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The 2nd edition of Tracing Your Saskatchewan Ancestors: A Guide to the Records and How to Use Them has information about how to conduct an effective search of the new computerized Saskatchewan Land Titles system, other land records found at the Saskatchewan Archives Board, the Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 and information about  Saskatchewan surrogate court and divorce records now available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Chris Gebhard, Chief Archivist of Reference and Special Media at Saskatchewan Archives Board had this to say about the book:

"Tracing Your Saskatchewan Ancestors: A Guide to the Records and How to Use Them". The SGS has produced the best single volume guide to genealogical sources pertaining to Saskatchewan. The publication discusses sources in the vast collection of the SGS Library such as the Saskatchewan Cemeteries Index and the Saskatchewan Residents Index. Sources held by the National Archives of Canada, the Saskatchewan Archives, libraries and other repositories are also surveyed with competence and skill. Readers will benefit in having a storehouse of information at their fingertips, saving considerable time in planning strategies and determining the location of different records. Whether one is a novice or veteran in the challenging field of genealogy, the book will prove to be an indispensable reference tool."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   ii
Preface   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  iii
List of Illustrations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  iv
Introduction
      Timeline  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
      Internet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
      Freedom of Information/Protection of Privacy  . . . . . . . . .   4
      Access to Information/ Privacy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
      Saskatchewan Genealogical Society  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
1. Aboriginal Ancestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
          Laura Hanowski
2. Archives, Libraries and Museums  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
          Jean Ashcroft
3. Cemetery and Funeral Home Records  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
           Linda Wiggins
4. Census Record  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
          Jean Ashcroft
5. Church Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
          Laura Hanowski
6. Court Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   57
          Blanche Fleming/Linda Wiggins
7. Education Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   66
          Louise Petschulat/Celeste Rider
8. Ethnic Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
          Darlene Clifford/Brian Brodie
9. Immigration/Emigration Records  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
          Blanche Fleming
10. Land Records   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
          Darlene Clifford/Linda Neely
11. Maps, Gazetteers and Atlases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
          Blanche Fleming
12. Military Records  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  107
          Brian Brodie
13. Municipal Records  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  118
          Linda Wiggins
14. Newspaper Records  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  122
          Laura Hanowski
15. Vital Records  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  126
          Linda Wiggins
16. Other Records:

A. Coroners Records/Inquest Reports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
B. Medical Records   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
C. Naturalization/Citizenship   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
D. National Registration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  135
E. Organizations: Fraternal and Service Clubs  . . . . . .  136
F. Public Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  138
G. Voters’ Lists   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  139