Starland GenWeb

       Cemeteries
      Cities, Towns, Villages and Other Places
      Genealogical and History Organizations
      Libraries and Museums
      Local History Publications
      Newspapers
      Other Sites of Genealogical Interest
      Personal Web Sites

      Churches, Cemeteries and Obituaries

      • Alberta Funeral Homes
      • Alberta Genealogical Society Cemetery Publications
      • Alberta Genealogical Society Master Name Index

      Cities, Towns, Villages and Other Places

        Starland County includes the hamlets of Rumsey, Rowley, Michichi and Craigmyle.Also included in this area are the Villages of Morrin, Munson and Delia which are separate municipalities in their own right.
      • Map of Starland County

      Genealogical and History Organizations

      • Alberta Genealogical Society - the home page of the AGS with information regarding branches and a Master Name Index look-up service. Mailing address: 116, 10440 - 108 Avenue, EDMONTON, AB T5H 3Z9 or telephone (403)424-4429

      Libraries and Museums

      • Alberta Library and Catalogue Websites
      • National Library of Canada - services to genealogists
      • National Library of Canada - Alberta newspapers on microform.

      Local History Publications

    • Rumsey-Rowley - Pioneer Days, Volumes I & II, Volume I published 1967, Volume II published 1982
    • Blooming Prairie - A History of Morrin & District, published 1970. This book has been reprinted and is available for $20.00 at the Village Office in Morrin. There is also a group starting up that is interested in doing a new book for the Morrin area.
    • Hillsgreen Jubilee - 1912-1962
    • The Delia-Craigmyle Saga - Includes the areas of Delia, Georgetown, Enterprise,Arrawanna,Starland,Newport,Hillview,Surprise,Craigmyle,Eaton,Lillico,Dowling Lake,Princeton and Orlando Published 1970
    • A History of the People of Michichi, published 1970
    • Memories of Verdant Valley, Cassell Hill,Livingston and Rainbow.Published July, 1966
    • Munson & District,published 1967
    • A Harvest of Memories - Majestic-Farrell Lake District, published 1968
    • Hand Hills Heritage, published 1968

      If you need any names looked up in these books, I can do lookups. ContactDorothy Gwynn

        Newspapers

        • The Drumheller Mail is available on microfilm at the Drumheller Public Library.It can also be found at www.paperofrecord.com for a subscription fee. There is also an excellent website for the Drumheller Mail that has births, marriages and deaths. Drumheller Mail
        • The Stettler Independent is available at their office in Stettler on microfilm.

        Other Sites of Genealogical Interest

        • Canadian Genealogical Resources - Alberta Canadian Genealogy Resources is a comprehensive index of genealogy sites in Canada and the world. It's an excellent starting point for your research!
        • Alberta Birth, Marriage and Death Records
        • The Genealogy Calendar -Alberta Genealogical Events Taking Place in Alberta.
        • Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site - Alberta
        • Alberta Genealogical Society Homestead Index - If you are looking for your pioneer ancestor's homestead papers, this is the place to start. A Centennial Project that will help everyone looking for information on original homesteaders.
        • Books of Remebrance - Six searchable books online of Canadians who fought and lost their lives in each of the six wars.
        • Click here to send a genealogy query to everyone on the Alberta mailing list. To subscribe to this mail list send the command "subscribe alberta" to majordomo@northwest.com - be sure that the subject line and the remainder of the message area are left blank.
        • Genealogy Canada News Online
        • Family History News - a Canadian newsletter, written by Canadians, about Canadian genealogy.
        • The Genealogy Home Page - a starting place with links to many sites internationally.
        • inGeneas - website for the free National Archives of Canada Misc Immigration Index. This database contains information from records dating from 1802 to 1849. The site also features a Passenger List database that contains 5,500 records from passenger manifests for immigrants arriving in Canada between 1751 to 1873 and an Immigration database that contains 5,800 records derived from assorted Canadian immigration documents for the time period of 1748 to 1855.

        Personal Genealogy Web Pages

        • Looking Backwards- Starland County names include Kowalchuk and Kashuba

        If you come across another site that may be of interest to
        Starland County Genealogical Researchers, please e-mail me with the URL!

        Dorothy Gwynn, Starland County Coordinator

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