Newspapers - Alberta

Online

Both Ancestry and FamilySearch.org have searchable collections of historical newspapers for all provinces.

• Alberta Genealogical Society
• University of Calgary – Early Alberta Newspapers - digitized
• Peel’s Prairie Provinces: University of Alberta Libraries A division of Learning Services 
  • Digitized newspapers from 1871 to 2013
• Ancestor Hunt newspapers links
• Library and Archives Canada 
  • Library and Archives Canada provides access to newspapers in a variety of formats. Many of which can be accessed online. 
• Canadiana.ca provides a searchable collection of digitized historical newspapers for all provinces:  This is a good resource for determining the name of the newspaper in the research location of interest. If the newspaper of interest does not provide a link to a digitized copy, it may be available by searching for it on Canadiana.ca 
• An excellent, although fee-based, site is www.newspapers.com, which has good coverage of many smaller newspapers in Canada. Sometimes free short trials of this paid subscription database are available.
• The Google News Archive has a large collection of historical newspapers.  Researchers will need to know the name of the newspaper.  This resource is not keyword-searchable.  

Smaller communities may have their own online archives of their local newspapers. Contact the newspaper, local archive/museum, or local public library in your area of interest to inquire or ask our staff for assistance. Many local newspapers are now part of the Newspapers.com subscription database, which requires a paid subscription. 

Print

While the Family History Department does not hold any print copies of historical newspapers, we do have some print resources to assist you if you do not know the name of the newspapers that were in publication in the period and place of your area of interest.