Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Ancestry adds Manitoba and Saskatchewan collections

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Gail Dever

Ancestry added the following collections this week. Manitoba, Canada, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1834-1959 Some of the records in this collection pre-date Manitoba’s creation as a province, and, as a result, are from locations that do not exist in present-day … Continue reading →

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Saskatchewan lawyer wants to preserve residential school cemetery

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Gail Dever

A lawyer in North Battleford, Saskatchewan is determined to give residential school students who died in the area the burial they deserve. Following a Law Society of Saskatchewan event discussing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action and final report, … Continue reading →

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Saskatchewan pioneer questionnaires

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Gail Dever

In the early 1950s, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan distributed a series of questionnaires to early settlers of the province. There were eleven different questionnaires which covered the following topics: Pioneer Diet, General Pioneer Experiences, Schools, Churches, Recreation and Social … Continue reading →

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Explore the Prairie immigration experience online

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Gail Dever

Cold, below zero. Nellie, Clara, & I are here & Jack Wilson doing chores. I wrote 2 letters, some knitting & we played Chinese checkers, George phones; Ad too Norval went away for hog-ma-nay. Snow is on the ground, but … Continue reading →

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Thousands of photos of Canadian prairie towns available online

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Gail Dever

Anyone looking for historical photos of the town where their ancestors lived in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba should visit Images of Prairie Towns, a website that contains close to 12,000 images — and the collection continues to grow. The collection … Continue reading →

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Saskatchewan historian Bill Waiser wins Governor General’s Literary Award

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Gail Dever

Among the list of 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award winners announced yesterday by the Canada Council for the Arts was Saskatoon historian Bill Waiser in the non-fiction category. In its statement, the jury said, “From its first page, Bill Waiser’s … Continue reading →

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Historic Regina city directories to be digitzed

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Gail Dever

There is good news in the future for genealogists whose ancestors lived in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Regina Public Library has shipped its collection of Henderson’s City Directories, from 1908 to 1965, to the University of Alberta for digitization. Once digitized, … Continue reading →

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Saskatchewan before 1905

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Gail Dever

The illustrated A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905, the companion volume to Saskatchewan: A New History, was launched earlier this month. Written by Bill Waiser, A World We Have Lost examines the early history of Saskatchewan through an … Continue reading →

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‘Fire Canoe’ tells story of steamboating in Western Canada

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Gail Dever

Ted Barris’ book, Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited, relays the history of Canadian steamboats that were captained by seafaring skippers who had moved inland and piloted by indigenous peoples who knew the intricacies and dangers of the waterways. These … Continue reading →

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Online Canadian historic postcard collection

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Gail Dever

Hello Fred. Arrived home. All OK. The boys all wish to be remembered to you. Those words were written on the back of a postcard sent in 1913 to Mr. Fred Williams in Balcarres, Saskatchewan. On the other side is … Continue reading →

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