British Columbia Biographies

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Biographical Dictionaries and Compiled Biographies
Biographical dictionary of well-known British Columbians: with a historical sketch by J. B. Kerr (Vancouver, BC: Kerr &amp; Begg, 1890). Online in various formats at InternetArchive.org

British Columbia, pictorial and biographical, volumes 1 and 2, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1914). Online at University of Victoria's Digital Collections.

Who's Who in British Columbia, published in various editions. Many libraries have incomplete collections. The British Columbia Archives has 1931, 1933-34, 1937-39, 1940-41, 1942-43, 1944-46, 1947-48, 1949-50, 1953, 1969 (vols. 1-10).

For Vancouver Island residents, see Imperial Vancouver Island: Who Was Who 1850-1950 by John Francis Bosher edited by Ian Large (Amazon Digital Services, Inc., Second Edition, 2012).

Collections of biographies at the Family History Library are generally listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - BIOGRAPHY

CANADA - BIOGRAPHY

Compiled biographies may also be found in local, regional, ethnic or other histories.

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - [TOWN OR REGION]

Indexes to British Columbia Biographies
Who's who in Who's who : an index to biographical dictionaries of British Columbians by R. Dale McIntosh, (University of Victoria (British Columbia). Public History Group, 1991).

See also Dictionary of Canadian Biographyonline