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| Many smaller community museums and/or historical societies possess information on early settlers and residents. Check local telephone directories or ''Directory of Alberta Museums and Related Institutions'', published by Alberta Museums Association (Museums Alberta). Some museums are listed below and their collections illustrate information which may be available at other institutions.
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| '''Basilian Fathers Museum'''<br>5335 Sawchuck <br>Box 386<br>Mundare, Alberta T0B 3H0<br>Telephone: (780) 764-3887 <br>Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm and summer weekends; appointment required<br>[http://www.basilianmuseum.ca/ Website]
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| *Contains archival materials representing the Ukrainian, religious and cultural life, historically and culturally significant to the Basilian Fathers and/or Mundare and surrounding area. Collection dates from 1903 to the present. Guide is available for photographs, documents and Liturgical books.
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| '''Claresholm and District Museum'''<br>5126 #2 Highway<br>Claresholm, Alberta ''Mailing address:''<br>P.O. Box 1000<br>Claresholm, Alberta T0L 0T0 <br>Telephone: (403) 625-3131<br>Email: [mailto:claresholmmuseum@gmail.com claresholmmuseum@gmail.com] <br>[http://www.townofclaresholm.com/visit/claresholm-and-district-museum/ Website]<br>[https://www.claresholmmuseum.com/visit/ Hours]<br>
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| *The holdings consists of records documenting the history of Claresholm and area, from 1880 to 1930, including minutes of the Town of Claresholm; records of local school districts and societies; correspondence of private individuals; farm and airport periodicals; and over 1,000 photographs. Also of interest are lists of pilots trained nearby during WWII and through NATO. <br>
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| *The staff will give 15 minutes of research free: there is a charge thereafter, prepaid. A listing is available for the catalogued records at the Museum and holdings are also described in the Archives Network of Alberta Database.
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| '''Fort Saskatchewan Museum'''<br>10006 - 100 Avenue <br>Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta T8L 1V9<br>Telephone: (780) 998-1783<br>Email: [mailto:museum@fortsask.ca museum@fortsask.ca]<br>
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| *Holdings include:<br>
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| **local histories
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| **school
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| **local newspapers (1903-1915 with some gaps)
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| **North West Mounted Police journals and history
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| '''Glenbow-Alberta Institute'''<br>
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| 130 9th Avenue S.E.<br>Calgary, AB T2G 0P3<br>Telephone: 403-263-9552<br>[http://www.glenbow.org/ Website] | | 130 9th Avenue S.E.<br>Calgary, AB T2G 0P3<br>Telephone: 403-263-9552<br>[http://www.glenbow.org/ Website] |
| *The [http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/index.cfm Glenbow Museum] has scanned images of diaries, letters, minute books, scrapbooks, and other unpublished archival records for over 3,000 individuals, families, clubs, businesses, schools, and organizations in Calgary, southern Alberta and Western Canada. For example, there are Will Parker's letters to his father in England, in which he tells of getting typhoid fever and joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police<br> | | :*The [http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/index.cfm Glenbow Museum] has scanned images of diaries, letters, minute books, scrapbooks, and other unpublished archival records for over 3,000 individuals, families, clubs, businesses, schools, and organizations in Calgary, southern Alberta and Western Canada. For example, there are Will Parker's letters to his father in England, in which he tells of getting typhoid fever and joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police<br> |
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| '''Galt Museum in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada'''<br>[http://galtmuseum.com/archives Website]
| | *'''Galt Museum in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada''' |
| *Areas available to Search are Audio Recordings; Films, Negatives, Photographs, Slides and Videos; Government and Government Agency Records; and Maps and Technical Drawings.
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| '''Millet and District Museum, Archives and Visitors Information Centre'''<br>5120 - 50 Street<br>Millet, Alberta <br>''Mailing address:''<br>P.O. Box 178<br>Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0 <br>Telephone: (780) 387-5558 <br>[http://www.milletmuseum.ca/ Website]<br>[https://www.milletmuseum.ca/plan-your-visit Hours]<br>
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| *Holdings consist of the photos from the Town of Millet and from the thirteen surrounding school districts that were covered in the history book ''Tales & Trails of Millet.'' Held as well are town minute books, business records, posters and manuscripts from many organizations, businesses and residents from the above described area (1880-1970). | |
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| '''Morinville Museum'''<br>10010-101 Street<br>Morinville,Alberta<br>''Mailing address:'' P.O. Box 3252<br>Morinville, Alberta T8R 1S2<br>Telephone: (780) 801-3290<br>[http://museemorinvillemuseum.com/ Website]<br>[https://museemorinvillemuseum.com/ Hours]<br>
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| *Housed in the old convent of the early 1900s.
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| *Has thousands of negatives from photographs printed in three local publications.
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| *Has minutes of the Thibeault School District
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| *Has early French newspapers (1910-1911)
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| *Has minutes of the M.D. Sturgeon
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| '''Musée Héritage Museum'''<br>St. Albert Place<br>5 St. Anne Street<br>St. Albert, Alberta T8N 3Z9<br>Telephone: (780) 459-1528<br>Email: [mailto:museum@artsheritage.ca museum@artsheritage.ca]<br>[http://museeheritage.ca/ Website]<br>[https://www.artsandheritage.ca/pages/hours-admissions Hours]
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| *The Musée Héritage Museum provides for the preservation and understanding of St. Albert’s history. Holdings consist of the municipal records of the City of St. Albert; drawings and plans of historic buildings and structures; records of local organizations and clubs; personal papers, including photograph collections of St. Albert residents; local business records and records of school districts and residential schools.
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| *A subject index to the holdings is available on an in-house database. Some holdings are also described on the Archives Network of Alberta Database.
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| *Of Genealogical Interest:
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| **computer database of the museum’s entire collection
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| **biography file of St. Albert people
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| **reference books
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| **newspapers local businesses materia
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| **a few family genealogies
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| **extensive genealogy of the Callihoo families
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| '''Red Brick Common (formerly known as Stony Plain Multicultural Centre)'''<br>5411 - 51 Street<br>Stony Plain, Alberta<br>''Mailing address:'' :P.O. Box 2188<br>Stony Plain, Alberta T7Z 1X7<br>Telephone: (780) 963-2777<br>[https://redbrickcommon.ca/ Website]<br>[https://redbrickcommon.ca/contact/ Hours]
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| *Combined with displays in an early high school building, an archives section (in the attic) has information and photographs about Stony Plain and its early pioneer families.
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| *'''Resources'''
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| **oral histories
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| **written family histories—cross referenced to subject areas
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| **photograph collection (over 2,000) catalogued and cross referenced
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| **historical calendars/greeting cards
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| **historic site inventory
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| **newspapers
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| **on microfilm from about 1907 to 1940s
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| **bound copies from 1930s to 1980s
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| **local history books (cross referenced)
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| **reference books
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| **some business papers (i.e. Oppertshauser Family Hardware Store)
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| '''Taber Irrigation Impact Museum - Taber District Museum Society'''<br>4702 - 50th Street<br>Taber, Alberta T1G 2B6<br>Telephone: (403) 223-5708<br>Email: [mailto:timchin@telusplanet.net timchin@telusplanet.net]<br>[https://www.travelalberta.com/listings/taber-irrigation-museum-4222 Website]<br>
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| *The holdings of the Taber and District Museum Society pertain to and promote irrigation, crops grown in irrigation and related processing industries. The Museum also specializes in the history of the Town of Taber (originally Tank 77 on the Canadian Pacific Railroad line) and the surrounding district. The holdings date from 1904 and include business histories, agricultural records, information about local residents, maps and photographs, including those of local photographers Stan Keeling and Johnny Evanson. A completely indexed set of the ''T''a''ber Times'' newspaper is also available.
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| [http://www.woodsmuseum.com/ Dr. Woods House Museum] - Leduc and District Historical Society<br>4801 - 49 Avenue<br>Leduc, Alberta T9E 7G6<br>Telephone: (780) 986-1517<br>Hours: July and August Tuesday-Sunday 11:00 am-5:00 pm; Winter (September-June): Tuesday-Friday 11:00 am-5:00 pm<br>
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| *The Society operates the “Woods House,” the home of Dr. Robert Woods. The displays are mainly of the Woods family life. A small archival collection features:
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| **photographs
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| **''The Representative'' (1907-1976)
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| **''The Enterprise'' (1904-1906)
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| **some information of local homes and families
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| **Memorabilia<ref>Borgstede, Arlene. "Alberta Museums - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alberta_Museums_%28National_Institute%29.</ref>
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| | [http://galtmuseum.com/archives Website] |
| | Areas available to Search are Audio Recordings; Films, Negatives, Photographs, Slides and Videos; Government and Government Agency Records; and Maps and Technical Drawings. |
| ==Record Offices== | | ==Record Offices== |
| ===Civil Registration at the Provincial Archives of Alberta=== | | ===Civil Registration at the Provincial Archives of Alberta=== |