If you are tracing ancestors in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, a lot of information is available on the Web, through the mail, and at your local library. The session offers insight into some of the lesser-known sources of information. Here are the links:
All Areas
National Archives of Canada main page
Canadian Genealogy Centre main page
Canadian Genealogy and History Links by Jessica Veinot
Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry by the AFHS
FamilySearch for the 1881 census index
Ancestry.ca for the 1911 census index
Automated Genealogy
for 1901 and 1911 census indexes
Canada's Digital Collections
Peel Bibliography - Thousands of original publications
Our Roots Canada's Local Histories Online
Early Canadiana Online
Histori.ca Your place in Canadian history
Canadian Geographical Names - Excellent federal site
Finding Aid to Prairie Land Records by Dave Obee, with links
Canadian Patent Database
Canadian Trade-Marks Database
CPR land sales - Farmland records
Germans from Russia arrivals 1906-1914
Metis Families - by Gail Morin
University of Victoria library
Rootsweb
Alberta
Alberta Genealogical Society
Homestead Index Alberta Genealogical Society
Alberta Family Histories Society More than 500 pages, with lots of cemetery and newspaper obituary content online
1901 census index by the AGS Edmonton branch
Alberta Heritage Digitization Project -- many local histories
Stockmen's Memorial Foundation -- look up people who registered brands
Alberta Heritage - Home, home on the plains
University of Alberta libraries
University of Calgary Library
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Census index - 1891 Lethbridge by Dave Obee
Search Edmonton municipal cemeteries
Our Heritage - Includes a database of burials in southwestern Alberta from 1885 through 1984
Calgary Herald death announcements 2002-2006
Edmonton Journal death announcements 2002-2006
Manitoba
Manitoba Genealogical Society
Manitoba Vital Statistics search page
City of Winnipeg cemeteries
Guide to Manitoba Probate Records by Dave Obee
Genealogical guide to the Manitoba archives
Ingeneas - including a partial index to the Manitoba census
University of Winnipeg Library
Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society
Winnipeg Free Press obituary index 1999-2006
NewspaperArchive.com
Saskatchewan
Vital statistics search
Saskatchewan Archives Board
Homestead index - 1872 to 1930
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
Saskatchewan City and Town Maps
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool maps
Woodlawn Cemetery - Saskatoon
Saskatchewan obituaries since September 2000
Related Topics
Western States Historical Marriage Index - Possible connections
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - The standard
Updates? Corrections? Better examples? Send an e-mail to Dave
Updated March 10, 2006
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