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== Record Finder Table for Ontario ==
== Record Finder Table for Alberta ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Ontario topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Alberta topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Alberta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Alberta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Alberta Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Alberta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Alberta Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
*[[Alberta Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)


|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Alberta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Alberta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Alberta Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Alberta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Alberta Military Records|Military Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Alberta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Alberta Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ontario Loyalist Records|Loyalists]]
*[[Alberta Loyalist Records|Loyalists]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Alberta Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Alberta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Alberta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Alberta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Alberta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Loyalist Records|Loyalists]]
*[[Alberta Loyalist Records|Loyalists]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Alberta Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Alberta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Directories|Directories]]
*[[Alberta Directories|Directories]]
*[[Ontario Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Alberta Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alberta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]
*[[Alberta Societies|Societies]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Alberta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Alberta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
*[[Alberta Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Alberta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Alberta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
*[[Alberta Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]


*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Alberta Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alberta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Alberta Societies|Societies]]  
|}
|}


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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Alberta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Alberta Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Alberta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Alberta Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Alberta Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alberta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]
*[[Alberta Societies|Societies]]
|}
|}


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| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Canada First Nations|First Nations]]
*[[Canada First Nations|First Nations]]
*[[Ontario Black Canadians|Black Canadians]]
*[[Alberta Black Canadians|Black Canadians]]
*[[Ontario Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Alberta Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
*[[Alberta Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Alberta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Alberta Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ontario Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Alberta Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Directories|Directories]]
*[[Alberta Directories|Directories]]
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Alberta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Alberta Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alberta Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Alberta Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alberta Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Alberta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Alberta Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Alberta Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alberta Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Alberta Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Alberta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Alberta Societies|Societies]]  


|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Alberta Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br> (after 1915)
*[[Alberta Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br> (after 1915)
*
*
|-  
|-  

Revision as of 13:24, 1 December 2020

Alberta Wiki Topics
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Record Finder Table for Alberta[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Alberta topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

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Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

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Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

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Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

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Residence

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