Family Names ... searching tips
Archives and Library - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (www.whyte.org)
Preliminary search on-line before your arrival at the archives . . .
First: Define your search terms - names, dates, places, relationships
- Example: family names, friends, employers, occupations, clubs, recreation and interest, approximate date(s), community
Second: Using your chosen search terms, begin your search here:
- Archives fonds and collections via Archives Network of Alberta (ANA) database
- Search photographs via Alberta Insight database link
- Whyte Museum Archives Library database (available through AMICUS)
Other websites to consider:
Researching at the Archives and Library, sources to consult:
- Archives Finding Aids database
- Archives and Alpine Club of Canada library databases
- Local newspapers database (includes Crag & Canyon / Rocky Mountain Outlook)
(pre-1994 Crag & Canyon – see card catalogue)
Visual Reference file:
- Computer terminal, display binders and NA66 binders in Eleanor Luxton Reading Room (card catalogue available)
Newspapers:
- Microfilm: Calgary Weekly Herald (1883-1901); Crag & Canyon (1900-1990); Rocky Mountain Courier and other miscellaneous newspapers
- Hard copy: Crag & Canyon (1991-current), Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore Leader, some misc. newspapers (Summit News, Hoodoo Highlander, etc) also available.
Some newspapers indexes available for: Calgary Weekly Herald (1883-1901); Crag &
Canyon (1900-current); Rocky Mountain Outlook.
Other sources to consult at the Archives and Library:
- Biographies (obituaries, clippings, articles)
- Info file (ephemera)
- News file (mainly newspaper clippings from the Calgary Herald, 1960s to date)
- Directories (telephone books & Henderson's business directories)
- Tax assessment ledgers (filed alphabetically by year)
- Banff Cemetery listings: Banff Cemetery and Mountview Cemetery
- Guides to church records: (A guide to the Archives of the United Church of Canada ; A guide to the records of the Anglican Diocese of Calgary)
