The Master Surname Index (not online) (mostly burials in Alberta cemeteries) of the Alberta Genealogical Society lists some thousands of Smith names among them are;
Sarah Ann SMITH, 1864 - 19 Jan 1957 (mother)
William SMITH, 1873 - 4 Mar 1946 (father)
buried next to each other in plot F-02 of the Ashmont Community Cemetery.
5 other Smith's are buried in other areas of this cemetery.
For further research please contact the AGS Research Services Committee of the Edmonton Branch,
http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/abgensocThe Edmonton Branch
http://agsedm.edmonton.ab.caYou can find Local History Books at these next three sites.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canab/index.html Local Alberta History Book Collection.
and go to the bottom of this - "Search For Keyword" and type in the surname.
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/ Also Local History Books.
go to the bottom - "Search Full Text" and type in the surname.
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/search.asp Alberta Vital Statistics
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/gs/services/vpe/index.cfmYou can order death papers, however when ordering this you are given 2 options - the Certificate,
or a "Certified Photographic Print of the Registration of Death" which usually gives more information than that fancy Certificate.
Canada National Archives
http://www.archives.ca/02/0201_e.htmlCanada Online Phone
http://canada411.sympatico.ca/ or
http://www.canada411.ca/Government Genealogical Information
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/gs/information/vs/genealogy.cfm Government Services Costs
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/gs/information/vs/cost_non_res.cfm Peter
for the AGS