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Branch Database Access

Dedicated Branch members from these Branches have contributed long hours to indexing names and information from countless cemeteries, newspapers and telephone books  in Alberta.


Planning your search

  • In any column, start typing a single letter, a combination of letters, or a name.
  • As soon as you type in letter(s) and/or a year—searching is instant.
  • Currently there are no images in the Northwestern Alberta Obituary Index. 
  • No wild cards or truncation for searching is required.
  • When you see an asterisk (*) is represented in the age field. This symbol indicates that the information was not taken from an obituary but rather from a news, memorial or other item.
  • After narrowing your selection, click on More Details to see further information.
  • To return to your search list, click on Back to Search. Entries read will be marked

Essentials about our Newspapers Database

Column Descriptions:
  • SURNAME—gives the last name of the individual
  • Given Name—gives the first and perhaps middle names of the individual
  • (Maiden)—a name in parentheses "( )" is the maiden name of a woman
  • [Other married]—names in square brackets "[ ]" are other surnames, possibly other marriages or an alias 
  • Death Place—the place or location where the person died
  • Newspaper—each newspaper was assigned a 3-5 letter abbreviation.
  • Date—the day the obituary appears in the newspaper


Abbreviations used

In the birth and death columns, users will note a set of 3-letter codes used as shorthand in genealogy to identify countries, counties or other land administrative divisions.

View webpage with list of British and Ireland codes.


Our obituary index includes the following newspapers



Banner Post (BP)

Beaverlodge & District News (BD)

Echo (EC)

Fairview Post (FP)

Focus (FO)

Grande Prairie Booster (GPB)

GP Daily Herald Tribune (DHT)

Lakeside Leader (LL)

MacKenzie Report (MR)

Mile Zero News (MZN)

Northern Gazette (RG-NG)

Northern Pioneer (NP)

Peace River Record (PRR)

Peace River Record Gazette (RG)

Scope Newspaper (SC)

Peace River Standard (PR Stand)

Signal (SIG)

South Peace News (SPN)

Spotlight (SPT)

Smoky River Express (SRE)

Town & Country News (TCN)

Valley Views (VV)

Wabasca Fever (FE)

West County News & Advertiser (WCN)




Grande Prairie Daily Tribune, 1960 to present
The Grande Prairie Daily Tribune got its start as the Grande Prairie Herald on 25 March 1913 by William C. Pratt, Publisher and editor. The newspaper eventually amalgamated with the Northern Tribune in 1939 to form the Herald-Tribune. It went through several name changes, owners, editors and amalgamations over the years until present day.


Related titles:

Frontier Signal, 1914–1916

Grande Prairie Herald, 1913–1938

Northern Tribune, 1932–1939

Herald-Tribune, 1939–1964

Daily Herald Tribune, 1964 to present



Abbreviations used for indexing this newspaper are

  • Daily Herald Tribune (DHT)
  • Grande Prairie Booster (GPB)


Our sincere gratitude

To Laura Turnbull who originally started indexing the Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune. Since then, several members have contributed their time to the project. 



Peace River Record Gazette, 1914 to present
The Peace River Record Gazette began as the Peace River Record on 23 July 1914—a weekly newspaper. The paper eventually amalgamated with the Northern Gazette in 1939 to form the Record-Gazette. It went through several name changes, owners, editors and amalgamations over the years until the present.

Related titles:

  • Peace River Record, 1914–1925
  • Peace River Record and Northern Review, 1924–1925
  • Northern Gazette, 1932–1939
  • Peace River Record, 1926–1939
  • Peace River Record amalgamated with Northern Gazette,1939–1943
  • Record-Gazette, 1943–1955
  • Peace River Record Gazette, 1955 to present



The time span and abbreviations used for indexing this newspaper and related titles are

  • Peace River Record Gazette, 1918 to present (RG)
  • Peace River Record, 1914-1917 (PRR)
  • Peace River Standard, 1917-1922 (PR Stand)
  • Northern Gazette filed with Record Gazette in 1933 (RG-NG)

 

 

Our sincere thanks to 

Lois Stranaghan who originally compiled the Peace River Record Gazette index. 

 

 

 

 

Surrounding Community Newspapers, 1992 to present

The Peace River District has a variety of weekly newspapers serving multiple communities within the region.

 

Community newspapers and abbreviations used:

  • Banner Post (BP)
  • Beaverlodge & District News (BD)
  • Echo (EC)
  • Fairview Post (FP)
  • Focus (FO)
  • Lakeside Leader (LL)
  • MacKenzie Report (MR)
  • Mile Zero News (MZN)
  • Northern Pioneer (NP)
  • Record Gazette (RG)
  • Scope Newspaper (SC)
  • Signal (SIG)
  • South Peace News (SPN)
  • Spotlight (SPT)
  • Smoky River Express (SRE)
  • Valley Views (VV)
  • Wabasca Fever (FE)
  • West County News & Advertiser (WCN)

 

 

 

Feel you need help - Request an Obituary From The Grande Prairie & District Branch

The Grande Prairie & District Branch, Research Committee will assist in filling your request. Our obituary index includes multiple newspaper titles from 1913 to present covering Northwestern Alberta. For obituaries before or after these dates please contact the Grande Prairie Branch.


Entries vary with the amount of information given in the obituary. Each will have minimal information, such as: name, age, death and the title of the newspaper it originates in. Please view the index and submit your request by email or post.


Cost per copy:

The service fee per obituary is $15.00. The cost includes a photocopy of the obituary, postage, plus title of the newspaper, date and page number. All payments should be in Canadian funds. We accept cash, personal cheques or money orders. We apologize that we are unable to accept credit cards or PayPal at this time.


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