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| ==Online Records== | | == Resources for Alberta Newspapers == |
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| *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70598/ Web: Alberta, Newspaper BMD Index, 1889-2012], index
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| *'''1885-2001''' -[https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/search/collection/p22007coll2!p22007coll18!p22007coll19!p22007coll24/order/title/ad/asc University of Calgary Early Alberta Newspapers]
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| *[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/ Peel's Prairie Provinces Newspapers]
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| *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/51629/ Lethbridge Daily Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)], index & images ($)
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| *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7196/ The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)], index & images ($)
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| *[http://www.genealogysearch.org/canada/deaths/territories.html Canadian Deaths 1878-1886: Abstracted from The Dominion Annual Register and Review]
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| *[https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/index.php/how-to/explore-paa-research-resources/newspapers Alberta Newspapers] at Provincial Archives of Alberta - list of dates and newspaper names
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| ==Resources for Alberta Newspapers==
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| Newspapers can be a very valuable source of information; from an overview of life in an ancestor’s community to an informative obituary on his/her life.
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| Alberta’s first newspaper, ''The Edmonton Bulletin'', started publication in 1880; ''The Calgary Herald'' in 1883. ''The Calgary Tribune'', 1883, became ''The Albertan'' in 1886. Local newspapers ran in small cities and towns but often intermittently.<ref>Borgstede, Arlene. "Alberta Newspapers - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alberta_Newspapers_%28National_Institute%29.</ref>
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| ===Newspaper Directories===
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| *Gloria M. Strathern. ''Alberta newspapers, 1880-1982: an historical directory''. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1988.<ref name="de">de Groot, Susanna, "Canada Historical Newspapers Bibliographies - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Historical_Newspapers_Bibliographies_%28National_Institute%29.</ref>
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| *University of Alberta - [http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/ Peel’s Prairie Provinces - Find Newspapers]<ref name="taylor">Taylor, Ryan, "Obtaining Canada Newspaper Resources - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Obtaining_Canada_Newspaper_Resources_%28National_Institute%29.</ref>
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| Collections of Alberta newspapers are at the Provincial Archives, the Alberta Legislative Library, the Glenbow-Alberta Institute Library, the University of Alberta Library, the University of Lethbridge Library, and the University of Calgary Library. | | Collections of Alberta newspapers are at the Provincial Archives, the Alberta Legislative Library, the Glenbow-Alberta Institute Library, the University of Alberta Library, the University of Lethbridge Library, and the University of Calgary Library. |
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| [http://culture.alberta.ca/paa/ Provincial Archives of Alberta] <br> 8555 Roper Road <br>Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5W1 <br>Telephone: 780-427-1750 <br>Email: paa@gov.ab.ca <br>
| | === Digital Issues Online === |
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| *The Legislature Library has a nearly complete collection of weeklies from 1905.
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| Legislative Assembly of Alberta - [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/index.htm Library Services] <br>216 Legislature Building <br>10800-97th Avenue <br>Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2B6 <br>Telephone: (780)427- 2473 <br>Email: [mailto:library.requests@assembly.ab.ca library.requests@assembly.ab.ca]<ref name="ryan">Taylor, Ryan, "Canada Newspaper Indexes and Abstracts - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Newspaper_Indexes_and_Abstracts_%28National_Institute%29.</ref>
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| ===Digital Issues Online=== | |
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| {{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}}
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| *Alberta Family Histories Society - [http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/announcements/index.shtml Newspaper Announcements (1883-1902)]<ref name="taylor" />
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| *The Lethbridge Herald is available online (1905-1955). The paper is available at both the [http://lethbridgeherald.newspaperarchive.com/Default.aspx Lethbridge Herald Newspaper Collection] ($) and [http://newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations/c2/s4.html NewspaperArchive.com] ($). Note: Both sites are run by NewspaperArchive.com, however, the two sites have different subscription prices. NewspaperArchive.com provides access to thousands of other newspapers as well.
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| '''Wainwright Public Library'''
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| [http://www.wainwrightlibrary.ab.ca/Newspaper-Archives Wainwright Newspaper Archives] Wainwright Star Newspaper 100 years digitized and searchable. Go to bottom of the library page for link.
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| ===Indexes===
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| ====Alberta Published Indexes====
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| *''Obituaries index of the Barrhead Leader'', by Flora and John Stewart (n.d.) and their ''Marriage index from the Barrhead leader, 1928-1949 ''(1994). <br>
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| *Mary Kearns Trace. ''Birth, marriage and death notices of “the Alberta tribune,” Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1897-1899.'' Calgary: Traces, 1986. <br>
| | {{wikipedia|List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}} |
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| *Jack F. Layton.''Vital statistics from the Innisfail free lance and the Innisfail providence, 1902-1925. ''Innisfail: Layton, 1993.<br>
| | '''Lethbridge Herald Newspaper Collection 1905-1955''' |
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| Some Edmonton indexes currently covering 1903-1908 are available from Rob Milson, 8616-176 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5T 0N3. He says they contain, “The original extract or in some cases a paraphrasing of longer extracts, as well as an alphabetized index of all names, that is the name of the person/s about whom the article is concerned as well as other named individuals.”
| | This online database contains thousands of historical newspaper pages from [http://lethbridgeherald.newspaperarchive.com/Default.aspx The Lethbridge Herald]. The full-page newspapers, dating back to 1905, can be searched by keyword or browsed by date. |
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| ====Alberta Unpublished Indexes====
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| Edmonton: There are film or card files at Edmonton Public Library (from 1961) and the City of Edmonton Archives has manuscript extracts from ca. 1907-1950s.
| | [http://www.wainwrightlibrary.ab.ca/Newspaper-Archives Wainwright Newspaper Archives] Wainwright Star Newspaper 100 years digitized and searchable. Go to bottom of the library page for link. |
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| The provincial archives has index booklets 1880-1900.
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| Other manuscript indexes are at the Legislative Library of Alberta (clippings from 1971), Alberta Genealogical Society library in Edmonton.<ref name="ryan" />
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| ==References==
| | The Census Finder Website for Alberta has references for holdings in addition to census, including additional Alberta Newspapers and also Alberta Obituary indexes: |
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