Archives - Libraries - Museums
Archives Association of British
Columbia The AABC provides information on the many programs and services
offered to archivists and archives in British Columbia.
BC Archives
indexes birth, marriage and death registrations {change the last letter to m
for marriage, b for birth or d for death registrations.
As of August 2001, the following years are available:
BIRTHS : 1872-1900 (events over 100 years old)
MARRIAGES : 1872-1925 (events over 75 years old)
DEATHS: 1872-1980 (events over 20 years old)To locate the obituary, the grave, or other
newspaper information in the Victoria area I recommend the
Victoria City Archives homepage search engines There are three searches, for death notices between 1901 and 1939, marriage
notices for the same period, and grave locations for the Ross Bay Cemetery for
1872 to 1980.
If you find someone you are interested in, you can go to the City Archives, in
Centennial Square, and get photocopies of the original newspaper
clippings (not microfilm - beautiful collection) pasted to index cards or
loose-leaf sheets, all filed by date.
If you do not find the people you want in this index you
can access
Victoria Times and Victoria Colonist newspapers on microfilm in the basement
of the University of Victoria library. You will need to purchase a
photocopy card, but individual photocopies are very reasonably priced.
BC Museums Association This page is
the index to all of the museums, art galleries, historic sites, cultural and
science centres in BC known to the BCMA.
British Columbia Archival Union
List A database of fonds and collection level descriptions of records held
at 156 publicly-accessible archival repositories in the province.
Searchable.
City of Richmond Archives
Search the archives holdings, browse other research tools, visit the virtual
exhibit.
City of Vancouver
Archives Holdings include City of Vancouver government records, records of
non-government organizations, businesses and individuals, historic
photographs, maps, etc. Search the entire database.
City of Victoria
Archives Responsible for acquiring, preserving and making accessible
archival material documenting the history of Victoria. Includes Vital
Statistics search for Ross Bay Cemetery records, death and marriages notices
indexes.
Cumberland Museum and Archives
Information on the museum and archives in this historic coal mining
center.
Doukhobor
Collection, University of British Columbia The collection includes printed
and manuscript material relating to Doukhobor life in Canada and the Soviet
Union.
Esquimalt Municipal
Archives Local government records, graphic records, manuscripts and
library collections.
Guide to Archival Repositories
in British Columbia Entries for 173 archives in the province and includes
the name and location of each repository, contact information, and a brief
description of the extent, nature and scope of holdings at each
institution.
Kitimat Centennial
Museum Displays of objects that express Haisla arts and technology,
turn-of-the-century settlement in the Kitimat Valley, and the creation of the
town of Kitimat in the 1950's.
Kootenay Lake
Archives Holds material pertaining to the history of Kaslo and surroun