Canada, British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1901 to 1939. The records will include newspaper clippings from the Victoria Daily Times newspaper that have been pasted onto cards and arranged chronologically. The Victoria Times newspaper has also been named the Victoria Daily Times and the Victoria Weekly Times.

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The information in these records usually include the following:

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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Citing This Collection
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"British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death notices, 1901-1939" Database and images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 30 October 2017. From Victoria Daily Times news clippings. Database and images. City of Victoria Archives. https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/archives.html : 1900. Citing City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada.
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