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

Canada British Columbia

What is in this Collection?
This collection will include 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.

Sample Images
Birth records usually contain the following information:


 * Date and place of birth
 * Gender of child
 * Name of father
 * Name of mother
 * Residence of parents

Marriage records usually contain the following information:


 * Names of bride and groom
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Rank or profession
 * Names of parents (father’s name only in most pre-confederation records)
 * Names of witnesses and their residences
 * Religious denominations of bride and groom
 * Name of person performing the marriage
 * Ages of bride and groom

Death records usually contain the following information:


 * Name, age, gender, and residence of the deceased
 * Date and place of death
 * Profession (if known)
 * Registration district name or number
 * Marital status and parents’ names are included in later registrations
 * Date of birth
 * Cause of death
 * Name of physician
 * Name and residence of informant
 * Religious affiliation

How Do I Search the Collection?
See Images, in this collection by visiting the Browse Page. Once you've reached the browse page, follow these instructions to get to the images: ⇒ Select the appropriate "Year or Year Range" which takes you to the images.

Look at the images one by one, comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

I Found Who I was Looking for, Now What?

 * Use the age found on the record to calculate the year of birth from the year of the event. Use the birth year that you found to search in the British Columbia Birth Registrations (FamilySearch Historical Records) collection or the Canada Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records) collection.
 * Look for other family members in this collection. If the family resided in the area for a long time, it is much more likely that other family members will also appear in this collection. Finding notices for additional family members can help flesh out the family and may be necessary in discovering vital information about the direct-line ancestor.

What if I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For?

 * Try searching for their nicknames or alternative names.
 * Search the censuses for the residence of your ancestor.
 * Try the British Columbia Vital Records for official documentation of births, marriages, and deaths. These can be found in FamilySearch's Canada Collections.
 * Not everyone in Victoria City will appear in these newspaper notices, so it may be necessary to move to another record type.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

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