See also the “Societies” section of this outline.

The following archives and libraries may be useful:

• British Columbia Information Management Services

Archives and Information Access
P.O. Box 9419
Stn. Prov. Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9V1
CANADA
Telephone: 250–387–5885
Fax: 250–387–2072

The archives building is located at:

655 Belleville St.
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
CANADA
Telephone: 250–387–1952
Fax: 250–387–2072

• City of Vancouver Archives

1150 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9
CANADA

• Cloverdale Public Library

5642–176 A Street
Surrey, BC V3S 4G9
CANADA
Telephone: 604–576–1384
Fax: 604–576–0120

• Family History Library

35 N. West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150–3400
USA

• Greater Victoria Public Library

794 Yates Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1L4
CANADA
Telephone: 250–382–7241

• Headquarters of Court Services Branch

Ministry of Attorney General
6th Floor, 850 Burdette Ave.
Victoria, BC V8W 1B4
CANADA
Telephone: 250–356–1538
Fax: 250–356–8152 or 250–356–9758

• National Archives of Canada

395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3
CANADA
Telephone: 613–996–7458

• New Westminster Public Library

716 Sixth Avenue
New Westminster, BC V3M 2B3
CANADA
Telephone: 604–521–8874
Fax: 604–521–6647

• University of British Columbia

Koerner Library
1958 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
CANADA
Telephone: 250–387–1952
Fax: 604–822–9122

• Vancouver Public Library

350 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1
CANADA
Telephone: 604–331–3740 (newspapers, magazines)
Telephone: 604–331–3710 (history, government, genealogy)
Fax: 604–331–3744

• Simon Fraser University

W.A.C. Bennett Library
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
CANADA
Telephone: 604–291–5735
Fax: 604–291–4908

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards

Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:

• Locate other researchers.
• Post queries.
• Send and receive E-mail.
• Search large databases.
• Search computer libraries.
• Join in computer chat and lecture sessions.
  

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from British Columbia in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of September 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

• Canada GenWeb

http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cngenwebe.html
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county and province.

• Canadian Genealogy Resources

http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubcanada.htm
Lists county, provincial, and national sources; personal pages; and publications.

• Roots-L

http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/canada.html
A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

FamilySearch™

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.

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