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There have been quite a few regional family history books published, quite a few of them in the year 1981. 1980 was Saskatchewan's 75th birthday or anniversary celebration since Saskatchewan entered confederation in 1905 as a province. Previously the area of Saskatchewan was a district of the North West Territories. They include a history of the town, and area, local clubs and events, as well as any family biographies individually submitted by the local families. Some local history committees compiled cemetery transciptions and war veteran listings in their books also. There were also a few communities creating books in the 1950's as well.
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Online Library catalogues are searchable by subject=(town name) to determine the name of a particular book for a community or town. Saskatchewan Libraries - online catalogues for library book holdings Try to borrow from the library a local history book by interlibrary loan, or by popping down to your local library. Look Up Volunteers who have offered to check indices/write ups for family biographies in local history books that they own: Look-ups in local history books Local Query Network Determine which Saskatchewan Gen Web area your placename is in to make use of volunteers on mailing lists or posting boards who may own the book and provide a look up in their copy. The people using the mailing lists or posting boards may reside locally, and have access to a local library which hosts the book and provide a look up that way as well. You may even conntect with an ancestor. Our Roots The web site entitled Our Roots, Nos Racines has been requesting permissions to publish local history / family biography books online at their website. Check their website by book title or subject. Many of their books are also becoming searchable as volunteers convert the photographs to text. For example a very brief listing:
Some of the provincial genweb regions are including the online our roots books under look up volunteers or in their place name resources. Books for purchase: Firstly contact the community or Rural Municipality, town's chamber of commerce, city hall, rural municipality town office or send a letter to the local history committee listed in the bibliography of the book. Saskatchewan towns, cities, and rural municipalities and many villages each have individual websites. If the community still has books available for sale, they would greatly appreciate a note from others interested in their area who may be interested in purchasing a book they worked hard to compile. Firstly, check for the book title [ to see if a book was indeed published] at one or more of the online library book catalogues. Some online sources to purchase books Bookfinder.com is an amalgamation of used and new book stores who allow their computerized store inventory database to be searched by bookfinder.com GEN-BOOKS Mailing List Quintin Publications | Saskatchewan GEN-BOOKS Mailing List TRANSCRIPTIONS-CAN Mailing List: Anyone who want to share, exchange, acquire or request genealogical data, books, transcriptions, etc. relevant to Canada Family biography Local History Book Indices The Book Index project is undertaken to provide the indext of local history and family biography books online. Family Biography Local History Book Index Project Saskatchewan Genealogy Society has indexed several local history books, obituaries and cemeteries and placed them in a database named the Saskatchewan Resident's Index, which is now searchable online by name Digital or E-books Remember to check other online e-book websites as well with diverse libraries. Some local communities and historians have published books online, so occasionally a search engines will find a digitised book online, when searching by book title. A few of the e-book websites are e-book.com, Google e-books, Project Gutenburg
2005 Centennial Books (and online resources) Atlas of Saskatchewan: Celebrating the Millenium Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan First Nation History Guides des sources historiques des francophones aux archives de la Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Archives Board - Saskatchewan History magazine Saskatchewan Heritage and Folklore Society - Folklore Magazine Saskatchewan History Centennial Timeline Booklet Tracing Your Saskatchewan Ancestors - A Saskatchewan Genealogy Society Publication Canadian Genealogy Center
Directories and Resources Some Book listings (Bibliographies) of family history books: Bibliography on the History of the North American Plains Bookfinder.com The Open Marketplace for Books Online Calverley Collection Bibliography HISTORY IS WHERE YOU STAND--"A selected and simplified bibliography of the Peace River country organized by topics" also of interest to those doing research in Saskatchewan Early Canadiana Online--Search for Sask or Saskatchewan produced 3156 book entries found Handbooks for Foreign Genealogical Research - Canada and Saskatchewan History of the Book in Canada: Prairie Provinces Saskatchewan Town and RM (Rural Municipality History Books) Compiled by Glenn Schwartz Southwest Local Area History Books...an annotated listing SPG Interactive Book Map: Featured books/authors from various Saskatchewan places SPG Curriculum Linked Resources For Saskatchewan Schools Tribute to Saskatchewan Books transcribed Books available at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family History Library (LDS): Family History Library Catalog Film 0815603 Western Collection Bio File-- Baptist ministers and laymen 971.242 42BR Brookview, Treasured Memories 1922-1960 Sturgis and Endeavour Sask. Brookview and Dist. School Reunion committee 971.242 D3h Film 1036840 item 6 The Fort Pitt Trail mostly tales of pioneer days by Hewitt Dorcas Alma 971.242 J21 Looking Back at Lookout By Willowbrook Sk. Look Out Historical Society 1981 ISBN 0-9690895-0-3 971.24 A3 Saskatchewan Bibliography ISBN 0919059015 (pbk) Listing of Sask History Books published Film 1036006 Item 9 971.24 D3s The Saskatchewanians short biographies of 100 prominent men and women of Saskatchewan. Sask Diamond Jubilee and Canada Centennial Corp. 1967 Other Saskatchewan Books relating to the province of interest to genealogists / historians What's in a Name edited by E.T. Russell. 1973. Modern Press. People Places Saskatchewan and its Names by Bill Barry. Canadian Plains Research Center, U of R. 1998. ISBN 0-88977-114-6 People Places The Dictionary of Saskatchewan and its Place Names by Bill Barry. People Places Publishing Ltd. 1998. ISBN 1-894022-19-x Reference Sources for Canadian Genealogy - a brief description and reference call number for the following books:
Saskatchewan Book Archive Project: searchable catalogue of books published or written by Saskatchewan residents between 1905 and the present |
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Online Magazines: The Beaver Canada's History Magazine Everton's Genealogical Helper Magazine Global Gazette - Canada's Family History Magazine ROOTSWEB REVIEW and MISSING LINKS are free, weekly e-zines Treasure Maps Genealogy E-mail Newsletter Further assistance Note: Email the Sask Gen Webmaster, Julia Adamson, for additional placname, map or local history book title information. Museums, archives,and genealogy societies in addition to libraries also have information and copies of local history books available. Newspaper resources (ie to search obituaries / announcements) are also coming online. | |||
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