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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. 


The 2023 Membership will be available now. 


Become a Member or Renew Membership

We have three options:

  1. Online using the AGS Store.
  2. Download form and mail to the AGS Office  2023 Membership Application Form
  3. Email or phone the AGS Office and receive it by email.

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

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
  • Provides a $5.00 discount to Regular or Senior memberships who are also members of any one of the provincial BC, SK, MB or ON Genealogical Societies (with proof of current membership).

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

Other Benefits

Click on the title of each of these benefits to visit their website to learn more. 

Alberta Records Name Index  (ARNI)

As a member you can search through the following items and see the results. 


Included in this database 

595,365 Cemeteries

179,683 Local History books

   41,171 Newspapers

   50,904 Life Events


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Alberta Homestead Records 

As a member you can search and view the results of the homestead records. 


Included in this database 

Alberta Land Patents, 1885-1897.

Alberta Homestead Records, 1870-1930.

Alberta Homestead records, post 1930.

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JSTOR for Genealogists

JSTOR is an online library of hundreds of years of academic research.

Members receive 25% savings on yearly JPASS plans.

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MyHeritage LibraryEdition

MyHeritage Library Edition

Free Access to billions of historical records, Hundreds of millions of Nordic records, gravestone photos, 500 million historical photos, military and immigration records, passenger lists, government, land and court records, yearbooks and more...

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In addition to special free draws and promotions, members get a 10% discount on genealogy courses and packages, including eleven Certificate Programs

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The Ontario Genealogical Society


Canada’s largest member-supported genealogical organization.

AGS members receive $5.00 off their membership.

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Shop The Hound


AGS #1   Free shipping within Canada for orders over $200  

AGS #2   10% off any order

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Vivid-Pix


20% off the cost of the software. The lowest price offered anywhere. 
Member Price:  $39.99USD

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Your DNA Guide


DNA Testing and analysis for beginners. Diahan Southard offers a discount for members.

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Know more about us. Download our AGS Brochure ›


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.


AGS Office: (780) 423-8902

AGS Edmonton Library & Research: (780) 424-4429

Hours of Operation: Tuesday to Thursday
and the 3rd Saturday: 10 AM to 3 PM

#162, 14315 ‒ 118 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5L 4S6
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$10 Non-member User Fee (Cash or Visa/Mastercard - No Interact/Debit Cards)  

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The Alberta Genealogical Society appreciates the financial support given by the Government of Alberta through the Heritage Resources Management Branch and  the City of Edmonton through the Edmonton Heritage Council.