Obituary Grande Prairie & District Newspapers

Dedicated Branch members from these Branches have contributed long hours to indexing names and information from countless cemeteries, newspapers and telephone books  in Alberta.

Planning your search

• In any column, start typing a single letter, a combination of letters, or a name.
• As soon as you type in letter(s) and/or a year—searching is instant.
• Currently there are no images in the Northwestern Alberta Obituary Index. 
  
• No wild cards or truncation for searching is required.
  
• When you see an asterisk (*) is represented in the age field. This symbol indicates that the information was not taken from an obituary but rather from a news, memorial or other item.
• After narrowing your selection, click on More Details to see further information.
• To return to your search list, click on Back to Search. Entries read will be marked

Column description

• SURNAME—gives the last name of the individual
  
• Given Name—gives the first and perhaps middle names of the individual
  
• (Maiden)—a name in parentheses "( )" is the maiden name of a woman
  
• [Other married]—names in square brackets "[ ]" are other surnames, possibly other marriages or an alias 
  
• Death Place—the place or location where the person died
  
• Newspaper—each newspaper was assigned a 3-5 letter abbreviation.
  
• Date—the day the obituary appears in the newspaper