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Index to the 1911 Census of Canada : British-Columbia.

British Columbia On-Line Vital Event Indexes The indexes to marriage registrations for 1872-1927, death registrations for 1872-1982, and birth registrations 1872-1902 are available as on-line databases.

British Columbia Archives Search Gateway

British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid A database of over 344,000 interments in British Columbia

Genealogical Extracts from British Columbia Newspapers, 1861 to 1875 (Canada)

British Columbia Return of Public Functionaries, 1873 (Canada)

British Columbia's Voters List 1875 (Canada)

Government of British Columbia, Employees, 1877 (Canada)

British Columbia Justice of Peace List, 1877 (Canada)

British Columbia Land Grant Applicants, 1884 (Canada)

British Columbia Income Tax Records 1889 (Canada)

British Columbia Justice of Peace List, 1889 (Canada)

British Columbia List of Certified Teachers in 1889 (Canada)

Misc. British Columbia Student Lists for 1889 (Canada)

British Columbia's Voters List 1898 (Canada)

Buck Flats, Morice River, Pleasant Valley, and South Bulkley, Burns Lake and Lakes District, British Columbia 1911 Census.

Southern interior of the Province of British Columbia, Canada Census Records. Currently online :
- 1881 Canada Census, Yale District, BC
- 1891 Canada Census, Yale District, BC
- 1877 Indian Reserve Commission Census (IRC), southern interior of BC
- 1877 Okanagan (Native) Census taken by missionaries, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)

Biographical dictionary of well-known British Columbians : with a historical sketch. Free online edition of this book published in 1890. Search of browse.

British Columbia Prison Records 1884 (Canada)

Return of Lands Sold in Vancouver's Island from the British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies Canada, 1854-58 Sessions

List of Unclaimed Letters, General Post Office, British Columbia on the 1st June 1863 (Canada)

Female Franchise Petition 1885 British Columbia (Canada)

List of Members of British Columbia Teachers' Institute, 1888 (Canada)

British Columbia Provincial Roll of Honor 1889 (Canada). Pupils accredited by their teachers with first rank.

British Columbia Post Offices and Postmasters 1893 (Canada)

The Doukhobor Collection, 1898-1930. The Doukhobor Collection database is comprised of over 120 primary source items (totaling over 400 images) dating from 1898 to 1930. Among these items are a variety of scanned manuscripts, photographs, books and book chapters, magazine articles, and financial documents. The origin of the Doukhobors dates to 17th and 18th century Russia, when a number of Christian religious sects began to form. A database of the Simon Fraser University Library (British Columbia, Canada.)

Local History Book Index: Peacemakers of the North Peace - Northwest Province (Canada). Covers both sides of the Alberta/British Columbia border
- Part 1 - Surnames A-J, Part 2 - Surnames K-Z : Taylor Flat, Bear Flat, Farrell Creek, Sikanni & Nelson Trail, Upper Halfway, Grandhaven, Fort St. John, Sunrise, Two Rivers, Baldonnel, Peace View, Murdale, Montney, Fish Creek, Rose Prairie, North Pine, Pineview, Clayhurst, Cherry Point, Cecil Lake, Goodlow, Golata Creek, Upper Cache Creek, Hudson's Hope.
- Part 3 - Surnames A-Z : Covers both sides of the Alberta/British Columbia Border - Hudson's Hope.

Obituaries of British Columbians from The Yukon News obituaries, 1960 to 2000 (Canada)

Western Canada Baseball Players 1949-1961

British Columbia Public School Teachers and Trustees 1888-89 and 1889-90 (Canada)

CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the province of British Columbia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

CAN-BC-HIST-WOMEN Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in women in British Columbia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

CAN-BC-OBITS Mailing List at RootsWeb. A mailing list for the posting of daily obituaries from the Province of British Columbia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.


  • Abbotsford (City in the Frazer Valley District)

    Abbotsford, British Columbia Genealogical Society Members' Research Surname List

    Abbotsford Area, British Columbia Cemetery Interment Index

    Index of Wills (strays) 1864 to 1939 compiled by the Abbotsford Genealogical Society (British Columbia, Canada)


  • Armstrong (City in the North Okanagan District)

    Armstrong, British Columbia, Cemetery Inscriptions


  • Barkerville (Historical Town in the Cariboo District)

    Barkerville, British Columbia Cemetery: Headboard and Tombstone Inscriptions. This Gold Rush boomtown was the largest city west of Chicago and north of San Francisco


  • Beaverdell (Community in the Okanagan Region)

    Beaverdell and Carmi, British Columbia Voters' List for the 1935 Federal Election


  • Burnaby (City in the Greater Vancouver Regional District)

    British Buried in Masonic Cemetery, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.


  • Burns Lake (Community in the Regional District of Buckley-Nechako)

    Settlers and Early Arrivals in the Lakes District, British Columbia, Canada

    Burns Lake and Lakes District, British Columbia, Canada : Misc Death Records

    Burns Lake and Lakes District, British Columbia, Canada : Cemeteries

    Burns Lake, British Columbia Residents in 1945


  • Campbell River (City on Vancouver Island)

    Campbell River Genealogy Society Members Surname Interests (British Columbia, Canada)

    Campbell River Genealogy Society : Index to Obituary Clipping file (British Columbia, Canada)


  • Cariboo (Regional District of British Columbia)

    Petition for Appointment of Mounted Constable for the Cariboo-Lillooet District, British Columbia, Canada, 1887


  • Carmi (Community in the Okanagan Region)

    Beaverdell and Carmi, British Columbia Voters' List for the 1935 Federal Election


  • Coldstream (District Municipality in the Okanagan Region)

    St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Inscriptions, Coldstream.


  • Fort Langley (Village in the District Municipality of Langley Township, east of Vancouver)

    Men Who Worked at Fort Langley, British Columbia Between 1827 and 1895

    St. George's Anglican Church and the Old Pioneer Cemetery, Fort Langley, British Columbia.


  • Fraser Lake (Village in the Regional District of Buckley-Nechako, BC Interior)

    Name index to the book Deeper Roots and Greener Valleys (British Columbia, Canada). Published by Fraser Lake & District Historical Society, 1986.


  • Lumby (Village in the Okanagan Region)

    Search Cemetery Inscriptions - Lumby, British Columbia


  • Nanaimo (City on Vancouver Island)

    Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 1878 petition for increased representation in the Provincial Assembly

    1882 Directories : Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia

    1892 Directories : Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia

    Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 1881, 1891, and 1901 Tax Assessment Roll


  • New Westminster (City in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area,)

    List of Unclaimed Letters, General Post Office, New Westminster, British Columbia January 1871 (Canada)

    1888 Petition for Improved Fences on the Canadian Pacific Railway line through New Westminster, British Columbia (Canada)


  • Okanagan-Similkameen (Regional District of British Columbia)

    1890 Okanagan Mission Valley Petition to proclaim a parcel of land a public commons and that a road should be built (British Columbia, Canada)

    CAN-BC-OK-SIM Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the Okanagan-Similkameen region of British Columbia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.


  • Richmond (City in the Greater Vancouver Regional District)

    Index to Biography Files Held at the Richmond, British Columbia, Canada City Archives. Compiled in 1980, the collection consists of files compiled on notable Richmond families and individuals, including long-time residents, "pioneers," local politicians and other notable persons. The files may include obituary, marriage and birth notices, biographical and genealogical notes, centennial pioneer medallion applications, and newspaper articles.


  • Salmon Arm (City in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District)

    Salmon Arm, British Columbia Cemetery Inscriptions


  • Skeena-Queen Charlotte (Regional District of British Columbia)

    1889 Petition for Mail Service to the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada


  • Vancouver Island

    1881 census of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

    Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 1891 Census

    Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 1901 Census Search

    Parksville/Qualicum and Area, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Births 1872 -1901. Includes: Parksville, French Creek, Errington, Nanoose, Qualicum District, Qualicum, Big Qualicum, Little Qualicum, Big Qualicum Indian Reserve.

    Obituaries from the Parksville - Qualicum area newspapers of Mid Vancouver Island, British Columbia. (partial 1948-1994)

    Comox, Cumberland Town, Union Village, Sayward, Union Bay and Courtenay including Denman and Hornby Islands, British Columbia, Canada 1901 Census

    Petition Against Chinese and Japanese in Coal Mines to the British Columbia Government, 1892 (Canada). Signed by miners and residents of the mining districts of Nanaimo, Wellington, and Comox, situated on Vancouver Island.


  • Victoria (City on Vancouver Island)

    Victoria and Area Pioneers : The names are derived from newspaper or magazine articles about pioneer families of the southern tip of Vancouver Island.

    City of Victoria Archives : Vital Statistics Search: Ross Bay Cemetery Records 1872-1980; Death Notices Index 1901-1939; Marriage Notices Index 1901-1939.

    First Victoria, British Columbia Directory 1868 (Canada)

    1882 Directories : Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia

    1892 Directories : Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia

    Victoria, British Columbia 1871 Municipal Census

    1901 Census Victoria, British Columbia and Southern Vancouver Island. Includes Port Renfrew, Sooke, Metchosin, Colwood, Langford, Oak Bay, Saanichton, Sidney and the southern Gulf Islands.

    1901 Victoria, British Columbia Census; Alberta - Northwest Territories Entries

    1901 census for Victoria, British Columbia & surrounding area : residents who were born in Québec

    1902 Victoria City Street Directory (British Columbia, Canada)

    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Orders Issued in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, 1877-1931

    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1871 Census : Heads of Household

    Victoria Ratepayers Petition, 1877 (British Columbia, Canada). Petition requiring ratepayers consent on expenditures for municipal buildings.

    Victoria, British Columbia Schools Report for 1894 (Canada)


  • Westwold (Community in the Okanagan Region)

    Cemetery Inscriptions : Westwold, British Columbia Cemetery located in St. Luke's Church churchyard.


  • White Pass (Area in Northern British Columbia)

    Index to Arrivals at the Ports of Dawson City & Forty Mile, Yukon Territory and White Pass, British Columbia (1908-1918)



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