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1870‒1930 Homestead Project

From the Alberta Genealogical Society.

1885‒1897, Applications for Alberta Land Patents (Project)

From the Alberta Genealogical Society.

Alberta Genealogical Society - Alberta Homestead Indexes

Search 1885‒1897 Applications for Alberta Land Patents; Search 1870‒1930 Alberta Homestead Records; Search Post‒1930 Alberta Homesteads Records; Additional Land Resources.

Ancestry.com - Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930 $

Original source: Homestead Grant Registers. R190-75-1-E. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Back to the Land - A Genealogical Guide to Finding Farms on the Canadian Prairies

By Dave Obee. This new edition of Back to the Land includes: An expanded summary of land descriptions as determined by the Dominion Land Survey; maps showing townships, communities and census districts on the three Prairie provinces; an index of townships on the Prairies, providing a quick reference to the proper enumeration areas in the 1901 census, and the corresponding microfilm numbers.

Dave Obee's Family History Page - Finding Aid: Prairie Land Records

Glenbow Library and Archives - Archives CPR Land Sales

Records of sales of agricultural land by the Canadian Pacific Railway to settlers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta from 1881 to 1927.

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Provincial Archives of Alberta - Homestead Records