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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] | *'''1885-2001''' -[https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/search/collection/p22007coll2!p22007coll18!p22007coll19!p22007coll24/order/title/ad/asc University of Calgary Early Alberta Newspapers] | ||
*[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/ Peel's Prairie Provinces Newspapers] | *[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/ Peel's Prairie Provinces Newspapers] | ||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/51629/ Lethbridge Daily Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)], index and images | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/51629/ Lethbridge Daily Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)], index and images ($) | ||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7196/ The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)], index and images | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7196/ The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)], index and images ($) | ||
*[http://www.genealogysearch.org/canada/deaths/territories.html Canadian Deaths 1878-1886: Abstracted from The Dominion Annual Register and Review] | *[http://www.genealogysearch.org/canada/deaths/territories.html Canadian Deaths 1878-1886: Abstracted from The Dominion Annual Register and Review] | ||
*[https:// | *[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 | ||
==Resources for Alberta Newspapers== | ==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. | 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. | ||
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 | 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> | ||
===Newspaper Directories=== | ===Newspaper Directories=== | ||
*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 | *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> | ||
*University of Alberta - [http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/ Peel’s Prairie Provinces - Find Newspapers]<ref name="taylor">Taylor, Ryan, "Obtaining Canada Newspaper Resources | *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> | ||
===Libraries and Archives=== | ===Libraries and Archives=== | ||
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*The Legislature Library has a nearly complete collection of weeklies from 1905. | *The Legislature Library has a nearly complete collection of weeklies from 1905. | ||
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 | 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> | ||
===Digital Issues Online=== | ===Digital Issues Online=== | ||
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Online Records
- Web: Alberta, Newspaper BMD Index, 1889-2012, index
- 1885-2001 -University of Calgary Early Alberta Newspapers
- Peel's Prairie Provinces Newspapers
- Lethbridge Daily Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada), index and images ($)
- The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada), index and images ($)
- Canadian Deaths 1878-1886: Abstracted from The Dominion Annual Register and Review
- Alberta Newspapers at Provincial Archives of Alberta - list of dates and newspaper names
Resources for Alberta Newspapers
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.
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.[1]
Newspaper Directories
- Gloria M. Strathern. Alberta newspapers, 1880-1982: an historical directory. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1988.[2]
- University of Alberta - Peel’s Prairie Provinces - Find Newspapers[3]
Libraries and Archives
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.
Provincial Archives of Alberta
8555 Roper Road
Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5W1
Telephone: 780-427-1750
Email: paa@gov.ab.ca
- The Legislature Library has a nearly complete collection of weeklies from 1905.
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Library Services
216 Legislature Building
10800-97th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2B6
Telephone: (780)427- 2473
Email: library.requests@assembly.ab.ca[4]
Digital Issues Online
- Alberta Family Histories Society - Newspaper Announcements (1883-1902)[3]
- The Lethbridge Herald is available online (1905-1955). The paper is available at both the Lethbridge Herald Newspaper Collection ($) and NewspaperArchive.com ($). 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.
Wainwright Public Library
Wainwright Newspaper Archives Wainwright Star Newspaper 100 years digitized and searchable. Go to bottom of the library page for link.
Indexes
Alberta Published Indexes
- Obituaries index of the Barrhead Leader, by Flora and John Stewart (n.d.) and their Marriage index from the Barrhead leader, 1928-1949 (1994).
- Mary Kearns Trace. Birth, marriage and death notices of “the Alberta tribune,” Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1897-1899. Calgary: Traces, 1986.
- Jack F. Layton.Vital statistics from the Innisfail free lance and the Innisfail providence, 1902-1925. Innisfail: Layton, 1993.
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.”
Alberta Unpublished Indexes
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.
The provincial archives has index booklets 1880-1900.
Other manuscript indexes are at the Legislative Library of Alberta (clippings from 1971), Alberta Genealogical Society library in Edmonton.[4]
References
- ↑ Borgstede, Arlene. "Alberta Newspapers - International Institute, " International Institute of Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alberta_Newspapers_%28National_Institute%29.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
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