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
 * FamilySearch Places

Jewish Cemeteries

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

Military Cemeteries

 * Canadian Virtual War Memorial. This is a worldwide registry of military Canadian burials.

Individual Cemeteries

 * British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid is an online database index to 344,000 names from over 264 cemeteries in British Columbia, Canada. Many community and civic cemeteries in British Columbia have their own online indexes including:


 * 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