Barrhead,Alberta, Canada?

Question:Does canada have any free databases on deaths and burials in alberta, spec... Barrhead? I know the date of death for one person I'm researching but not his wife, just need to know where this people are buried.

Frederick Orley (oliver) Hawkey
Born: 18 OCT 1854 Fairfield,Butler,Ohio
Died: 28 MAR 1938 Canada have seen it as Medissa is that
Mount. Medissa, Alberta,Canada

Wife
Ida McKee
Oct 1855 Ohio, some list as 1859

Alberta Canada Genweb is no help no volunteers for the Barrhead region of Alberta, And I don't want to have to send for the records if they even exist. I know, I Know nothings free these days ugh!!!!!

Thanks,
Mitchell

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Does canada have any free databases on deaths and burials in alberta, spec... Barrhead? I know the date of death for one person I'm researching but not his wife, just need to know where this people are buried.

Frederick Orley (oliver) Hawkey
Born: 18 OCT 1854 Fairfield,Butler,Ohio
Died: 28 MAR 1938 Canada have seen it as Medissa is that
Mount. Medissa, Alberta,Canada

Wife
Ida McKee
Oct 1855 Ohio, some list as 1859

Alberta Canada Genweb is no help no volunteers for the Barrhead region of Alberta, And I don't want to have to send for the records if they even exist. I know, I Know nothings free these days ugh!!!!!

Thanks,
Mitchell

Try contacting the The Provincial Archives of Alberta. They accept research requests: paa@gov.ab.ca

Also contact the Alberta Genealogical Society: http://abgensoc.ca/
They have published books on Alberta cemeteries, including at least three on Barrhead.

You can rent microfilm from Family History Centers (aka Mormon genealogy libraries). They have an Index to Alberta cemetery records -- "contains over 279,000 names from cemetery, burial and obituary records and is arranged alphabetically by surname. It lists name, birthdate (if available), death date, source code and place." See familysearch.org for locations and for their library catalog.

Also contact the Albert Family Histories Society:
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/

All in all, there are over 100 published books on Alberta cemeteries. See worldcat.org for what/where. You can borrow some of these from your library via InterLibrary Loan (at least you can in the US...)

These links MAY have some info, too

http://automatedgenealogy.com
/index.html

http://collectionscanada.gc.ca
/genealogy/index-e.html

http://www.canadiana.org/eco.php

NOTE: Long URLs are not showing up in Yahoo!Answers right now, so I cut them in two. Piece together for the full URL.