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Alberta Records Name Index (ARNI) 

An outstanding AGS genealogical resource containing over a million records collected by AGS volunteers since 1974.  


The index includes

  • 595,365+ cemetery records, 
  • 315,065+ local history book records 
  • 50,904+ life events
  • 78,445+ newspaper records
  • 1,039,779 total number of records
  • Every effort has been made to transcribe records accurately, however some grave markers have deteriorated beyond recognition and hand-written records can be difficult to read.
  • Where spelling of a name varies between written record and grave marker, the grave marker spelling is presumed correct in most cases


Visit the ARNI index to start searching


Thank you to the AGS Members who volunteered to build this index

The Alberta Genealogical Society has compiled over 1,000,000 records from cemeteries (headstone transcription and burial records) (595,365), local area history books (315,065), newspapers (78,445), and life events in Alberta (50,904), as well as some cemeteries located in Saskatchewan and the Peace River Block in British Columbia.


A big thank you to all AGS members who spent hours recording information from cemeteries, as well as birth, marriage, and death notices (life events) in their area. There was an amazing amount of hours spent for 50 years. 


A huge thank you to the following people as well, who contributed to make the database available online. Dwayne Holmberg of OtherMachines,com, Norma Wolowyk, Shannon Cherkowski, Lianne Kruger and Marion Rex.