Researching Family History

Church Records - Alberta

Online

  • The Alberta Provincial Archives holds the following records:
    • United Church of Canada (ca. 1830s - present) 
    • Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (1842 - 1980)
    • Anglican Church of Canada (ca. 1870 - ca. 2000)
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ca. 1895 - ca. 2000)

Print

The Family History department has a small collection of church histories from Alberta churches that contain records of church members. An example:

Morin, Gail.  St. Joachim, Fort Auguste (Fort Edmonton), 1858-1890 Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. Library call number: 929.37123 MOR 2000

Microfilm

The Family History department has a few Western Canadian Parish Records on microfilm. They are listed in the library’s guide, Canadian Family History Resources, under Parish and Vital Records on page 5-53.