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*When requesting the record for genealogical purposes, be sure to request a '''certified photocopy of a registration of birth''' (long form). | *When requesting the record for genealogical purposes, be sure to request a '''certified photocopy of a registration of birth''' (long form). | ||
==Registry Offices== | ===Registry Offices=== | ||
Records too recent to be obtained from the Archives have privacy restrictions. These can still be obtained if you are able to show that the individual is deceased and that you are an eligible next of kin (parent, sibling, children or spouse). | Records too recent to be obtained from the Archives have privacy restrictions. These can still be obtained if you are able to show that the individual is deceased and that you are an eligible next of kin (parent, sibling, children or spouse). | ||
*[https://www.alberta.ca/ordering-certificates-documents.aspx '''Instructions, forms, and fees'''] | *[https://www.alberta.ca/ordering-certificates-documents.aspx '''Instructions, forms, and fees'''] | ||
== Divorce == | |||
===Library and Archives Canada Database of Divorce Records=== | |||
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/acts-divorce-1841-1968.aspx#c '''Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968 Instructions'''] | |||
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/search.aspx '''Search Database'''] | |||
===Senate of Canada=== | |||
*The Senate of Canada holds the original divorce files, but they are closed to the public under privacy legislation. You can obtain a certified copy of a divorce act for legal purposes from them: | |||
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Senate of Canada<br> | |||
Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel<br> | |||
Room 1310<br> | |||
13th Floor<br> | |||
40 Elgin Street<br> | |||
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A4<br> | |||
CANADA<br> | |||
Telephone: 613-992-2416<br> | |||
== Tip:Why might it be better to look for the death record of an ancestor first? == | == Tip:Why might it be better to look for the death record of an ancestor first? == | ||