Alberta Name Index (ANI)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), Newspapers and more. These indexes are the result of many years of volunteer labour, more genealogy indexes will be added online as they become available! For family tree researchers the index provides a valuable search for family who lived in Alberta. By using ANI, tracing family history in the province can be rewarding. The search results will lead you directly to the information needed to locate the original records. If your family lived in Alberta, this exciting resource may lead you to exciting family tree discoveries. |
How to Search
1. Visit the Alberta Name Index
2. Enter the name of an Alberta resident you’re researching. Select a collection to refine your results.
Tip: Use the "help" tab on the site to learn ways to limit your search |
3. Use the corresponding source information to seek the original documentation. For example, names indexed in documents held by the Provincial Archives of Alberta include the Collection, File and Box references.
Our Research Services team is available to provide further details about the records and how to obtain copies
Alberta Name Index SourcesHere are some of the sources currently in ANI:
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