Alberta Probate Records
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- ANI database - The Alberta Name Index (ANI) offers a simple unified search for Alberta residents named in various sources including Probates, Local Histories, Obituaries, Coroner records, Land Records (not early homesteads), etc., recorded by the Edmonton Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society
Wills and Estates[edit | edit source]
There is no central registry for wills in Alberta; wills are kept at the Court House in the judicial district where probate was granted. The information held is Grants of Probate, Letters of Administration, and Wills. To determine in which judicial district an ancestor died, write to:
For Wills Probated in Edmonton[edit | edit source]
For Wills Probated in Calgary[edit | edit source]
Other Judicials Districts[edit | edit source]
Other Judicials Districts and their Court Houses in the province are:
The cost of obtaining copies of wills are the costs of copying. The Provincial Archives of Alberta holds surrogate case files. (Accession Number 95.399)
- Edmonton (1898-1969)
- Athabasca (1909-1969)
- Northwest Territories (1922-1969)
- Files include probates, affidavits, oaths of Executers, copies of wills, applications for Letters of Administration[2]
Wills and probate records are kept by the surrogate registrar.
The registrar’s records, as well as those of the clerk of court, are housed in the courthouses of the various judicial districts (see Alberta Court Records).
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The St. Paul Judicial District was formed 1 January 1998.
- ↑ Borgstede, Arlene. "Alberta Vital Records - International Institute, " International Institute of Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alberta_Vital_Records_%28National_Institute%29.
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