British Columbia Archives and Libraries

See also the "Societies" section of this outline.

The following archives and libraries may be useful:

British Columbia Information Management Services Archives and Information Access P.O. Box 9419 Stn. Prov. Govt Victoria, BC V8W 9V1 CANADA Telephone: 250–387–5885 Fax: 250–387–2072 Internet: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm

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: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/ctyclerk/archives/

Cloverdale Public Library 5642–176 A Street Surrey, BC V3S 4G9 CANADA Telephone: 604–576–1384 Fax: 604–576–0120 Internet: http://www.spl.surrey.bc.ca/Programs+and+Services/Genealogy/default.htm

Family History Library 35 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150–3400 USA Internet: www.familysearch.org

Greater Victoria Public Library 794 Yates Street Victoria, BC V8W 1L4 CANADA Telephone: 250–382–7241 Internet: http://www.gvpl.ca/

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: http://www.dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?show=Branch&amp;organizationCode=AG&amp;organizationalUnitCode=COURT

National Archives of Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3 CANADA Telephone: 613–996–7458 Internet: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/ Additional Internet: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-702-e.html

New Westminster Public Library 716 Sixth Avenue New Westminster, BC V3M 2B3 CANADA Telephone: 604–521–8874 Fax: 604–521–6647 Internet: http://www.nwpl.new-westminster.bc.ca/

University of British Columbia Koerner Library 1958 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 CANADA Telephone: 250–387–1952 Fax: 604–822–9122 Internet: http://www.library.ubc.ca/koerner/

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: http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/

Simon Fraser University W.A.C. Bennett Library Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 CANADA Telephone: 604–291–5735 Fax: 604–291–4908 Internet: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/

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
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/

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
http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubcanada.htm

Lists county, provincial, and national sources; personal pages; and publications.

Roots-L
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/canada.html

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

FamilySearch™
http://www.familysearch.org/

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.