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Resources


The Grande Prairie Branch has a wide variety of historical information focusing solely on the Grande Prairie and Peace River regional area. Sources include: census and tax records, newspaper clippings, photos, cemetery records and more.


Where to start?

The Grande Prairie & District Branch can help you be successful . . . 

Contact a Genie




Are you a novice to family history? Join "Genies in the Library" and allow us to mentor you through the basic steps of genealogy. Our Branch members are very knowledgeable when it comes to searching for elusive genealogical records. We assist people with proper techniques and offer several strategies for success. Genies have access to newspapers.com, Ancestry.com, and MyHeritage.com 




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Search our Obituary Index




Newspapers can be a fabulous research tool for genealogists, especially in locating community events about our rural ancestors. Search our online index for obituaries, death notices and other life events for your ancestors, their dependents and more. 

Access our hard copies of our regional newspaper obituaries in our Isabel Campbell room. 




Search Our Obituary Index ›






View our Cemetery Image Collection




Gravemarkers of Northwestern Alberta is an ongoing digitization project where volunteers photograph headstones throughout the cemeteries in the Grande Prairie region. They are available on this website.





View our Image Collection ›






Find Where a Person Lived



Ownership of Land through tax records . . .  The Town of Grande Prairie Assessment and Tax Records, 1920 and 1921 is a transcribed and alphabetized version of assessment rolls. It provides electronic access to the earliest population and land assessment record for this area. It has been designed to make information about the rich history of the Town of Grande Prairie and past citizens easy and accessible for family historians and local history enthusiasts. 




Find Where a Person Lived ›






Join us In Our Research Centre




The library is a great place to look for local history books focusing on stories about people, businesses, schools, churches and other organizations that built and inhabited a community. These stories, often recounted by early settlers and their descendants, can be invaluable sources of information for family history researchers. Material consists of books, microforms, periodicals, a subscription to Ancestry.com. We also have a section of our reference library circulating through the Grande Prairie Public Library and is available through interlibrary loans.






Join us in our Research Centre ›






Read our Heritage Seekers Newsletter



Back issues are available to all members. 



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Connect with like-minded people

Branch Genies have the knowledge to help you succeed. They are happy to assist you in getting started. We hold regular meetings on many topics for the education and interest of members and providing opportunities for the exchange of ideas and information. In association with the Alberta Genealogical Society, we strive to collect, index and publish genealogical material related to the Grande Prairie & District Region. Come and join us, we would love to help you start your family tree. 




Connect with us 
info@grpr-abgenealogy.com






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