Hi This is my first time on the List. The information below was sent to me from an other List Can one help me find more on James & his family. When & were did he get married to whom did he marry and any children. Did any of his brothers or sister travel over to Canada with him The family came from Hobkirk, Ladhope,Kirkhope. Roxburgh, Scotland William Elder m: Catherine Baptie 1873 Andrew b: 1875 James Baptie b: 1877 Cecil Bucham b: 1879 Mary b: 18819 Jeannie M b 1886 Thanks Bob Elder British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979 Viewing record 1 of 1 match for: James Baptie Elder About this database An Index of deaths in the province of British Columbia, Canada, from 1872 to 1979. More information below James Baptie Elder aged 84 died 23 June 1962 Armstrong 1962-09-009273 B13257 2033499

Bridget, Peter & Bob, I to have used Don Crawford and am very happy with the results. Anyone else out there that needs documents in the Vancouver area, give Don a try. ALSO, for photos I use Mike McKeever. Ellen in Ontario -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/2005

Bob and Peter, There is no need to buy the Death Registration (not death certificate which doesn't have near as much info) on-line from the B.C. Archives. Try RAOGK at http://www.raogk.org/bcolumbia.htm where hopefully someone can get it for you for the cost of photo copying. Failing that go to Don Crawfords site at: http://members.shaw.ca/copies/ where for $4.00 CDN or £1.72 GBP Mr. Crawford will get a copy of the Death Registration for you. He will also look for an Obit if the death occurred in Vancouver. I have no interest in Mr. Crawfords business except as a very satisfied customer. I use his service frequently and if you e-mail him your request first then the payment the turnaround time is much faster. Best of luck in your research, Cheers, Bridget in B.C. GlamFHS # 5865 I transcribe for www.freebmd.rootsweb.com I use www.archivecdbooks.ca to help in my research ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Goff" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:00 AM Subject: RE: [CAN-BC] Baptie Elder Hi Bob You can purchase the death certificate on-line, using credit card cost about £9, the Canadian Certificate gives much more than the UK ones, including how long they have been in Canada, where they are buried, funeral directors etc. Well worth purchasing, you get the image within 24 hours, however some kind person on the list may look it up for you. Regards Peter G Kingsclere, Hampshire, UK >-----Original Message----- >From: relder [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: 20 February 2005 16:40 >To: [email protected] >Subject: [CAN-BC] Baptie Elder > > >Hi >This is my first time on the List. The information below was >sent to me from an other List > >Can one help me find more on James & his family. When & >were did he get married to whom did he marry and any children. >Did any of his brothers or sister travel over to Canada with him > > The family came from Hobkirk, Ladhope,Kirkhope. Roxburgh, >Scotland William Elder m: Catherine Baptie 1873 Andrew b: 1875 >James Baptie b: 1877 Cecil Bucham b: 1879 Mary b: 18819 >Jeannie M b 1886 > >Thanks >Bob Elder > > > British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979 >Viewing record 1 of 1 match for: >James Baptie Elder >About this database >An Index of deaths in the province of British Columbia, >Canada, from 1872 to 1979. More information below > >James Baptie Elder aged 84 died 23 June 1962 Armstrong >1962-09-009273 B13257 2033499 > > > > > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Check the list's archives out at >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH->COLUMBIA.html > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/

Hi, My Name is Lorri and i must tell you that in our club library we are collecting signatures to send in. We have lots so far and it would be great if all the clubs in BC can do it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6:34 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Sincerely Hope You Will Get Rid of the BLUE Symbol > To: Raymond Chan - MP, Richmond BC > > I notice the British Columbia scoreboard shows only ONE > BLUE ??? -- denoting you have never replied. > > Although I am not a resident of Richmond, I am a co-chair of > the Canada Census Committee -- fighting for the release of the > Canadian 1911 census records. > > These are very important to those searching for family members, > the last census prior to World War Two -- your listing is at > http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Score1.htm#BC > > Bill S-18, A Bill to amend the Statistics Act, has had Second > Reading in the Senate and after the committee meeting, will > have Third Reading. > > After that, Bill S-18 will have Introduction, First, Second and > Third Reading in the House of Commons. > > Sincerely hope you will be voting positively -- we need the census, > > Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] > Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee > 25 Crestview Avenue, Brampton, ON L6W 2R8 > > http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Every two months or so, please repost your interests, > telling us what you know and where you've looked > and what you still need to find out. >

To: Raymond Chan - MP, Richmond BC I notice the British Columbia scoreboard shows only ONE BLUE ??? -- denoting you have never replied. Although I am not a resident of Richmond, I am a co-chair of the Canada Census Committee -- fighting for the release of the Canadian 1911 census records. These are very important to those searching for family members, the last census prior to World War Two -- your listing is at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Score1.htm#BC Bill S-18, A Bill to amend the Statistics Act, has had Second Reading in the Senate and after the committee meeting, will have Third Reading. After that, Bill S-18 will have Introduction, First, Second and Third Reading in the House of Commons. Sincerely hope you will be voting positively -- we need the census, Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee 25 Crestview Avenue, Brampton, ON L6W 2R8 http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census

Hi Everyone, I have been a lurker on your site for a while now and thought I would introduce myself. I am Katherine from New Jersey researching a family from Abbotsford from the 1900's. I am looking for an Obit for my great aunt Katherine Rukus who died March 11, 1958 in Vancouver or her husband Michael who died March 25, 1947 in a hospital in Sumas. They have been in Abbotsford since early 1900. I have asked someone from the Abbotsford Web site for help but it is now over a month without any word so I thought I would ask you if there is somewhere I can search myself. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you, Katherine

To all:- During the past week, Sunnybrook Veteran's Wing and possibly other residences of veterans had two predominant colours -- red and white. Valentines were received from every province in Canada, the children working with a Veteran's Affairs program. One Valentine given to my husband is worthy of note:- Thank you for letting this generation have so much freedom and happiness V - is for VICTORY of the war A - is for APPRECIATION what you did L - is for LOSS of loved ones E - is for EXCITEMENT to see you guys N - is for NEVER again T - is for TRAGEDY of people dying I - is for INCREDIBLE that you fought in the war for us N - is for NEVER forget E - is for EARNING our respect S - is for the SACRIFICE you made for us and our future [The card was handmade -- but no province was listed] ==== On Sunday, February 13, Branch 197, Royal Canadian Legion, Acton, Ontario supplied a great musical program and gave gifts to all veterans. These included personal care items, a printed bookmark and the special "2005 - The Year of the Veteran" Small Canadian flags were also given to all veterans. Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] Brampton, ON -- Code Talker, WWII

I have a photo from the early 50s, likely taken in Victoria, of a group of Electrolux salespeople & spouses. If you recognize a name, I'd be glad to send you a scanned copy. Names include: Rod & Babs Bayles Ted Botting Tom & Elsie Fairweather Gerry Fergstad Lil & Fergie Fergstad Harry Hicks Don Jensen Bob Lawrence (Laurence) Max Luxembourg Maude & Roy Parrett Photo by RHSanders- Langford Pam Fairweather Thomson Sechelt, BC, Canada [email protected]

Greetings All. The Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology is scheduled to meet on Bill S-18 - An Act to amend the Statistics Act, on Thursday 24 February 2005. The meeting will be held in Room 705, Victoria Building, 140 Wellington Street, Ottawa. Witnesses scheduled to appear are Jennifer Stoddart - Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Raymond D'Aoust - Assistant Privacy Commissioner, and Dr. Ivan P. Fellegi - Chief Statistician of Canada. I am not aware of what Ms. Stoddart's position will be when she appears, but I believe that it will likely be substantially different than her immediate predecessors Bruce Phillips and the discredited George Radwanski. I was encouraged in reading a speech entitled 'Supporting Transparency and Safeguarding Privacy' that she gave to a conference for the Access to Information and Privacy community 1 April 2004. In that speech Ms. Stoddart made considerable reference to British public administrator Samuel Pepys and a diary he kept (in shorthand) from 1660 to 1669. Ms. Stoddart concluded her references to Samuel Pepys by stating: 'Pepys's approach to his diary has, I suspect, a lot of lessons for us about the social interests in privacy and in open governmental records, and I hope that in some way it can serve us as a model, at least to stimulate our thinking about how to balance the two, for example in looking at census data.' For those interested in reading the rest of her comments re: Samuel Pepys, her speech may be found at http://www.privcom.gc.ca/speech/2004/sp-d_040401_e.asp Chief Statistician Ivan Fellegi has been reported as supporting Bill S-18. Readers will forgive me if I remain somewhat sceptical about just how strong that support might be. I am open to being convinced of his support however, and will listen closely to what he has to say to the Committee. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

Hi, There is the "Swedish Press", published with English & Swedish articles: 1294 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6H 1B6 Editor: Anderss Neumueller [email protected] Website: www.nordicway.com Diane Rogers British Columbia, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Birgitta Nilsson" <[email protected]> Yours Birgitta Nilsson SNIP PS My story about the emigrants from Lomma to BC is almost finished. Is there any journal or paper in the Scandinavian Languages? I want to share what I've found, but the story is in Swedish. SNIP

There is a book with about this name. Does anyone of you have this book? I'd like to know what it says about the Martin family and the Sandell family. I've got the Sandell text and a very bad copy of the photos. So if anyone could scan the pages for me I'd appreciate it very much. Yours Birgitta Nilsson PS My story about the emigrants from Lomma to BC is almost finished. Is there any journal or paper in the Scandinavian languages? I want to share what I've found, but the story is in Swedish. --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

Hello Everyone: Those of you who are working on your lines back to your 1600s American Ancestors will find the 1600s Ancestors Data Base to be of great help. I have recently posted several hundred new Ancestors to the Data Base bringing the total to over 29,000 entries both men and women. Also listed are several National Societies who have proven many of the Ancestors you will find here. There are also a few new Reference Works that contain many more lines. The entries are coded to indicate to which Society or Reference Work has at least one of their proven lines. Several of the National Societies have over 20 different lines from a single Ancestor. WHEN YOU ENTER THE 1600s ANCESTORS DATA BASE be sure to look at the top of each data page for the link that takes you to the "Data Base Information Page". There you will find the list of codes and how to use them. This is MUST reading if you are to understand the Data Base and how to use it. We are constantly updating the Data Base with Additional Ancestors and references as time permits. More work has been devoted to updating listings of the female Ancestors by going back and including marriage dates. This takes much time and we still have a lot of work to do there. You will find the 1600s Ancestor Data Base at; http://www.firstfamilies.org/db/ For those of you who are AOL members you may have trouble connecting to many pages that may come up with a message such as "Page Does Not Exist" and you should cure that by using your browser feature of Copy and Paste the URL to your browser and pressing your enter key. Everyone has free access to the Data Base and to all our posted pages. Enjoy and Happy Hunting Ryan Jackson Data Base Manager America's First Families

Hi Everyone, hope someone can help me! My Churcher family came over in 1928-1930 as part of an assisted passage emigration. By 1970 only 3 were left here, 3 brothers went back to England. Is there any way to find out when they went back to England? Are there any records to show this, or is it like immigration and they were pretty much free to come and go as they please? Hope someone can help with this one! Carol Chapman

Thanks Diana: Appreciate your offer and will be happy if you would do this for us. Will gladly pay for photocopying, etc. etc. Thanks, Helene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: ""Helene McRae"" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Lookup-J. W. Christian > Hi Helene, > I am going to be in Victoria March 22-28 and may have an opportunity to go > to the archives. Let me know if anyone else has offered to get this > information for you. > > Diana >

Looking for someone that will have access to B.C. death registrations in the next while. Would appreciate info on: J. W. Christian Event Date - 1926 10 24 Age 60 Male Event Place: Premier Reg. Number: 1926-09-378007 B.C. Archives B13130 GSU: 1927349 Hoping the first name will be Joseph. Your help appreciated. Helene

To all:- I am having a postal delivery problem -- receiving mail for other people, and hoping all my mail comes to me. Please be certain to add RETURN ADDRESSES on any letter containing petitions -- this way they are deliverable, if just a bit late. Many thanks in advance! Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee 25 Crestview Avenue, Brampton, ON L6W 2R8

Hello Again, I'd like to thank Claudia, Roberta and Margaret who helped with my question on Kincolith. You all helped - but special thanks to Margaret who sent oodles of links and a reminder (....duh!! where IS my head!!) about Google! I read the very interesting Patterson article and discovered that my Grandmother lived just two houses from two people mentioned in the article including Chief George Kinsada! I can see all their names on the copy of the 1891 census I have showing my Grandmother's family. Neat eh?? To answer my own question in case anyone is wondering.......Kincolith was the original name of the town and it was a "Reserve". I have searched and searched the census using Burrard, Cassiar (Skeena) but I will have another go at it, looking only for Native Reserves. Thanks again, Carol __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:44 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Assisted Passage to Canada > Gosh we have a lot of Carol's! :-) > > Keep in mind that if they were British they may not > show up on any Canadian Immigaration records as they > did not need to go through full immigration. They > would have been free to come and go from Canada as > they pleased as they where British Subject's. I do not > recall when it was the British born had to start > clearing immigration to get into Canada but pretty > sure it was after 1935 - very possible when Canadian > citizenship was recognized in 1947? Up until that > point, Canadian's were also defined as British > subjects, both in Canada and abroad so I do not think > many offical records of comings and goings were kept. Not sure either, but it may have been with the Statute of Westminister in1931. My mother was a War Bride, who upon entry into Canada on10th Feb.1946, was considered a citizen of this country. Unfortunately War Brides, who wanted or needed passports post-death of Martin Luther King, had to prove Canadian citizenship. Due in part to King's assassin having obtained a fake Canadian passport, then going to the UK. If I recall correctly, USians needed to have a visa to enter the UK at that time, but of course Canadians (as British Subjects) didn't. My own mother didn't have too much trouble obtaining her passport, in 1968 (to visit me in Rosyth Scotland), as she had saved all her documents, passport etc from 1946, plus had her birth and marriage certs. My first passport, obtained in Jan.1967 and still possess, stated I was a British Subject. Not sure when that was dropped from our passports though. Perhaps when we got our own constitution? Toni, Ontario.

Hello, I was wondering, please, if SKS had the 1910 Vancouver Directory, as I would like to find out when my grparents left Kaslo to go back to Vancouver. Thank you very much. Shannah -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/05

Carol try Cassiar (Skeena), Cassiar (Stikeen) or Coast District all in the Burrard District. Kinkolith is a million miles ;>) from Vancouver the area we usually associate with Burrard but in 1901 the usual way to get up the coast was from Vancouver on a steam ship. Since Kinkolith is just north of Prince Rupert which is at the mouth of the I'd try that one first. Good Luck Roberta & Terry [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 12:55 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Kincolith, B.C. > Hi Everyone, > > What a gorgeous day here on the Sunshine Coast - and probably all sorts of other beautiful B.C. places too! I should be outside raking dead stuff out of the garden but....... > > Does anyone know where I can find Kincolith on the 1901 census?? I have searched and searched!! I believe it may be a Nisga'a Reservation and I've looked through three "books" containing the names of the Natives on reserves: Babine (Agency) > Book 1 Yale and Cariboo, Cassiar, Quesnelle > Book 2 Yale and Cariboo, Cassiar, Quesnelle > Book 3 Yale and Cariboo, Cassiar, Stony Creek, Fort George, etc. > but no luck. I have my Grandmother's name (Katherine Amelia Wells) and the names of her parents (Albert & Martha Wells) and have found them on the 1891 census but can't find any of them on the 1901. > > Any clues?? > > Many thanks, > Carol Wright > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo! > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html >