Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta

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Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta

Welcome! Open every Saturday, 10:00-4:00pm. See About MHSA for location, Calendar for date details, and Events for major spring and fall meetings. We now have an electronic discussion group as well. And see companion sites for our Mennonite Genealogy Data Index and MHSA Weblog.

What We Do

History - in all the ways it can be expressed are at the core of the MHSA. We want to:

• search for, collect and preserve materials related to Alberta Mennonites' history,
• provide access to to these materials, and
• bring together those interested in Alberta's Mennonite history

Collecting and Preserving Materials

The MHSA has been in existence formally since 1986, during which time it's efforts to collect and preserve Mennonite historical materials has grown substantially. We now have roughly 1,000 books, lengthy series of Mennonite conference yearbooks, most key Mennonite periodicals, and about 20 metres of archival materials. All parts of our collection are growing rapidly. In the summer of 2002, a project to transfer the archival materials into archival-safe folders, boxes and store them in a locked value was completed. (more about our Library & Archives)

Providing Access to our Historical Materials

The MHSA Library and Archives is staffed and open to researchers and visitors every Saturday. A volunteer will be on hand to provide reference assistance while continuing the work of administering and preserving the collection of materials, as well as working on translation, transcription and extraction projects.

Note: Due to the preservation mandate, the entire library and archives collection is for reference use only. No books or archival items may be removed by visitors, researchers, or organizations. No exceptions.

History & Genealogy Projects

We're a small organization with a big vision! Our online presence has been strong for several years because of our extensive data projects suitable for those searching their Mennonite family roots. See our Projects page for a complete list of transcription/extraction projects and our page which identifies additional Genealogy resources. All our projects are cross-referenced in the Mennonite Genealogy Data Index.

Publications

See our Publications page for information about MHSA's full-length books, monographs and newsletter publications and how to order them.

Last Updated 30 Jun 2008

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