British Columbia Archives and Libraries


 * Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
 * If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
 * Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives
British Columbia Archives  655 Belleville Street Victoria, BC V8W 9W1 CANADA Telephone: 250–387–1952 Fax: 250–387–2072 Searchable indexes to births, marriages &amp; deaths

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

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives Records of this fur trading company are some of Canada’s most important. Until 1870, the company controlled almost four-fifths of the territory of present-day Canada, including northern Quebec and Ontario and most of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA), home to the archival records of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), is part of the Archives of Manitoba operating under The Archives and Recordkeeping Act and 1994 gift agreement between HBC and the Government of Manitoba. HBCA operations are supported in part through the ongoing financial support of the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation. A very helpful source is:
 * Hudson's Bay Company Archives
 * Resources
 * Name Indexes
 * Biographical Sheets
 * Finding Aid to the Hudson Bay Company Archives. . WorldCat.

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

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

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

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

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 Website

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

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

Museums
Royal BC Museum 675 Belleville Street Victoria, BC V8W 9W2 Canada Telephone: 1-250-356-7226 Toll-free: 1-888-447-7977 E-mail: reception@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Website

Ordering Register Copies from the Vital Statistics Agency
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency PO Box 9657, Stn. Prov. Govt. Victoria, BC V8W 9P3 Telephone: (Victoria & Outside B.C.) 250 952-2681, (within B.C.) 1 888 876-1633
 * Web page with ordering forms and information
 * Application for Records