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There are many listings of the cemetery records of Alberta compiled by the Alberta Genealogical Society published in its magazine Bulletin. Most of these listings are indexed.
==Online Resources==
*[https://albertaancestors.ca/ Discover Alberta Ancestors] - Alberta Family Histories Society Cemetery Database Project - Calgary and southern Alberta focus
*[http://www.interment.net/can/ab/index.htm Alberta Canada page on Interment.net]
*[https://sites.rootsweb.com/%7Eabarchiv/index.html#cems Alberta cemeteries at RootsWeb]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Alberta%2C+Canada&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_823 Find a Grave Alberta Cemeteries]
*[https://billiongraves.com/site-map?country=Canada&state=Alberta BillionGraves Alberta Cemeteries]
*{{RecordSearch|2290953|Canadian Headstones}} — index
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70477/ Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017] at Ancestry ($)
*[http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/alberta/alberta_cemetery_records.htm Alberta Canada Cemetery Records]
*[https://www.abgenealogy.ca/surname-database AGS Surname Index]
*[https://www.abgenealogy.ca/gp-gravemarkers Grande Prairie & District Gravemarkers of Northwestern Alberta] - recorded by the Grande Prairie & District Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society
*[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/alberta.htm Mary's Genealogy Treasures: Alberta] includes cemetery links
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70664/ Web: Alberta, Index to Cemeteries, 1823-2013], index ($)
*[http://lethbridgeags.theboss.net/cemeterylists2.html Alberta Genealogical Society, Southern Alberta Cemetery Listings], index
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Alberta,%20Canada&reqParents=5801&reqParentsLabel=Province&reqParentsType=323&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Alberta,%20Canada&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
===Specific Locations===
*[https://agsbrooks.ca/bwg_gallery/brooks-cemetery/ Brooks Cemetery Gravemarkers]
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70666/ Web: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Index to Cemeteries, 1890-1987] at Ancestry, index ($)
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20062/canada-alberta-calgary-burial-records?s=275764761 Canada, Alberta, Calgary Burial Records] at MyHeritage, index ($)
* [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2814/canadian-headstones-cemetery-heritage-records-of-canada Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage Records of Canada] at American Ancestors — index & images ($)


== Online Cemetery Websites  ==
==Jewish Cemeteries==
*[https://www.edmontonjewishcemetery.ca/ Edmonton Jewish Cemetery]
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry]


Many groups and organisations are working on transcriptions, photographs and video recording of these cemeteries.  
==Military Cemeteries==
*[https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial Canadian Virtual War Memorial]. This is a worldwide registry of military Canadian burials.


Some of the [[Canada Cemeteries|cemetery records]] have been compiled by the Genealogical Society of [[Alberta]]. Many are in manuscript form at the [http://hermis.cd.gov.ab.ca/paa/ Provincial Archives of Alberta] and at the Alberta Genealogical Society 162, 14315 - 118 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5L 4S6 Phone: 780-424-4429
==Individual Cemeteries==
:'''Good Shepherd Cemetery'''<br>17th Avenue South East at Garden Road<br> P.O. Box 0, Site 17, R.R. #7<br> Calgary, Alberta T2P 2G7<br> Telephone: (403) 272-9824<br> Requests can be made in person, by mail or by telephone; no fees<br><br>
:[http://www.ecc.caedm.ca/ Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries]''''<br>'''For Holy Cross, St. Albert and St. Joachim <br> Telephone: (780) 447-2921<br> For Our Lady of Peace and St. Anthony<br> Telephone: (780) 454-4453<br>
:Email: [mailto:info@edmontononcatholiccemeteries.org info@edmontononcatholiccemeteries.org]


*[http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/AB/ Alberta Family Histories Society ~ Home] AFHS Alberta Cemetery Database containing close to 169,000 records. Also available on DVD.
==Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library==
*[http://abgensoc.ca/nameindex.html Alberta Genealogical Society ~ Master Surname Database]
To find cemetery records for ''Alberta'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>
*[http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/cemeteries/ Alberta Family History Society Cemetery Indexes]
*[http://www.interment.net/can/ab/index.htm http://www.interment.net/can/ab/index.htm Alberta cemeteries ]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canab/cemeteries.html Alberta cemeteries at RootsWeb]
*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=147246 Queens Park Cemetery, Calgary] Calgary Cemeteries BillionGraves
*[http://webproxy.edmonton.ca/external/cemeteries/default.aspx City of Edmonton online cemetery search]
*[http://lethbridgeags.theboss.net/cemeterylists.htmLethbridge Cemeteries: Lethbridge Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society]
*[https://alta.registries.gov.ab.ca/spinii/downloadbrowser.htm Cemetery information and locations]
*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=147246 Queens Park Cemetery, Calgary] BillionGraves
*[http://webproxy.edmonton.ca/external/cemeteries/default.aspx City of Edmonton online cemetery search]
*[http://lethbridgeags.theboss.net/cemeterylists.htm Lethbridge Cemeteries: Lethbridge Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society indexed cemeteries]
*[http://www.medicinehat.ca/index.aspx?page=542 Medicine Hat Hillside Cemetery ]
*[http://www.saamis.com/Saamis_Prairie_View_Cemetery_501873.html Medicine Hat Saamis Prairie View Cemetery]
*[https://alta.registries.gov.ab.ca/spinii/downloadbrowser.htm Cemetery information and locations ]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/cemeteries/ Cyndi's Cyndis List] - Cemeteries &amp; funeral homes
*[http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com] Find a grave
*[http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/AB/Canada Canada Gen Web Alberta Cemetery Project]
*Search online by city, town or rural municipality name for additional online cemetery transcriptions.


<br>
#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
#Enter: '''Alberta''' in the Place box
#Click on: '''Search'''
#Click on: '''Places within Alberta'''
#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''


== Types of cemetery records  ==
If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.
==Additional Resources==
*Locating a cemetery in Alberta may be possible through the Department of Municipal Affairs. All cemeteries should be registered with this department, however, older sites, perhaps abandoned before legislation was put into place, may not appear on their lists. Active and inactive cemeteries are listed alphabetically by municipal district, however this does not necessarily mean by name of town or city.
:[http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/ Department of Municipal Affairs] <br>Housing and Consumers Affairs Division<br>16th Floor, Commerce Building<br>10155 - 102 Street<br>Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4L4<br>Telephone: (780) 427-2732<br>Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-4:30 pm<br>


'''Types of care for Human Burial''': earth burial, cremation, sea burial, entombment, donation to science, and cryogenic. Several types of cemetery records are available. Rural public cemeteries are under the infrastructure administration of the rural municipality, and urban public cemeteries by the local civic government (city hall). Caretakers or cemetery maintainence committees are usually appointed by the municipal government. Churches maintain church yards, and private land owners maintain homesteader burial sites.  
*'''Calgary Municipal Cemeteries Administrative Office'''<br>3219 - 4 Street North West<br>Calgary, Alberta T2M 3A6<br>Telephone: (403) 221-3660<br>Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am-12:00 pm; 1:00 pm-4:30 pm<br>
*St. Mary’s Church Rectory (403) 228-4170 holds the records of their burials before 1945. Three privately owned cemeteries maintain their own records, and can be contacted by calling: '''Rockyview''' (403) 285-0660, '''Mountain View (403) 272-9824''', '''Eden Brook (403) 217-3700'''<br>
*Search [https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org] for Alberta Cemeteries.
*[https://www.abgenealogy.ca/library-research-centre Alberta Genealogical Society Library]


The municipal government may have kept internment records of the names and dates of those buried and maps of the burial plots in public cemeteries. Some churches have kept burial records that may give birth, marriage and other family or health details. Tombstones or gravestones may also exist, or the information on them may have been transcribed. In Alberta many local organisations are working at photographing, video taping and transcribing the cemeteries.


Cemetery burial records, sometimes called internment records, often include birth, marriage, and death information. These records along with symbols on a gravestone may provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization, such as a lodge. These records are especially helpful for identifying children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents. Visit the cemetery in person to see if other relatives are in the same or adjoining plots.


To find tombstone or cemetery records you need to determine where an individual was buried. The person may have been buried in a community, church, private, military, or family cemetery, usually near the place where he lived or died or where other family members were buried. You can find clues to burial places in local history books, funeral notices, obituaries, church records, funeral home records, death records, scrip and homestead land records.
[[Category:Alberta Cemeteries]]
 
*[[Alberta Biographies|Alberta Biographies]] in local history books often provide excellent clues as to the locality which people resided in. Indexes to these books is provided by the Alberta Gen Web.
 
*[[Alberta Land and Property Records|Land and Property Records]] are online for Alberta in terms of both scrip for First Nations and Metis persons and Dominion land patent records and applications for homesteaders. Where a person lived and farmed is often a clue to locate the cemetery near this locality.
 
== Types of Cemeteries  ==
 
*Church
 
*Government: town, rural municipality, provincial and national
 
*Military: There are over 37 overseas cemeteries and memorials, for soldiers who died during service to their country. There are over 60,000 graves overseas of soldiers who died serving in World War I.
 
*Family or private:
 
== Sources for cemetery records  ==
 
*The present sexton, funeral home, rural municipality or city municipal government may have the burial registers and the records of the burial plots.
 
*The Alberta Genealogy Society, and its branches may have the records or can help you locate obscure family plots or relocated cemeteries. Similarly local library, historical society, or local historian may assist in locating burial sites.
 
*Sextons' records and transcripts of tombstone information that have been published, often in local genealogical periodicals.
 
*Lists of soldiers' graves
 
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== Terms  ==
 
''Cenotaph:'' engraved on a tombstone indicates an empty grave, with the stone erected in memory or in honor of a person buried elsewhere. Abbreviations are often used on headstones. A list of abbreviations, including military abbreviations, is available at [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml GRAVE SYMBOLS: Abbreviations on Gravestones] and [http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/graves/symbols.htm Historic Australian Cemeteries - Key to Symbols and Rituals Used in Cemeteries]
 
== Locating Cemeteries  ==
 
*Maps
*GPS
*Rural municipality maps
*Early Rural municipality maps, Cummins maps and atlases
*Rural municipality and town histories
*Land records: deeds, scrip and homesetads
*Government officials
*Church officials
*Mortuary &amp; Funeral directors
*Local historians
*Residents
*Local history books
*Online search for cemetery name
*Information gained from obituaries, death certificates, mortuary funeral cards
*The Family History Library has cemetery records listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under [PROVINCE], [TOWN] - Cemeteries
 
Funeral directors in the area where your ancestors lived may have records similar to death and cemetery records. Funeral Homes are listed in online telephone directories.
 
Cemetery records may include an internment record. This record may contain as much information as the cause of death, person making the funeral arrangements and some time periods.
 
The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Bplace%3AAlberta Family History Library] has a few cemetery records listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under the following:
 
*Alberta - Cemeteries - History
*Alberta - Cemeteries - Indexes - Periodicals
*Alberta - Cemeteries - Indexes
*Alberta - Cemeteries - Inventories, registers, catalogs
*Alberta - Cemeteries
*Alberta - Church history - Biography
*Alberta - Church history - Periodicals
*Alberta - Church history
*Alberta - Church records - Inventories, registers, catalogs - Indexes
*Alberta - Church records - Inventories, registers, catalogs
 
== Cemetery Addresses  ==
 
You can find the addresses of Alberta's cemeteries in the listing provided by the Alberta Genealogy Society which lists cemeteries. [http://www.afhs.ab.ca/registry/regab_cemetery_c.shtml Alberta Family Histories Society&nbsp;: Alberta Death Records Cemeteries]
 
== See also  ==
 
[[Alberta Military Records|Alberta Military Records]]
 
{{Place|Alberta}}<sup>Some sections adapted from&nbsp;</sup>[[ United States Cemeteries|<sup>United States Cemeteries</sup>]]
 
[[Category:Alberta]] [[Category:Biography]]

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Individual Cemeteries

Good Shepherd Cemetery
17th Avenue South East at Garden Road
P.O. Box 0, Site 17, R.R. #7
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2G7
Telephone: (403) 272-9824
Requests can be made in person, by mail or by telephone; no fees

Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries'
For Holy Cross, St. Albert and St. Joachim
Telephone: (780) 447-2921
For Our Lady of Peace and St. Anthony
Telephone: (780) 454-4453
Email: info@edmontononcatholiccemeteries.org

Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library

To find cemetery records for Alberta in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:

  1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
  2. Enter: Alberta in the Place box
  3. Click on: Search
  4. Click on: Places within Alberta
  5. Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.

Additional Resources

  • Locating a cemetery in Alberta may be possible through the Department of Municipal Affairs. All cemeteries should be registered with this department, however, older sites, perhaps abandoned before legislation was put into place, may not appear on their lists. Active and inactive cemeteries are listed alphabetically by municipal district, however this does not necessarily mean by name of town or city.
Department of Municipal Affairs
Housing and Consumers Affairs Division
16th Floor, Commerce Building
10155 - 102 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4L4
Telephone: (780) 427-2732
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-4:30 pm
  • Calgary Municipal Cemeteries Administrative Office
    3219 - 4 Street North West
    Calgary, Alberta T2M 3A6
    Telephone: (403) 221-3660
    Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am-12:00 pm; 1:00 pm-4:30 pm
  • St. Mary’s Church Rectory (403) 228-4170 holds the records of their burials before 1945. Three privately owned cemeteries maintain their own records, and can be contacted by calling: Rockyview (403) 285-0660, Mountain View (403) 272-9824, Eden Brook (403) 217-3700
  • Search Worldcat.org for Alberta Cemeteries.
  • Alberta Genealogical Society Library
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