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Become a Member


The Alberta Genealogical Society welcomes anyone with an interest in genealogy wherever your geographic location may be. Membership runs from January 1st to December 31st. If membership is paid after September 30th, funds will be applied to the following year. 

A membership is your passport to several resources:

  • Participate in the activities of one or several of our ten Branches throughout Alberta
  • Contribute to a Branch monthly meeting
  • Receive a "New Member Kit" that gives you more insight about AGS, starting genealogy and forms
  • Submit 'surname queries' to our free online database, helping you to find a connection with others researching the same family in Alberta or around the world
  • Access the AGS Cemetery Database through our online Members "My Account" area, and where available, use Ancestry.com in a branch or library setting 
  • Get our Relatively Speaking Journal available in print or electronic copy; plus four years of digital back issues available online for free! 
  • Visit our main and Branch libraries featuring over 6,000 books on local history, guidebooks, microform, maps, and CDs.
  • Take part in historical and genealogical projects specific to Alberta


Workshops and conferences

  • Enroll in our genealogical courses where available
  • Attend one-day workshops networking with other genealogists
  • Register for an all-weekend provincial conference (held on odd years)
  • Engage with us at Gen-Fair and take the opportunity to talk with veteran genealogists or mentors (held opposite to conferences years)
  • Join one of our Special Interest Groups (SIG) ›  where available


Please select from our membership packages

Payments: Can be made by cash, cheque, money order, phone order or by PayPal (PayPal account or credit cards).


AGS now has regular and discounted memberships for those new or renewing. Members opting from print to a digital subscription receive a discount. Having an electronic subscription to our Journal will help save the environment by reducing paper and shipping. In addition, the reduction of printing and postage expenses allows us to reallocate funds to improved benefits for Society members.




{Senior Members (65+)}

Senior Members (65+)

A senior member receives all benefits of membership in AGS, plus one branch, for the year in which they become a member.

{Family Members}

Family Members

All family members receive all benefits of membership in AGS, but only one copy of RS, plus one branch, for the year in which they become a member. Family members must reside at the same residence.

{Individual Members}

Individual Members

An individual membership is open to any person. They receive all the benefits of an AGS membership. That membership includes one free home Branch membership. Additional Branch memberships can be purchased for $10 each.

{Young Adult Members}

Young Adult Members

Young Adult memberships are open to ages 18 to 23. Benefits include: publication in PDF, use of AGS library resources, the opportunity to join other AGS Branches, and voting privileges at meetings.

{Student Members}

Student Members

A student membership is open to children between grades 1 to 12. Benefits include: publication in PDF, use of AGS library resources, opportunity to join other AGS Branches, etc. Students must be accompanied by an adult at libraries and meetings.