Hello and thank you for your question about old Edmonton
newspapers and obituaries.
The short answer to your question is yes, we can
definitely send you a copy of an obituary if you have a
date. (below we have included some general information about
newspaper microfilm, obituaries and city directories). We
charge $10 to mail an obituary photocopy, and the request
goes through our SmartSearch service. (details below).
Obituaries in the Edmonton Bulletin and/or Edmonton
Journal
The Stanley A. Milner Library has a microfilm collection
of the Edmonton Bulletin (1880-1951) and the Edmonton
Journal (1903 to present).
There is no index to the Bulletin.
There is a births, marriages, and deaths index for the
Edmonton Journal from 1903 to 1909. The Library also has a
card index to obituaries from the Journal from February 1,
1973 to May 8, 1981, arranged by year, month, and name.
The Library maintains an obituaries database from the
Edmonton Journal from the late 1960s to 1982. New entries
are added yearly -check the database for the most current
coverage:
http://www.epl.ca/EPLObituaries.cfm Obituaries from May 5, 1981 to December 31, 1992 are
indexed by name in our Local History Index (print source).
Obituaries from 1989 to November 2002, and February 20, 2004
onward can be searched in our online Canadian Newsstand
database.
For further information about accessing obituaries at
the Edmonton Public Library, please visit our subject guide
at:
http://www.epl.ca/EPLMaster.cfm?id=OBITUARIES000001
Obituary Newspaper Search
The Edmonton Public Library maintains an online
obituaries index for the Edmonton Journal for the years 1959
through 1982. The library continues to add entries - please
check the database for most recent coverage:
http://www.epl.ca/EPLObituaries.cfm Please note there are still many years for which there
is no indexing to our Edmonton Journal newspaper microfilm
(1910 - 1959).
The Stanley A. Milner Library has a microfilm collection
of the Edmonton Bulletin (1880-1951) and the Edmonton
Journal (1903 to present). There is no index to the Edmonton
Bulletin.
For the years where there is no indexing for the
Edmonton Journal, a manual search of the newspaper microfilm
is necessary. You may request newspaper microfilm through
your local library.
You may also be interested in our fee-based research
service, Smart Search.
If you have a rough idea of the date of death for a
person, for example, within a month or two, a fee-based
search may be feasible.
http://www.epl.ca/SmartSearch/ If you have an exact date for an obituary, the
library's Smart Search service charges a $10 document
delivery fee to mail a copy of an obituary printed from a
newspaper microfilm.
Obituary Searching Alternative Sources
The Alberta Genealogical Society maintains a cemetery
index for Alberta, excluding Edmonton and Calgary:
http://abgensoc.ca/ Also, the city of Edmonton has a cemeteries database:
http://webproxy.edmonton.ca/external/cemeteries/default.aspx If a person has been deceased for more than 50 years,
anyone can order a copy of a death certificate from the
Government of Alberta:
http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/770.cfm For more information on Vital Records, see the Edmonton
Public Library's webpage:
http://www.epl.ca/EPLMaster.cfm?id=ALBERTA000000007 The Edmonton Public Library maintains a webpage for
Alberta cemeteries and obituaries:
http://www.epl.ca/EPLMaster.cfm?id=ALBERTA000000008 For further information about accessing obituaries at
the Edmonton Public Library, please visit our subject guide
at:
http://www.epl.ca/EPLMaster.cfm?id=OBITUARIES000001
Obituary Copies - Guest Users
Since you have indicated that you would like to obtain a
copy of this obituary, there are two ways for you to
proceed:
1. Interlibrary Loan from your Local Public Library
With the complete information about the obituary
(newspaper in which it appeared, name, and date of
appearance), your local public library should be able to
obtain for you either a photocopy of the obituary or the
microfilm reel on which the obituary appeared. There may be
a charge for this service, and it will likely take several
weeks to complete.
2. Smart Search at the Edmonton Public Library
Smart Search is the Edmonton Public Library's fee-based
reference service. If you have an exact date for an
obituary, the Smart Search service charges a $10 document
delivery fee to mail a copy of an obituary printed from a
newspaper microfilm. It is not possible to send obituaries
full text through e-mail at this time. For more information
or to contact the Smart Search Librarian, please visit:
http://www.epl.ca/SmartSearch/ Henderson's Directories
Henderson published directories for a number of cities
throughout Canada. The following information relates to the
directories published for the Edmonton area.
The Henderson's Edmonton city directory which included
names (and often place and type of employment) stopped
publishing in 1987. The directory appeared throughout the
1990s (published by Polk) under various names, but became in
essence a reverse directory, searchable by address and phone
number only. (The Telus reverse or criss-cross directories
do this as well.)
If you would like to look at any of the Henderson?s
directories, they are available in print at the Stanley A.
Milner (downtown) branch of the Edmonton Public Library or
online up to 1953 at the Peel's Prairie Provinces website
at:
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/2962.html
If you have any questions about this information please
let us know. If you would like an obituary copied and sent
to you please contact our SmartSearch service.
Thank you.
