County of Ponoka GenWeb Project ARCHIVES

 

 

 

 

 

County of Ponoka GenWeb Project's
Suggested Reading Resources
Local Area History Books
Alberta History Books
Also visit the Alberta GenWeb Project's
Local Alberta History Book Project
Also visit the Books-We-Own
Alberta Page
Also visit the Books-We-Own
Canada Page
Also visit the Alberta GenWeb Project's
Lookup Volunteers
Check out our Library links where you can search for these titles & borrow them locally or through various inter-library loan programs
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Local Area History Books
An Abbreviated History of the Ponoka United Church of Canada.
Davidge, Ernest, Compiled by committee lead by Peter MacDonald. Ponoka United Church. 1961.		 --
Crestomere Sylvan Heights Heritage.
Crestomere-Sylvan Heights Book Committee. September 10, 1969. (printed by College Press, College Heights, Alberta) 		Surname Index
Over the Years: A History of the Rimbey Area.
Rimbey History Book Committee, Rimbey HIstorical Committee, InterCollegiate Press, Rimbey, Alberta,Canada.1983		 Surname Index
From Wales to Wood River (and surrounding districts: a short history of the Welsh who settled this area) Ponoka Herald, Ponoka, Alberta, 1980 [call nbr at Ponoka Jubilee Library 971.233.FRO] Surname Index
Mecca Glen Memories. Compiled by committee lead by Clint Reed and edited by the residents of Asker, Water Glen, Concord Eureka, Climax, Magic, Calumet, Schultz, Ellice and Rutherford. Mecca Glen Centennial Committee, Ponoka, Alberta. 1968 NOW ON-LINE !! Surname Index
Over the Years at Zion: "time like an ever rolling sea"
1902 - 1976. Compiled by W. Griff Jones. Zion United Church, Ponoka, Alberta. 1976 (Printed by The Ponoka Herald)
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Pas-ka-poo: An Early History of Rimbey and the Upper Blindman Valley.
Compiled and written by Fred Schutz (with with editing assistance from Jack Parry), The Rimby Record, Rimbey, Alberta. December, 1962, (from material collected over several years, much of it from the old timers and pioneers themselves)
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Ponoka 50th Anniversary: 1904 - 1954.
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Ponoka Panorama.
Compiled by committee lead by Cecil Dick. Ponoka and District Historical Society. 1973. (Printed by College Press, College Heights, Alberta)
Tributaries of the Blindman.
Compiled by committee lead by Fred Schutz. 1973. (Printed by Parkland Colour Press, College Heights, Alberta) 		--

Alberta History Books
Alberta: A New History. Palmer, Howard & Tamara, Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton. 1990. ISBN: 0-88830-340-8.
NOW ON-LINE!!
Also visit the Alberta GenWeb Project's Local Alberta History Book Project
Also visit the

Rimbey History Book Committee (1983)

Many thanks go to the following who wrote, compiled and edited an exceptional history book about the town of Rimbey and the surrounding area. A must read for all family history and history buffs.
This book has contributed a great deal of the information found on this site.

Mary Grinde
Lena Marchildon
George Richards
Marge Goings
Evangeline Van Nest
Alice King
Sadie Noble
Muriel Stevens
George Grinde
Joan Freeman
Virgil
Edith Goings
Murray Ormberg
Jean Stutheit
Cheryl Scheie
Harold
Annie Polushin
Edith Barberree
Leslie Ohl
Mary Troitsky
Ann Taylor
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Links to Libraries and their Catalogues ...
Parkland Regional Library Local library near Ponoka County - lots of local resources - search their catalogue - interlibrary loan program available Location: 5404 56 Avenue
Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1G1

phone (403) 782 3850
fax (403) 782 4650

Ponoka Jubilee Library

Access their holdings catalogue		 A LOCAL Ponoka County library (their catalogue can be searched using the Parkland Regional Library engine above)
 Location: 5110 - 48 Avenue
Ponoka, Alberta
Mail: Box 4610, Ponoka, AB T4J 1R6
Phone: (403) 783-3843 or
Fax: 403-783-6745 or EMAIL
Librarian: Hilda Raugust
Rimbey Municipal Library

Access their holdings catalogue		 A LOCAL Ponoka County library (their catalogue can be searched using the Parkland Regional Library engine above)
Mail: Box 1130, Rimbey T0C 2J0
Calgary Public Library Search their catalogue for Alberta resources
Edmonton Public Library Searchable - lots of Alberta resources
National Library of Canada All about Canada - searchable
Early Canadiana - National
Library of Canada		 Site contains digitalized books (in PDF) and the search engine will take you to the actual page of a book that contains a keyword, etc.

 

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County of Ponoka ARCHIVES
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