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=== Indexes  ===
=== Indexes  ===


The Saskatchewan Genealogical Society has an extensive index to birth, marriage and death notices from provincial newspapers. The society is also developing an obituary index.  
==== Saskatchewan Published Indexes  ====
 
*Laura Hanowski and John Marley. ''Births, deaths, marriages from Regina newspapers, 1883-1889''. Regina: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 1990. <br>
 
*Laura Hanowski and John Marley.''Births, deaths, marriages from Regina newspapers, 1890-1899.'' Regina: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 1990. <br>
 
*''Saskatoon newspaper index, birth, death, and marriages, 1902-1907. ''Saskatoon: Saskatoon Branch, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 1996.<br>
 
There is a lengthy list of published indexes including papers in Craik, Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert, Biggar, Landis in Laura Hanowski’s ''Tracing your Saskatchewan ancestors: a guide to the records and how to use them'' (Regina: Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, 2000).
 
==== Saskatchewan News Index  ====
 
The [http://library2.usask.ca/sni/ Saskatchewan News Index] is a searchable index of stories published in Saskatchewan newspapers 1884-2000.<br>
 
The [http://www.reginalibrary.ca/ Regina Public Library’s index] begins 1992. There are paper indexes at the Saskatchewan Archives Board for obituaries, 1930-1976. <br>
 
The Saskatchewan Genealogical Society collects obituaries which in 2001 numbered 700,000 names. They are also indexing birth, marriage and death notices from provincial newspapers. For details see their ''Bulletin'' (December 2001 issue).<ref name="ryan"/>


== Websites  ==
== Websites  ==
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