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Adele - added May 5, 2009
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Various local history books including family names and stories
Kenneth G. Adkins - updated March 11, 2008
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
- Births, deaths and marriages, local Salmon Arm, B.C. newspaper, Oct 1907 to 31 Dec 2006
- Mount Ida cemetery listings
Raleigh - updated March 11, 2008
Cowichan Lake District, Vancouver Island and Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada
- Local history book "Bittersweet Oasis: A history of Ashcroft and District - 1885-2002".
- Local History Books on pioneer families, more recent families, lumber and forest industry, town council lists, Past Lady-of-the-Lake lists, school annuals, etc., for the area communities of Town of Lake Cowichan, Youbou, Honeymoon Bay, Mesachie Lake, Caycuse (Camp 6), Nitinat (Camp 3), Meade Creek area, Paldi and more.
Please state which book you would like me to look through then give full details and/or the names and approx dates (when possible) of what you are requesting.
- "Family Trees - The Growth of a Forest Community, A Local History of Lake Cowichan and area 1944 - 1994". (Many families listed.)
- "Memories Never Lost" (Stories of pioneer women of the Cowichan Valley 1850-1920). Compiled by pioneer researchers; 1986.
- "Kaatza, The Chronicles of Cowichan Lake"" by J. F. T. Saywell; pub 1967
- "Tough Timber (The loggers of British Columbia and their story)" by Myrtle Bergren; pub 1966
- "Memories - Honeymoon Bay BC 50 Years" by Marian Bates
- "Paldi Remembered (50 years in the life of a Vancouver Island Logging Town)" by Joan Mayo; pub 1997
- "History of Port Renfrew" by C.Sorder
- "Cowichan, My Valley" by R. I. Dougan; pub 1963
- "Cowichan Lake Region Heritage Inventory"" compiled by Richard Rajala. Lake Cowichan Community Hetitage Commission; inventory and description of all the buildings of note, found in and around Cowichan Lake BC
- "Places of Worship in the Cowichan and Chemainus Valleys" by Ellen MacKay (a history of the valleys churches)
- "Becoming Canadians - Pioneer Sikhs In Their Own Words" by Sarjeet Singh Jagpal; pub 1994
- access to museum and local archives
- 1938 Rural Electors (A-Si) for the land district of Cowichan Lake
- Access to Cowichan Lake District newspapers to present day
Louise Everest - updated August 22, 2006
Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada (please note that enquiries for Armstrong only can be undertaken)
- Monument Inscriptions, obituaries, and newspaper items from local paper on file at Vernon & District Family History Society.
- Obituaries, pictures of monuments, pioneer family files and newspapers at the Armstrong Museum & Archives Society.
Janet Ker - updated May 8, 2007
BC Archives, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Will obtain photocopies from microfilm of vital records held at BC Archives. Reimbursement of photocopying required. Check the Global search on-line index for BC Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations for film and certificate numbers.
- BC births (1872-1903)
- BC marriages (1872-1930)
- BC deaths (1872-1986)
Municipality of North Cowichan - - updated July 3, 2006
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- On-line index of Mountain View Cemetery (Duncan, BC) Burials to Dec. 31, 1983
- Other Municipal Archive holdings can be found here
viHistory.ca - updated July 3, 2006
Vancouver, Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Searchable on-line indexes for:
BC Archives
British Columbia, Canada
- Use the Global search on-line index for BC Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations and then check here for a volunteer to assist you.
BC Cemetery Finding Aid
British Columbia, Canada
- Searchable on-line index of over 100,000 BC interments
A. Nickel - added March 15, 2005
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Personally owned book, "VANCOUVER VOTERS, 1886", A Biographical Dictionary published by the B.C. Genealogy Society in 1994
Alan A. Sandercott - updated January 21, 2004
British Columbia, Canada
- British Columbia Directory for 1937 (not indexed, indicate town or city)
- British Columbia Directory for 1945 (not indexed, indicate town or city)
- Burns Lake area - Local History book - 1890 to present
Ben Whiting
British Columbia, Canada
- Postmasters of British Columbia
Source: Melvin, G.H., 1972, The Post Offices of British Columbia: 1858-1970. Wayside Press Ltd., Vernon, BC, Canada, 189 p. There have been 2,134 post offices with over 10,000 postmasters during the 112 years covered by this book.
Phyllis Galloway
100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada
- 100 Mile House area Obituary, Cemetary, and School information.
Linda Connolly - updated March 31, 2005
Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada
- I may be able to help with more than the following (just ask). This is a small town with lots of long time residents and descendants.
- Fort St. James Catholic Cemetery (347+ grave sites)
- Fort St. James Municipal Cemetery (1862 to present; 162 grave sites)
- Fort St. James National Historic Park. Quite a library of documented history.
- St. Patricks Anglican Episcopal Cemetery (1867 to present; 19 visible grave sites)
Presently working on aquiring further info through old records.
Sue - updated January 21, 2004
Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- The Enterprising Mr. Moody, the Bumptious Captain Stamp by James Morton, 1977
This covers the early history of the two sawmills at Moodyville (North Vancouver) and Stamp's Landing on Burrard Inlet.- Vancouver - From Milltown to Metropolis by Alan Morley, 1961
- Vancouver - The Pioneer Years, 1774-1886 by Derek Pethick, 1984
- Passenger list from the "Princess Sophia" which sank in 1918 and had many Vancouver passengers on board.
Sue - updated January 21, 2004
Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Some Reminiscences of Old Victoria by Edgar Fawcett, 1912
- Passenger list from the "Princess Sophia" which sank in 1918 and had many Victoria passengers on board.
Jeannine (unable to accept any new requests at this time)
Greater Victoria Public Library, British Columbia, Canada
For those requests that are pending, please be patient. I am working my way through the back log.
- Obits from The Victoria Times and The Daily Colonist (1883-present)
Peter Solhjell
Hagensborg, British Columbia, Canada
- School District 49, Student Registry 1895 to 1950
Anne Jefferson - updated January 27, 2004
Stewart, British Columbia, Canada
- Cemetery listings
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Alan A. Sandercott
Yukon, Canada
- Yukon Directory for 1937. (not indexed, indicate town or city)
- Yukon Directory for 1945. (not indexed, indicate town or city)
