The Alberta Vital Statistics Office has Alberta birth records dating from approximately 1850 to present and Alberta marriage and death records dating from approximately 1890 to present.
An individual requesting a genealogical search should ask for a photocopy of a registration, as this document carries the most information of any document that is produced through Vital Statistics.
Vital Statistics records are not public. The person applying for a genealogical search must show they are eligible (pdf) to apply for someone's birth, marriage, death or stillbirth documents. The only exceptions are:
- After 100 years has passed anyone can apply for any birth registration.
- After 75 years has passed anyone can apply for any marriage registration.
- After 50 years has passed anyone can apply for any death or stillbirth registration.
Further information on obtaining birth, marriage and death records in Alberta can be found at http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/vs/genealogy.cfm.
The Archives holds records of the civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths for Alberta from about 1870 to the 1980’s for some communities.
There is an index available for the records created up to 1905. Records created after 1905 are organised by place; therefore it is necessary to know where in Alberta the event took place and approximately when.
The Provincial Archives does not hold records for every year, nor for every community in Alberta.
For further information on genealogy sources at the Provincial Archives of Alberta visit http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/
Mailing address and phone number:
Provincial Archives of Alberta
8555 Roper Road
Edmonton, AB
T6E 5W1
Tel.: 780-427-1750
Fax: 780-427-4646