Greetings All. Our past efforts in encouraging all to write letters and email to all MPs and Senators have been tremendously successful, and we thank all that done so. We have had indications that in the offices of many of our elected and appointed representatives, messages regarding support for access to Historic Census Records far outnumber messages received on any other subject. From this we can safely assume that all Members of Parliament and Senators are now most certainly aware of our feelings on this subject. We have also had indications that, with a new Minister of Industry, some things are once again happening behind the scenes. As such it is perhaps time now for a slight change in tactics to allow those working on our behalf the opportunity to see some results from their efforts. We still encourage all to write letters to their own Member of Parliament, to those Senators that represent the area in which they live, and of course the applicable Ministers. We would ask, however, for the time being at least, you restrict your letters to your own representatives, and do not send blanket letters and email to all of them. A few word about your letters and email. We have been advised that in some cases, messages to our representatives have crossed the boundary from encouraging them to support our point of view, to harassment and demands that they do so. This kind of message only serves to get their back up and even if they were inclined to see things our way, they get angry and say "To h*** with them!" I have been copied on some letters, that had they been directed to me, would have caused this reaction from myself. Our purpose in writing is to get our representatives to join in our effort, not to antagonize or annoy them. In that regard we should keep the following in mind: * Be polite and respectful in your comments. * If your purpose in writing is to inform, keep your comments factual. * If your purpose is to request their support -- request it -- don't demand it. * Above all, do not let your message be a personal attack on any individual because they might have a different point of view than you do. I repeat -- be polite and respectful. In this age of electronic communication it is easy to zip off an email and send it to many people at the same time. I confess to being guilty of frequently doing this myself. We have been reminded lately, however, that many of our representatives would put more stock in, and more readily pay attention to, an individual letter from a constituent (particularly a hand written one) than they would to 100 email from non-constituents. With this in mind we suggest for the time being, rather than using email you send personal letters via Canada Post. If mailed in Canada there is no postage required to send a letter or parcel to any Member of Parliament or Senator. If your handwriting is legible (mine isn't) use pen and ink to write it. If your handwriting is not legible by all means use your typewriter or word processor to print it out before mailing. If you receive a response that shows a different position than those shown on the MP or Senator Scoreboards, please forward a copy to me so that their position can be brought up to date. Thank you all for your support. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted.

Hello, I'm searching for families of William and Christina Ife and Andrew and Elizabeth Ogg in B.C. I have some information to share. Also searching for Tweedie, Keech and Flemings ( Revelstoke).Both William Ife and Andrew Ogg disappeared under unusual circumstances, although not in the same years.

Hi Jan The short answer is NO, birth records less than 100 years old are not available to the public. BUT You could apply for a Genealogical Certificate [they are expensive - $50.00 each] if you can meet the criteria. For more information see the site at http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/genealogy/birth.html Regards David On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:11:53 -0800, J. Baker wrote: >Hello, > > I have searched the Vital Statistics site online, but it only releases birth info >to 1901. The birth I am looking for is later than that. Is the info available to >the public, but just not on the website? > > If I were in Victoria, could I go to the archives and search for it? > > Thanks in advance for any answers, Jan. > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ >

Hello, I have searched the Vital Statistics site online, but it only releases birth info to 1901. The birth I am looking for is later than that. Is the info available to the public, but just not on the website? If I were in Victoria, could I go to the archives and search for it? Thanks in advance for any answers, Jan.

Hello: I have been off the list for a while, but decided to have another go at this mystery. I am searching for information on the disappearaance of William James Lawrence Hamilton, last known address was Shelbourne St., Victoria, in 1959. He would be aged 66 if alive today. Any information welcome. The following site has pics of Bill and more information about him, and my search for him. http://communities.msn.ca/MissingPersonsPage Thank-you Deborah _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

The HBC barque, 'Norman Morison' made 3 voyages from England to Victoria arriving in 1850, 1851 and 1853. Many of the original southern Vancouver Island pioneer settlers came on these trips. In 1953, for the centennial of the arrival of the 'Norman Morison' on her last trip to Victoria, a large dinner was held to commemorate this event. Descendants of the original pioneers who arrived in Victoria on this trip were invited. As next year will be the 150th anniversary (sesquicentennial) of that final arrival, we are planning a celebration on Saturday, August 16, 2003 to include descendants of passengers of all 3 trips. A brunch is being planned where photos, mementos, family histories, etc. can be displayed and after the brunch, time can be spent viewing these displays and meeting the various descendants. Perhaps a speaker or two could give some stories either of the voyages or the times after the arrival. This could also be an opportunity to set up family reunions of the various descendant groups on Saturday night and Sunday. I'm planning a reunion for descendants of my three passengers on the first, second and third trips of the Morison (Henry WAIN, George MILLS and Henry SIMPSON. Ideas, suggestions and assistance for this event would be gratefully received. For further information please e-mail the Norman Morison 150th Anniversary Committee at joanmc@joansjoy.ca and check our web page at www.joansjoy.ca/Reunions Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn, U.E. Co-Chair Norman Morison 150th Anniversary Committee Victoria BC Canada joanmc@joansjoy.ca www.joansjoy.ca/Reunions

Hello, Would someone be willing to help me get copies of my grandparents death obits from the newspaper? Ferdinand Joseph Tremblay b. 3-2-1879 d. 2-17-1968 New Westminster, He lived at 82nd, Avenue, North Surrey. Eunice Amelia Tremblay b. 2-25-1901 Nebraska, d. 4-21-1969 Essondale B.C., she lived at the same address as her husband above. I appreciate all the help with this. Respectfully Yours, Rea

Hello: Could someone tell me the address to send for a death certificate for my father who died in August 1993 in Vancouver, BC. please. Cathie

Dear List: Is there anyone who would be willing to look for an obituary in the Victoria newspapers .Obituary needed for Alfred Augustus Baker who died in Victoria on May 13, 1967 and Flora Isabel Baker who died in Victoria on January 02, 1970. Thanks in advance, Caroline

Hi fellow listers, is there anyone on the list who lives at Cowichan Bay? Or knows someone who lives there? if so, could you contact me privately please. Thank you, Ines

Hi Cathie, The address following - will give you the address - to order the item that you want. You can order online - or via post. Do you just want - the Death Certificate ? The DEATH CERTIFICATE - contains only the very basic information - extracted from the DEATH REGISTRATION . Good for proof of the event - but not enough information for any genealogy /family research. The cost will be $27.00 Cndn The DEATH REGISTRATION: will show: Name of Deceased - place of Death - home address - Date and place of birth. racial origin - sex - citizenship - may show how long in municipality where death occurred - how long in Province - how long in Canada Name of spouse - Names of both parents - if known - place of birth of both parents if known. Occupation of deceased - how long at the occupation. Name and address of informant - relationship of informant to the deceased Cause of Death. Name of Funeral Director Name of Cemetery - Burial - Cremation - or . The Cost of the DEATH REGISTRATION: $50.00 Cndn. British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency 818 Fort Street Victoria, British Columbia Canada V8W 1H8 Telephone 250-952-2681 ******* You can download the application form at the following site: http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/forms/index.html Or if you wish: I can pick up a copy of the form - and send it to you. I have to pick up some Vital Events forms for an acquaintance. If you wish - I can search for an obituary - if published - I visit the library quite often - for lookups and obits - along with my own research. PLEASE ! HELP ! - The Canada Census Campaign - We may never see the Release of the 1906 - 1911 > Census for Canada - Important for ANYONE researching their Family Genealogy . http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index2.htm http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Petition.htm http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Sample.htm http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/canada-census-campaign Stella Stanger sstanger@sfu.ca Member, Canada Census Committee At 06:21 PM 3/11/02 -0500, cathie wrote: >Hello: > >Could someone tell me the address to send for a death certificate for my >father who died in August 1993 in Vancouver, BC. please. > >Cathie > > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Check the list's archives out at >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html >

Good morning fellow listers Looking for my great Uncle Jim BRADLEY. The BC connection that may help locate my grandmother Jane BRADLEY is Jim BRADLEY's son William H. BRADLEY living in North Vancouver in 1964 on William Ave. James BRADLEY and Jane BRADLEY may be the ones below from the 1891 British census: William John Bradley born approx 1869 in Ireland, Chemical worker. He married Isabella who was born in 1860. Their children: ?? Jane (Jean/Jinnie), 1880, Ireland, ?? Eleanor Catherine (Cis?), 1881 Ireland Margaret 1884 Heworth, England William John 1886, Heworth Annie, 1888 Heworth ?? Arthur James 1890 Heworth ?? Understand James passed away Feb 5, 1966 in Belfast. Have him living at on Holywood Rd., Belfast January 1964. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Murray Jones Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Hi, Is there any lister who lives close to Dawson Creek and would look up an obit from January or February 2002, please? I checked the CAN-BC-OBITS archives. This is for a man in Australia and he sent his question to the "subscribe" address. Please let me know if you can help him. Thanks, Pam -- Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada *I collect Fairweathers!* mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca

Many thanks to all who replied to my email of 6 March 2002. Sorry for taking so long to reply but my email box keeps getting full. Malcolm A Shaw Calgary, Alberta

Hi, Stella sent me some information the other day about the collection of Vital Events microfilms held at Simon Fraser University. It indicated that they were not going to add any films to the collection. I checked this out and received an email from the collections person at SFU library. She said that the original collection was purchased with a grant and that they don't plan to add any other films, as it doesn't seem to be something which is being used by SFU students and faculty. As far as I know, the films which are already there will continue to be available. Has anyone heard if Cloverdale Library or the Vancouver Public Library have the newest releases yet? Pam -- Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada *I collect Fairweathers!* mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca

Hello, I am new to this list. I am trying to find out some information for my son's girlfriend. We are looking for any information on a Don AKERS, possibly born in BC. He married an Jessica TRUTMINE or TROUTMAN? They had a son Brad AKERS who lives in Fort St. John, BC. That is all the information that I have to go on at the present time. Many thanks in advance, Cindy Donovan Nova Scotia

http://www.canada411.sympatico.ca/ This URL will get you the telephone directories for most of Canada. The People Finders for BC and Alberta at www.mybc.com I understand is more up-to-date than Canad411. Good Luck! Roberta Case rcase@connected.bc.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "C Donovan" <sbdonovan@auracom.com> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] AKERS, Don > Hello, > > I am new to this list. I am trying to find out some information for my > son's girlfriend. > > We are looking for any information on a Don AKERS, possibly born in BC. > He married an Jessica TRUTMINE or TROUTMAN? They had a son Brad AKERS > who lives in Fort St. John, BC. > > That is all the information that I have to go on at the present time. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Cindy Donovan > Nova Scotia > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > >

Hello, Listers! This message is intended for the Listowner. I have noticed that we all have not put up our surnames which we are researching for quite awhile on this List, and, I was wondering, if we could start, again, please? Thank you. Shannah

Good Morning Shannah, 1. Have you searched among your fathers papers? This is something that would have been kept. Check with other family members. 2. Contact Veterans Affairs: - There is a Vancouver Office - they should be able to advise - or forward your request to the proper source. Contact: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=contact/pacific Regional Office 900-605 Robson St., P.O.Box 5600 Vancouver, BC V6B 5G4 Vancouver (604) 666-7942 1-800-647-1-VAC (1822) (604) 666-2946 (Services in French) 1-800-647-1-ACC (1222) Services in French Penticton Office: 60 Nanaimo Ave. W. Penticton, BC V2A 1N1 B.C. Interior (250) 770-4400 1-800-647-1-VAC (1822 Web Site: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/ Stella Stanger sstanger@sfu.ca Member, Canada Census Committee At 12:12 PM 3/6/02 -0800, Shannah Griggs wrote: >Hello, Listers! > >I was wondering, if SKS would, please, give a website/e-mail/ph/fax #'s >to: a) the Courthouse downtown Vancouver, b) Veteran's Assoc. downtown >Vancouver. I am trying to find my fa.'s discharge papers in 1947 from the >Cndn. Airforce. > >If anyone can help me, it would greatly appreciated! :) > >Thank you very much. > >Shannah > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ >

--- MEMO MAY BE FORWARDED OR TRANSLATED --- To all - whether students, church members, genealogy and hiostorical groups, or just interested researchers:- THE BIG PUSH is one and we hope all who wish the 1911 Canadian census released will assist -- your help is needed for petitions, letters to both Senators and Members of Parliament. Newspaper publicity is needed -- ask your hometown editor to post a column -- and my e-mail address may be given muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Bill S-12 by Senator Lorna Milne is in third Reading stage, some debate and then hopefully a positive VOTE. Following Parliamentary procedure the Bill S-12 would then go to House of Commons for approval. At present, BOTH House of Commons and Senate petitions are needed. When the Bill passes in the Senate, very possibly we will only need House of Commons after that -- I promise to let all know. During the past few weeks, NO petitions were received from Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nunavut/Yukon/N.W. Territories - could we change this fact???? To send letters, Gordon Watts has sample letters at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/ Click on HOMEPAGE Addresses and wording is there -- save to disk or Copy and Paste. Postage is FREE and many respond better to something in an envelope! However, you might prefer to write your own letter -- your wishes, searches, lost ones, genetic diseases, but SIGN THE LETTER with complete address. Believe it or not, the same letter will do for all -- just change the name! Murray Calder will have his glorious ONE hour of debate due to the committee handling -- 13 other Bills dumped in 15 minutes!!! If anyone has watched CPAC they will note that Murray Calder does NOT look like a farmer -- but he is -- complete with a huge wheelbarrow which we wish to have filled --- by YOU -- the ONES WHO DESIRE CENSUS! Download census petitions -- a colourful sign is also there for your usage http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Petition.htm Adobe Acrobat is FREE -- acts as a reader -- must be downloaded. Petitions are in English and French Senate and House of Commons, plus English Non-Resident. Mail to either Gordon or myself -- we share petitions! If we all give this ONE HUGE PUSH before Easter, It will help -- there is a committee which ascertains the petitions in Ottawa -- approves them!! Students may use this as a different social science subject -- just add the name of the school so credit may be given. Let's SPRING INTO ACTION before Spring!!! Your help is Needed NOW!!! Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee 25 Crestview Avenue, Brampton, Ontario L6W 2R8 http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index6.htm and http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Senscore1.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.330 / Virus Database: 184 - Release Date: 2/28/02