- Birth records that are older than 120 years
- Stillbirth records that are older than 75 years
- Marriage records older than 75 years
- Death records older than 50 years”
Here are some examples of the results I got from these vital statistic records. Quite often the record will list place of birth, date of birth, parents’ names, and parents’ birthplaces. Also cause of death, name of physician, religious denomination, occupation, married or single, age etc.
In the case of Mary (nee Kalynchuk) Karpiuk, her death certificate told me that she was born in August of 1899. I have not been able to find her birth record yet. She was born shortly after her parents arrived in the NWT (now Alberta).
In the case of John Kalynchuk, his death record lists the village of Strilkivtsi in Western Ukraine and with his brother William (Bill, Wasyl) Kalynchuk, his death record lists the district of Borshchiw in Austria.
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| Death Certificate for Ewdokia Stetsko |
A huge find for me was to locate the death record for Dokia Stetsko (Anastasia Kalynchuk’s mother). In the Stetsko Family History book 1980, is listed that she died in the 1920’s and where she is buried is unknown. I found out that after her husband Wasyl Stetsko died in 1916, she moved to near Haight, Alberta to stay with her married daughter, Anna Lukash. She was born, Yevdokia (Dokia) Antoniychuk and died on December 23, 1926, at the age of 82 and is buried at the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, county church of Borschiw, Alberta. On the index at PAA it is recorded as “Ewdokia Stecka, 12-23-26, Borszczow". I am now in contact with the descendants of Anna and Mike Lukash and, Barbara and Joseph Wispinski, both daughters of Dokia Stetsko.
If you are interested in records outside the above date ranges, you should visit a registry agent (for a listing of Alberta registry agents, please visit http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/find-a-registry-agent.cfm ). Note that only a direct descendant can order these records from a Registry office. For example, with Stan Uchman (married Anna Kalynchuk) and wanting a copy of his death record, I had to ask his son to order this record. He had to take his birth certificate with his father listed on it to the Registry office to do this.
Resources
Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Records - Provincial Archives of Alberta
https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/find-birth-marriage-and-death-records
Finding Your Ukrainian Ancestors …, Muryl Andrejciw Geary
Vital Statistics in Canada, pages 55 – 60
Ukrainian Genealogy, John D. Pilash
Vital Records, pages 79 - 80
Proof of Age documents
“Proof of age documents may include birth certificates, naturalization certificates, marriage certificates and passports. Finding aids for these documents are available in the Sandra Thomson Reading Room. These records can be requested during hours of retrieval.” Source: https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2020-09/Intro%20to%20Genealogy.pdf
In my case, my great grandmother, Anastasia (Nancy) Kalynchuk went to the local priest, and he made an inquiry to a priest in Poland (current day Western Ukraine) in 1938. The local priest received from Poland her Birth and Baptismal Certificate. This document was then translated into English. The local priest was Victor Czocukiewicz, Parish Priest, and the parish priest in Strilkivtsi, Poland was Joannes Charuk. On this document, it goes back one more generation. I knew that Anastasia’s parents were Wasyl and Dokia Stetsko because they came to Canada at the same time as my great grandparents. On the certificate it tells us Wasyl and Dokia’s parents. It also tells us who her midwife was, their house number in the village and the two godparents. Anastasia requested this document as proof of age to apply to the federal government of Canada for pension. She had turned 70.
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| Birth and Baptism Certificate for Anastasia Stetsko |
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