Sunday, November 13, 2011

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Obituary Files


As of October, 2011 the following obituary card index information, and notices from 1876-2007 have been updated, and are online at www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1425003

1876–1971 - Deaths of Royal Canadian Mounted Police killed while on duty, taken from S.W. Horrell's, The Pictorial History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

1919–1997 - Scarlet and Gold (Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans' Association) publication including an historical honour roll of officers killed while on duty, and more current obituaries. Honour roll contains deaths prior to 1919.

1933–2007 - Digital images of an obituary card index for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and digital images of the obituary sections of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police publications the index refers to.

1976–1994 - Pony Express: Staff Relations Branch Newsletter

Related Websites

There are four websites that hold related information, and they are -

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society  - This society has a copy of the obituaries on file and an explanation about how the file index was created. The website is www.saskgenealogy.com/databases/RCMP/RCMP.htm

Library and Archives Canada describes this collection and other places where more information about Royal Canadian Mounted Police may be found. The website is www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-913.003-e.html

North West Mounted Police (NWMP) - Personnel Records, 1873-1904. The collection is found at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/nwmp-pcno/001032-100.01-e.php

RCMP Graves. - www.rcmpgraves.com

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