers ideas on how to learn more from the land. Western Land grants index -- Library and Archives Canada Alberta homestead Index -- Alberta Genealogical Society Saskatchewan homestead index -- 1872 to 1930 Information Services Corp. of Saskatchewan -- with a land grant database CPR land sales -- Farmland records Finding Aid to Prairie Land Records -- by Dave Obee British Columbia Crown land grants -- 1869-1930 CNR maps -- From early 1900s Google maps -- Look at it from above Updates? Corrections? Better examples? Send an e-mail to Dave Updated June 1, 2008