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Print and Digital Resources

 

One of the best ways to understanding an ancestor’s community is by reviewing photographic collections, local history books and compiled family genealogies for recorded memories in print and digital format from 20 or even 50 years ago. Learn more about the historical events in your ancestors' area, the land he farmed, the weather conditions, churches and schools attended, health issues, and community and social institutions.

 

For genealogists who have ancestors with a history in Wetaskiwin and area, we have compiled some print and electronic resources to assist with your research. Many of the following resources are largely not indexed, and several libraries and archives are not set up to do extensive research for you. If you are unable to research onsite, please consider contacting us at the Wetaskiwin Branch › for volunteer look-ups.

 

 

 


Community History Books
Community History : [Angus Ridge],1917‒1959, by the Women’s Institute. [Wetaskiwin, Alta.] : [Wetaskiwin Times], [1961].
  • Not indexed
  • available at Our Roots

Freeway West. Falun, Alberta : Falun Historical Society, c1974.

  • Complied history of the area south and east of Pigeon Lake
  • Including School districts: Anthony Hill, Bidinger, Twin Creek, Ernest Park, Lone Ridge, Rapid Creek, Bonnie Glen, Falun, Fletcher, Pigeon Creek, Mound Red, Pigeon Valley, MaMa-O, South Pigeon Lake, Peaceful Valley, Richmond
  • Index pages 1061 – 1072
  • available at Our Roots

From Frontier Days in Leduc and District : 65 years of progress, 1891‒1956, by Clarence H. Stout. Leduce, Alta. : [1956 ?]. Reprinted in 1980 by the Leduc Historical Society & 75th Anniversary Committee.

  • Not indexed
  • available on Our Roots

Golden Trail. Camrose, Alta. : Camrose Canadian, 1955.

  • History gleanings from 1905, covering the area east of Hwy 2A from Strathcona on North to Lacombe on South, and eastward approximately 80 miles.

Pioneer pathways : rural Wetaskiwin, 2 vols. [Wetaskiwin, Alta.] : Wetaskiwin Circle 8 Historical Society, 1981.

  • Includes School Districts: Angus Ridge, Battle River, Bear Hills, Bigstone, Brightview, Bulyea, Cherry Grove, Dundonald, Haultain, John Knox, Lucas, Peace Hills, Pleasant Prairie, Weiler.
  • Over 1000 individual names indexed

Siding 16 : an early history of Wetaskiwin to 1930 : from materials gathered by Mrs. Daisy Lucas and others, v.1, by A. Bert Reynolds. Wetaskiwin, Alta. : Wetaskiwin Alberta R.C.M.P. Centennial Committee, 1975.


Siding 16 : the history of Wetaskiwin continued, 1930 to 1960, v.2, by A. Bert Reynolds. Wetaskiwin, Alta. : City of Wetaskiwin, 1980.

Siding 16 : the history of Wetaskiwin, 1960-1993, v.3, by E.A. Mitchner and Carolyn A. Hill. Wetaskiwin, Alta. : City of Wetaskiwin, 2007.
Compiled Family Histories 
 Family Histories
  • Aney Times and Aney Places, 1797-2009, by Sharon Aney
  • Claus Ballhorn Family, 1848–1995
  • Descendents of Martin Benz & Dorothea Schmeller, by John D. Benz, 1983
  • Supplement to Anthony Dorchester and His Descendants, generations 6–12, by Janice Dorchester, 2008
  • Mary Sorena Lund, 1890–1900s, by Cathryn Brecka
  • Frans Oskar Issaksson, Pieti  Peters, Ruusa Mikkosdotter Paavola, compiled by Wilfred Peters, 2005–2007
  • The A. W. Rix Family, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, 1877–2000, by Hilton H. Rix, 2004
Cemetery Records
Wetaskiwin & surrounding area cemeteries as transcribed by AGS
  • Wetaskiwin Memorial Cemetery (1997), legal description SW-23-46-24-W4
  • Wetaskiwin Old Cemetery (1997), legal description NW-14-46-24-W4
  • Wetaskiwin Old & Memorial (Updated to June 2004)
  • Sacred Heart RC Cemetery (Wetaskiwin) (1993), legal description NE-15-46-24-W4
  • Transcripts of RC Registers (Wetaskiwin) (1995)
  • St. Norbert’s Cemetery, Millet, legal description SE-29-47-24-W4
  • Millet Cemetery, legal description SE-29-47-24-W4
  • Nashville Cemetery, legal description NW-36-45-23-W4
Another list of Wetaskiwin County cemeteries created by the government of the County of Wetaskiwin #10 can be found on their website ›


The Alberta Genealogical Society has several printouts of other Alberta Cemeteries. Visit the AGS Research Services webpage for more information.