British Columbia Cemeteries

Online Resources

 * - index and images
 * BillionGraves British Columbia page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
 * - index and images
 * Find A Grave British Columbia Page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
 * Canadian Virtual War Memorial. This is a worldwide registry of military Canadian burials.
 * British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid is an online database index to 344,000 names from over 264 cemeteries in British Columbia, Canada.

Jewish Cemeteries

 * JewishGen has an inventory you can check. Click on Canada and then British Columbia.
 * The Jewish Cemetery of British Columbia

Individual Cemeteries

 * City of Vancouver, Cemetery Search. The Mountain View Cemetery burials list and the Vancouver Cemetery maps. Burial Index Search


 * Westminster City The Fraser Cemetery of New Westminster was established 1870.


 * Ross Bay Cemetery The City of Victoria Cemetery.


 * Langley Centennial Museum cemetery index, burials 1874 to 2001.


 * City of Kamloops Municipal Cemeteries, for the city's active and historical cemeteries.


 * District of North Cowichan (Vancouver Island), Mountain View Cemetery burials before 1983.


 * Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria website.


 * British Columbia Genealogical Society, Cemetery Committee, has links to most British Columbia cemetery indexes and databases online.

Additional Resources at the Family History Library

 * - FamilySearch - Name index of headstone inscriptions courtesy of CanadianHeadstones which is a family history database of records and images from Canada's cemeteries.

To find cemetery records for British Columbia in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: British Columbia in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: British Columbia in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Cemeteries
 * 5) Click on: Places within British Columbia
 * 6) Click on the town you want to search
 * 7) Click on: Cemeteries

Additional Resources

 * Worldcat.org- Do a search for British Columbia Cemetery.
 * Historic Guide to Ross Bay Cemetery Victoria B.C. by John Adams, Heritage Architectural Guides, Victoria, BC, 1983.
 * Not so Gentle Art of Burying The Dead. The Real Story of How Cemeteries Began [New Westminster] by Hellen C. Pullem, New Westminster, BC, 1985.
 * Sommer, Wayne. Frail Memorials: The Cemeteries of Langley, Corporation of the Township of Langley, Langley, BC, [2005]. FamilySearch
 * Obee, Dave. Royal Oak Burial Park: A History and Guide Victoria, BC, [2008]. Available at WorldCat
 * British Columbia Genealogical Society. St. Mary's Anglican Church (1965), Duncan, British Columbia, Canada : recording from the British Columbia Genealogical Society, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver Island.  [Richmond, B.C.] : [British Columbia Genealogical Society], [1974] Available at WorldCat
 * Kory Shillam; Robert Shillam; British Columbia Genealogical Society. Pioneer Cemetery (1896-1902), Vernon, British Columbia : recording from the British Columbia Genealogy Society, British Columbia, Canada, North Okanagan [Richmond, B.C.] : British Columbia Genealogical Society, [2006]. Available at WorldCat