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British Columbia Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Research Strategy
Archives And Libraries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
TAXATION Assessment records (mostly for 1888-1924) are at the British Columbia Information Management Services (for the address, see the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline).
Records are available for these districts:
Assessment records may provide an individual's year of birth, religion
Official registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1872. The early records are very incomplete. These records are at:
Master Index Card File, B.C. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986–7. (FHL films 1464497–501; computer number 481508.) The original records were filmed at the British Columbia Genealogical Society, Richmond, BC.
An index of birth, marriage, and death registration is available on the Internet.
Bracken, Susan, editor. Canadian Almanac & Directory. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., [annual]. (FHL book 971 E4ca; computer number 160632.)
Catalog of Canadian Census Returns on Microfilm 1666–1891. Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1987. (FHL book 971 X23ht; computer number 449615.)
Canadiana Company Limited, a subsidiary of Grolier Society of Canada Limited. Encyclopedia Canadiana. Ottawa, 1957. (FHL book 030.71 En19; computer number 597759.)
Corpus Almanac and Canadian Sourcebook. Toronto: Don Mills, Ontario Corpus Information Services, [annual]. (FHL book 971 B5c; computer number 490918.)
Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The Canada Year Book. Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1942. (FHL book 971 A7cb; computer number 213422.) This is available for 1910–1942 and 1978–79.
Jonasson, Eric. The Canadian Genealogical Handbook. 2nd ed. Winnipeg: Wheatfield Press, 1978. Indexed. (FHL book 971 D27j 1978; computer number 31188.)
United Church of Canada. Yearbook 1984. Toronto, 1984. (FHL book 971 K25y, computer number 163788; Volumes 1–2 of the 1982 edition are on film 1320688 items 8–9, computer number 163788.)
Tracing your Ancestors in Canada. 12th ed. Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1997. (FHL book 971 D27k 1997; computer number 804791.)
Union List of Manuscripts in Canadian Repositories. Ottawa: National Archives, 1975. (FHL book 971.A3CP; film 1036731; 1976 supplement, computer number 188356; 1977–78 supplement, computer number 143195; 1981–82 supplement, computer number 488894.)
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Paper publication: Second edition October 1997. English approval: 10/97
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Alberni
Nelson
Barkerville
Prince George
Comox
Princeton
Cowichan
Quesnel
Fort Steele
Revelstoke
Gulf Islands
Rossland
Kamloops
Slocan
Kettle River
Vancouver
Lillooet
Vernon
New Westminster
Victoria
, occupation, number of people in household, and value of buildings owned.
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VITAL RECORDS
Vital Statistics Agency
818 Fort St.
Victoria, BC V8W 1H8
CANADA
Telephone: 250–952–2681 or 1–800–663–8328
Fax: 250–952–2587
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 9657
Many births, marriages, and deaths are listed in:
STN. PROV. GOVT.
Victoria, BC V8W 9P3
CANADA
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FOR FURTHER READING
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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
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