LOCAL RESOURCES
Some of the local resources you might find useful are the regional library, the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre (which houses the Museum and Archives), and the nearby cemetery.
They are as follows:
Regional Library, with branches in Medicine Hat and many nearby communities. Click on the image below to go to its website.
The Medicine Hat Branch is located at 414 First Street SE. The phone number is 403-502-8525.
However, you can go to a listing of current publications, videos, etc., related to genealogy at the Shortgrass Library System by going to the following on-line listing on this, the MHGS website ...
SHORTGRASS LIBRARY SYSTEM LISTINGS
The Museum and Archives at the Esplanade, located in downtown Medicine Hat.
It is located at 401 First Street SE, just opposite the Library. Phone number is 403-502-8580
ESPLANADE ARTS & HERITAGE CENTRE
Click on the line above to go to their main website.
Click on the Esplanade sign above to go directly to the Archives. The Archives has a vast collection of holdings via the Internet - manuscripts, images, audio-visual presentations and maps.
The entrance to Hillside Cemetery is located about 100 west of the entrance to the office of the Medicine Hat Genealogical Society - at the intersection of 13th Street SW and 10 Avenue SW.
Click on the sign above to go the website for Hillside Cemetery. Within that website is a Burial Listings database, where you can find an alphabetical listing of all burials that took place in that cemetery.
Last Revision: March 13, 2008