Hi: If she was born in Alberta, then that's where her birth reg will be, if it was registered. Info here: http://genealogy.about.com/od/vital_records/p/alberta.htm Price to get it ranges from 27.50 - 40.00 Cdn, depending on whether or not you reside in Alberta. Bear in mind that her birth may not have been registered at all. When I went to get my grandmother's 1912 marriage reg, it cost me $27.50 as I live in Alberta, and even though no registration was found, I still had to pay the $27.50! Lethbridge branch of the Alberta Gene Society: http://lethbridgeags.theboss.net/ Alberta Rootsweb list: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ALBERTA.html Lethbridge list: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-AB-LETHBRIDGE.html 1901, 1906 and 1911 census transcripts are at www.automatedgenealogy.com: 1901 Census of Canada Page Information District: TT ALBERTA (#202) Subdistrict: Lethbridge (South/Sud) P(2)-2 Page 1 Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6551 McLean Archie M Head M Jan 18 1851 Born Nova Scotia Engineer, Presbyterian McLean Mary F Wife M Dec 22 1860 Born Nova Scotia McLean Randel M Son S Sep 24 1881 Born Nova Scotia Machinist McLean Alexander M Son S Apr 28 1887 Born Nova Scotia McLean Florence F Daughter S Apr 18 1889 Born Nova Scotia McLean Bessie F Daughter S May 26 1892 Born Alberta McLean Jennie F Daughter S Nov 26 1896 Born Alberta Jennie would be your Jean, born November 26, 1896, according to the above census. This may be them in 1906 but the wife's name is different: 1906 Census Page Data District: AB Alberta District (#18) Subdistrict: 35 A (Town of Lethbridge) Page 7 Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-18361 McLean Archibald Head M M 57 Born Nova Scotia McLean Louisa Wife F M 43 Born Ontario McLean Jeannie Daughter F S 9 Born Alberta and in 1911, the entry below is indexed as McLaw at www.automatedgenealogy.com : 1911 / Alberta / Medicine Hat / 11 Townships 7 / page 9: McLaw Archibald M Head M Jan 1849 Born Nova Scotia, Stationery Engineer, Methodist McLaw Louisa F Wife M Jul 1859 Born Ontario McLaw Jennie F Daughter S Nov 1896 Born Alberta McLaw Gretta F Daughter S Apr 1909 Born Alberta You may not need a birth reg since the 1901 census gives her birthdate, confirmed by the month and year given on the 1911 census. There is no searchable vital event database online. Searchable Nova Scotia vital events site: https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ but note the dates that exist: Birth Registrations ~ 1864-1877 Marriage Registrations ~ 1864-1930 Death Registrations ~ 1864-1877; 1908-1955 1881 census online at www.familysearch.org . Nova Scotia Gene Society: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/recreation/GANS/ Nova Scotia Genweb, surname search engine on this page, lower down: http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/ and thier online databases: http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/#DATABASES Archie's death reg would perhaps give his parents' names. Marg in Sunny Alberta