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Historical Links

Below is a list of links to local histories and historical resources pertaining to Mountain View County that can be found on-line.

Mountain View County:

Alberta's County of Mountain View : a history
Jensen, Bodil J.

People and Places by Pearl
Stone, Pearl R.

Zella Remembers : from oil lamps to oil wells
Zella Women's Institute

Glimpses of the Past, 1894-1994
Hainstock Centennial History Book Association

Wagon Trails Plowed Under: A History of Eagle Valley
Eagle Valley Book Club

Mountain View Digital Archives

Dog Pound, 1880-1920
Cameron, Margaret Hunter, Stone, Pearl R.

Place Names of Alberta. Volume I. Mountains, mountain parks and foothills
Karamitsanis, Aphrodite

Place names of Alberta. Volume II. Southern Alberta
Karamitsanis, Aphrodite

Place Names of Alberta. Volume III. Central Alberta
Harrison, Tracey

Olds and area:

Olds : A History of Olds and Area
Olds History Committee

See Olds First. A History of Olds and Surrounding District
Olds Old Timers Association

Arriving at the 6th Siding - Virtual Museum of Canada
Olds Historical Society - Mountain View Museum

Archives of the Olds Gazette (1907-1992) and Mountain View County News (1960-1977)
Our Future, Our Past- Alberta Heritage Digitization Project

Carstairs and area:

Beyond our Prairie Trails, V. 1 Community history

Beyond our Prairie Trails, V. 2 Family histories

Archives of the Carstairs Journal from 1/5/1906 to 11/9/1922
Our Future, Our Past- Alberta Heritage Digitization Project

Didsbury and area:

Echoes of an Era
Kinette Club of Didsbury

Archives of the Didsbury Pioneer from 2/13/1903 to 2/13/1903
Our Future, Our Past- Alberta Heritage Digitization Project

Museums:

Olds
Mountain View Museum and Olds Historical Society
Mountain View Museum
Box 3882
5038-50 Street
Olds, Alberta
T0M 1P6
http://www.oldsmuseum.ca/

Didsbury
Didsbury and District Museum
Box 1175
2118 - 21 Avenue
Didsbury, Alberta
T0M 0W0
Phone: (403)-335-9295

Sundre
Sundre & District Pioneer Village Museum & Historical Society
112- 1st Avenue
Box 314
Sundre, Alberta
T0M 1X0
Phone: (403) 638-3233
Sundre & District Pioneer Village Museum
Chester Mjolsness' World of Wildlife
http://museum.sundre.com/home

Carstairs
Roulston Museum
Box 1067
1138 Nanon Street
Carstairs, Alberta
T0M 0N0
Phone: (403) 337-3710
Fax: (403) 337-3343
The Roulston Museum and the Carstairs & District Historical Society
http://www.albertasource.ca/carmn/museums/museum_roulston.html

Geneaological Research

Birth, marriage or death certificates from Alberta government's Vital Statistics Branch: If you are looking for information on the family homestead, the easiest way is through the Alberta Homestead Index, which is all-name index to Alberta's homestead records from 1870- 1930:

For more information, please click here.

The National Library and Archives also has an online directory of Western Land Grants from 1870-1930, listing Letters Patent issued by the Crown, which grant or confirm title to a portion of land:

For more information, please click here.

Families who have owned and operated the same land for 100 or more years in the province of Alberta may be eligible for the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award.

For more information, please click here.