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Tracker: Goal 3: Learn about Alberta vital records.
Choices:
ALearn about Alberta vital and birth records.
- Learn about Alberta civil registration in this FamilySearch article.
FS—Wiki: Alberta Civil Registration - Learn how to access vital records for Alberta and British Columbia in this video.
RT—Accessing Alberta and British Columbia Vital Records—19:58
- Find resources for Alberta vital records on the
About.com site. - Explore links for vital records on the CanadaGenWeb site.
- Birth Records: Explore links for birth records on the Alberta Family Histories site.
- Adoption Records: Get help with adoption topics on the Alberta Adoption Facebook page.
- Learn about adoption records on the OriginsCanada site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for vital and birth records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore Alberta marriage and death records.
- Explore links for marriage records on the Alberta Family Histories.
- Explore links for death records on the Alberta Family Histories.
- Explore Alberta obituaries on the In Memoriam site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for marriage and death records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
CExplore Alberta census records.
- Get an overview of Alberta censuses in this article.
FS—Alberta Census - Learn more about Alberta censuses on the CanadaGenWeb site.
Alberta Census Records - Explore the MyFreeCensus site for Alberta state and county census records.
- Explore Alberta census records on the Automated Genealogy site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for census records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Ada S Albert is listed in the 1916 census for Alberta. Use the "MH: 1916, Canada Census of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When and where was Ada S Albert born?
- Where is her residence in the census?
- What year did she immigrate to Canada?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Ada S" as the first name and "Albert" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Record for Ada S Albert.
- Ada was born about 1872 in Pennsylvania.
- She moved to Edmonton West, Alberta, Canada.
- She immigrated to Canada in 1872. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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