There are lots of unusual spellings
employed by the census enumerators and transcribers are to type
what they see - so be creative in your searchers. Don't be afraid
to use the search tool to locate village names. It may not work
at the National Archives website - but should here if the village
records have been transcribed already. As of August 1, 2003
- 180,000 records searchable from this site.
Automated
Genealogy has now chosen to establish another
location where some transcriptions are being held.
Those or any records housed on non-AFHS websites cannot be searched
using our search tool.
The links in this website to the images
of the 1906 Census are limited to those available at the National
Archives website. We have learned that the microfilms (available
for instance at the main Calgary Public Library branch) at times
may contain more images than are available online.
The Districts
Following are the Districts of the 1906 Census. Links are to pages
on the AFHS website which contain detailed descriptions of the districts
& subdistricts, links to the National Archives of Canada
website images (often of 2 pages), and links to transcribed
pages online. Please review the abbreviations
used in the transcriptions found on the AFHS website.
Tips to help you use MrSid, make sense
of handwriting, alternative sources of information at the time
of the census, how to set up your screen to view images and enter
data at same time, etc.
Don't duplicate the work of others - tell
us about your transcription plans (even if you're only transcribing
ONE page).
Note that Automated
Genealogy has now chosen to establish another location where
some transcriptions are being held. Those or any records housed
on non-AFHS websites cannot be searched using our search tool.
If you want to work with the microfilm directly, it will be
in many Canadian libraries shortly.
Suggested transcription abbreviations.
By following these suggestions it will be easier and faster for
you to transcribe the image data, to prepare your transcriptions
for posting on the website & preparation of a possible future
hardcopy publication.
Submissions of transcriptions (or links to transcriptions housed
elsewhere on the Internet) should be sent to
e-mail:
Be sure to identify the Province, District, Subdistrict,
and Page number(s).
Need a template to do your transcription work? Use this one in
xls format (right-click
to SAVE-TARGET-AS to your hard drive). (For those not using Excel,
here are some alternatives: Quattro
Pro, DBase)
If you have difficulties (and ask our webster to send you a copy
by
Terms of Use:
The data found on this webpage is the result of work by volunteers as
a finding aid to the microfilm/online census images and may be found in
error. As a result, there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.
This information may be considered a first step to finding the correct
page in the microfilm/online image. Even that is subject to enumerator
and respondent error. Please report transcription errors to the webster
at AFHS.
