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Alberta Genealogical Society fonds
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7.32 m of textual records. -- 60 photographs. -- 49 microfiche.
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Administrative history
The Alberta Genealogical Society (AGS) was founded in 1973 as a non-profit organization to encourage and promote the study of family history in Alberta. The AGS aids genealogical research in the province through direct consultation with researchers, newsletters and occasional publications, providing information including listings of cemeteries in Alberta, and serving as a lobby group for genealogical interests on issues important to the community. The AGS is divided into 11 regional branches based in Brooks, Camrose, Drayton Valley, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Peace River, Red Deer, and Wetaskiwin. Each branch provides information concerning the resources available in the area concerning access and holdings of local repositories. Membership in the parent society is a requirement for membership in a branch. The president of each branch represents the branch at AGS meetings. Meetings are presided over by an elected executive council consisting of the President, Past President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Vice President Finance and Secretary.
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The fonds consists of materials created or collected by the Alberta Genealogical Society and dating from 1885-2000. The fonds consists of seven series: Administrative and Operational Records (1973-2007); President’s Records (1975-2001); Publications (1973-1995); Occasional Papers and Seminars (1983-1994); Cemeteries Listings (1974-2004); Library Records (1979-2006); Scrapbooks and Clippings (1885-1990).
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Donated to the Provincial Archives of Alberta by the Alberta Genealogical Society between 1987 and 2002. Maxine Maxwell deposited the materials comprising PR2011.0212 at the Provincial Archives of Alberta on behalf of the Edmonton Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society on Sept. 6, 2007.
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None.
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Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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File list is available.
Associated materials
See also: the Alberta Genealogical Society Collection at the Athabasca Archives; the Grande Prairie and District Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society fonds at the South Peace Regional Archives; and, the Alberta Family Histories Society fonds at the Glenbow Archives.
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Further accruals are expected.
General note
The administrative records of the AGS Calgary branch were included in the AGS fonds as the materials were given to the AGS upon disbandment of the Calgary branch in 1980. The records of the Calgary branch were subsequently donated to the Provincial Archives of Alberta by the AGS in 1987.
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Fonds includes the following accessions: PR1987.0065, PR1987.0298, PR1990.0330, PR1993.0214, PR1997.0263, PR1997.0133, PR1998.0937, PR2002.0002, PR2011.0212
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See also the Alberta Genealogical Society, Calgary Branch fonds (PR0585), the Alberta Genealogical Society, Edmonton branch fonds (PR0009), and the Alberta Family Histories Society fonds (PR1094) at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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- Alberta Genealogical Society (Subject)