British Columbia Archives and Libraries

Archives and Libraries
The following archives and libraries of British Columbia may be useful:

British Columbia Archives  675 Belleville Street

Victoria, BC V8W 9W1 CANADA Telephone: 250–387–1952 Fax: 250–387–2072 Internet: British Columbia Archives Searchable indexes to births, marriages &amp; deaths

The archives building is located at:

655 Belleville Street Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 CANADA Telephone: 250–387–1952 Fax: 250–387–2072

City of Vancouver Archives 1150 Chestnut Street Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9 CANADA Internet: City of Vancouver Archives

City of Victoria Archives #8 Centennial Square Victoria, B.C. Canada

Mailing Address #1 Centennial Square Victoria, B.C. V8W 1P6 Canada

Internet: City of Victoria Archives

Cloverdale Public Library 5642–176 A Street Surrey, BC V3S 4G9 CANADA Telephone: 604–576–1384 Fax: 604–576–0120 Internet: Surrey Libraries

Surrey British Columbia Family History Centre 6270 126th Street Surrey BC Telephone: 604-597-9695 FamilySearch Wiki: Surrey British Columbia Family History Centre Surrey British Columbia Family History Centre website: FindingYourRoots.ca

Find other British Columbia, Canada Family History Centers here: Family History Center Locator

Family History Library 35 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150–3400 USA Internet: FamilySearch Website

Greater Victoria Public Library 794 Yates Street Victoria, BC V8W 1L4 CANADA Telephone: 250–382–7241 Internet: Greater Victoria Public Library

Headquarters of Court Services Branch Ministry of Attorney General 6th Floor, 850 Burdette Avenue Victoria, BC V8W 1B4 CANADA Telephone: 250–356–1538 Fax: 250–356–8152 or 250–356–9758 Internet: Court Services Branch

Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3 CANADA Telephone: 613–996–7458 Internet: Collections Canada   Additional Internet: Genealogy Collections Canada Website

New Westminster Public Library 716 Sixth Avenue New Westminster, BC V3M 2B3 CANADA Telephone: 604–521–8874 Fax: 604–521–6647 Internet: New Westminster Website

University of British Columbia Koerner Library 1958 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 CANADA Telephone: 250–387–1952 Fax: 604–822–9122 Internet: British Columbia Library

Vancouver Public Library 350 W. Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1 CANADA Telephone: 604–331–3740 (newspapers, magazines) Telephone: 604–331–3710 (history, government, genealogy) Fax: 604–331–3744 Internet: Vancouver Public Library Website

Simon Fraser University W.A.C. Bennett Library Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 CANADA Telephone: 604–291–5735 Fax: 604–291–4908 Internet: Simon Fraser University Website

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:


 * Locate other researchers.
 * Post queries.
 * Send and receive E-mail.
 * Search large databases.
 * Search computer libraries.
 * Join in computer chat and lecture sessions.

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from British Columbia in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of September 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

Canada GenWeb

 * Canada GenWeb: Roots Website
 * British Columbia GenWeb: British Columbia Website

A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county and province.

Canadian Genealogy Resources

 * Genealogy and Family History (Library and Archives Canada)

Roots-L

 * Roots-L: Roots L Resources Canada Website

A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

RootWeb E-Mail Lists and Message Boards

 * British Columbia RootsWeb E-mail list: Roots Website E-mail list
 * For more e-mail lists and message boards for British Columbia, search at RootsWeb: Roots Website

FamilySearch™

 * FamilySearch Website

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

British Columbia, Birth, Marriage, and Death Information from the Victoria Times (FamilySearch Historical Records)

See also British Columbia Societies.