I am pleased to announce the arrival of 13 reels of microfilm containing the Saskatchewan portion of the 1916 Census in the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society's Library and Research Room. This purchase was made possible due to a very generous and much appreciated donation received from the estate of Mr. Barret D. Halderman. Mr. Halderman had been a member of the Society since 1975. The following reels are available to SGS members:
T-21931, T-21935 to T-21938, T-21940 to T-219946 and T-21956 (contains the Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta Indian Reserves). For a description of these reels, please go to the Library and Archives of Canada web site at http:.//www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.008-e.html.
Celeste Rider, Librarian Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
Monday, April 6, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
DID YOU KNOW????
There is a very unique, ongoing obituary collection in the Library and Research Room of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS). These obituaries are filed by surname on index cards and are stored in card-file boxes in the library.
There are about 750,000 obituary clippings from various newspapers throughout Saskatchewan and include people who were born in or lived at some time in Saskatchewan. Most of the obituaries date from the 1980s to 2001. However, there are many for years prior to the 1980s and some date back into the late 1800s!
We are presently scanning and indexing all of the obituaries in our collection and hope to have a partial index of them on our web site by June of this year (2009), with updates to follow periodically thereafter, until the indexing of them is completed.
If you are interested in helping with this project, please contact Diane Anderson (mornings only) at the SGS, phone (306) 780-9207. You don’t have to live in Regina to be an indexing volunteer!
There are about 750,000 obituary clippings from various newspapers throughout Saskatchewan and include people who were born in or lived at some time in Saskatchewan. Most of the obituaries date from the 1980s to 2001. However, there are many for years prior to the 1980s and some date back into the late 1800s!
We are presently scanning and indexing all of the obituaries in our collection and hope to have a partial index of them on our web site by June of this year (2009), with updates to follow periodically thereafter, until the indexing of them is completed.
If you are interested in helping with this project, please contact Diane Anderson (mornings only) at the SGS, phone (306) 780-9207. You don’t have to live in Regina to be an indexing volunteer!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Saskatchewan Vital Statistics Births Index
Exciting News:
We just checked and the 1908 births have been added to the Saskatchewan Births index online. The url is http://www.isc.ca/Default.aspx?DN=2020,2010,10,1,Documents.
We're happy to see this addition to the many Saskatchewan resources groups in our province are making available to genealogists and family historians throughout the world.
Celeste Rider, Librarian
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
We just checked and the 1908 births have been added to the Saskatchewan Births index online. The url is http://www.isc.ca/Default.aspx?DN=2020,2010,10,1,Documents.
We're happy to see this addition to the many Saskatchewan resources groups in our province are making available to genealogists and family historians throughout the world.
Celeste Rider, Librarian
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
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