Greetings All I have just finished collating the petitions for the House of Commons that I have received since 22 November. They will be mailed in the morning. The break down is as follows: Province Previous Current Total ============================== BC 2468 256 2724 AB 5380 42 5422 SK 709 131 840 MB 283 164 447 ON 2297 653 2950 PQ 681 126 807 NB 501 40 541 NS 604 141 745 PE 99 0 99 NF 208 52 260 YT 7 0 7 NT 0 0 0 NUN 0 0 0 =============================== Totals 13237 1605 14842 Muriel advises that she has to date submitted 12,581 Canadian signatures on Petitions for the Senate to which I have a further 63 to send her. She has also submitted Non-Resident petitions having 2, 132 signatures. This brings the total number of signatures on our petitions alone, since the November 2000 federal election, to 29,618. Add to this figure the estimated 16,000 signatures on petitions, letters and email to MPs, and submissions to the Expert Panel on Access of Historical Census Records sent prior to the election, we achieve a total of 45, 618 signature sent to Ottawa. This figure does not include additional unknown numbers of signatures on letters and email sent either prior to, or following the November 2000 election, or on petitions not directed through either myself or Muriel since that election. Neither does it include signatures on petitions that may have been sent by groups other than the Canada Census Committee. We have no means of tracking numbers of letters or email sent since the election. Check the Scoreboards on the Post 1901 Census Project website, at the URL following my signature for the tally of MPs and Senators, and their stated positions. The figures posted this past week have had some minor adjustments and the new totals should be online within a few days. The number of hits on the Home Page of the Post 1901 Census Project website has now exceeded 200,000 since it was started. At the moment we are receiving in excess of 10,000 hits per month. Even considering that many of those will be repeat visits and do not include visits that bypass the Home Page we are happy with the numbers. 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

Wondering if anyone has heard of the BAKER BRICK & TILE CO. of Victoria at the turn of the century? Brother's John & James BAKER owned and operated this brick company, sons of Richard Baker & Mary Jennings. Also interested in these surnames from Victoria & Vancouver, BC. OLDERSHAW, SEMPLE, GEIGER, MCNAUGHTON, GOWEN, RAITT, HOLE, MCCREADIE, KINLEY, OLIVER, MEARNS, HUNTER. Kind regards, Gloria Wallin Victoria,BC gloria.wallin@shaw.ca

Hi: Could someone help me with this one death record and also the obituaries listed below. Note these are publication dates, not a death date. Thank you so much for your help, I am happy to pay for photocopies and postage. Take Care, Kathleen Vital Event Death Registration Name: Lois Callaghan Event Date: 1930 6 9 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 0 Gender: female Event Place: Vancouver Reg. Number: 1930-09-436335 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13138 GSU Microfilm Number: 1952650 ----------------------------------------------------------- >From the Obituary Times: McGUIGAN, Betty Jean; ; BC; Province; 2000-5-7; verbeek McGUIGAN, Betty Jean; ; Richmond BC; Vanc Sun; 2000-5-6; mumtaz

Hello! I’m hoping to find more information on John WICKSTROM, his wife Johanna, and their daughter Hulda Elizabeth. Here’s what I know about each: John – born 11 Feb 1855 (according to 1901 Census) in Sweden, died 23 Aug 1943 in Vancouver. He worked as a logger near Timberland in the Richmond district. He lived at the following places: 1941-1943 1966 West 14th "home for elderly people" 1939-1940 2339 Yew Street (home of Rowland & Ada Denney) 1923-1936 396 Powell Street, "World Hotel", in 1923 he was an employee at Albert Cotton, a shingle mill at 2150 Birch Street 1919 at 1514 Powell with Carl & Annie Wickstrom At the time of his death he was was receiving help from City Relief of Vancouver. Johanna (nee Erickson) – b. 8 Jan 1865 in Sweden (according to 1901 Census). Died 20 Feb 1911 in New Westminster. Hulda Elizabeth - b. 21 May 1883 (according to 1901 Census). Married my great-grandfather, William James Jardine, on 24 May 1902 in New Westminster. Hulda died 9 May 1934 in New Westminster. William and Hulda had two sons, John Eric and William Henry (my grandfather). What I’d like to find out is more about their lives in the Lower Mainland, and more importantly, where in Sweden they came from! So far I haven’t been able to track them through ships’ passenger lists. Thanks for any ideas! Rob

To all -- and this message may be forwarded:- Everyone must be watching the Olympics -- I have received ONE petition this week -- so there will be no weekly tabulation. Both House of Commons (both languages) and Senate, also in both languages, are really needed at this time. Residents of other countries download the Non-Resident one at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Petition.htm This is a very critical time and we request YOUR assistance. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.312 / Virus Database: 173 - Release Date: 12/31/01

Hello, Listers! Is there a good map of the Wh. Rock/Surrey/Langley/Delta areas, please? I want to send it out to a cousin in NZ. Thank you very much. Shannah

Hello, Listers! Is there a good map of the Wh. Rock/Surrey/Langley/Delta areas, please? I want to send it out to a cousin in NZ. Thank you very much. Shannah

Hello, Listers! Is there a good map of the Wh. Rock/Surrey/Langley/Delta areas, please? I want to send it out to a cousin in NZ. Thank you very much. Shannah

Hello, Listers! Is there a good map of the Wh. Rock/Surrey/Langley/Delta areas, please? I want to send it out to a cousin in NZ. Thank you very much. Shannah

Hello, Listers! Is there a good map of the Wh. Rock/Surrey/Langley/Delta areas, please? I want to send it out to a cousin in NZ. Thank you very much. Shannah

Can not get off! Gail Griffin

Joan asked if I had any more information regarding the "first national genealogy conference" to be held in the fall of 2002. I received the following message from Brian Gilchrists this morning. =========================== From: "gilchrists" <gilchrists@idirect.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:19 AM Subject: Re: "Canadian Conference" Good morning all! It seems there is some mis-interpretation about the way the Globe and Mail might have used the term "conference" in the article in last Saturday'spaper. The 'conference' [which my informant has called a "symposium"] is currently being scheduled for the end of October and will be by invitation only. I am told that the those being invited will include representatives of the Provincial genealogical societies, archivists, librarians, and other "movers and shakers" in the genealogical community from across the country. One of the goals of the symposium, as I currently understand it, will be to inform the invited participants about the Project, its objectives, content, access, etc. The whole process is still in the developmental stage. I am sure that we will be hearing more from the new 'Canadian Genealogy Centre' in the near future. This is an exciting concept, and has the potential to be a great resource for all of us. Cheers - J. Brian Gilchrist =============================== Insofar as the creation of a Canadian Genealogy Center is concerned, I have been aware for some time that something of this sort was being considered but this is the first indication I have had about it actually coming to pass. It is indeed great news for all of us. 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn" <joanmc@joansjoy.ca> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 1:04 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] Re: CANADIAN GENEALOGY CENTRE & CONFERENCE At 13:00 18/02/2002 -0700, you wrote: Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:01:39 -0800 From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0d5901c1b84a$1fe29c00$4022b742@gordon1> Subject: [CAN-BC] Post 1901 Census - Globe & Mail articles Greetings All. I see that there have already been postings out regarding the online survey being conducted by the National Archives of Canada on what people would like to see available from the Archives. I would encourage all to check out this survey and to submit their responses to it. The URL for it is http://accessible.archives.ca <snip> THE CANADIAN GENEALOGY CENTRE The National Archives, in co-operation with Canadian Heritage, is also developing an new initiative to better serve Canadian genealogists: The Canadian Genealogy Centre. Theis Centre will offer services, advice and research tools in both official languages; it will also serve as a portal to all genealogical resources held in Canada using the community-building power of the Internet. It will resond to the rising demand for seamless access to genealogical services and digitized collections. Genealogists, who make up a large part of the National Archives' clientele, will hve so much to choose from! This ambitious project will be carried out over three years. there are already plans to start up a Web site in the fall of 2002, when Canada's first national genealogy conference will be held. Gordon: Do you have any details on this? As I will be in Ontario during the Fall, I'd love to know more Thanks for passing all this on to us In establishing the Canadian Genealogy Centre, the Archives will be working in partnership with other archives, libraries and historical societies. The Archives will also hold many consultations with its target clientele to ensure that the Centre meets the needs of geographically dispersed Canadians to access records and services across Canada. ============================== These two articles demonstrate that not all government departments are following the dictates of Statistics Canada. We look forward to the early addition of the 1906 Census and the orderly addition and release of all subsequent Census records in accordance with Regulation 6(d) of the Privacy Act. We look forward also to the Report of Environics Research Group on the Town Hall Meetings and Focus Groups regarding public access to the 1906 and 1911 Census Records. That Report was to be presented to Statistics Canada by 15 February 2002. We will be looking for it to be made available to the public and have given notice to Statistics Canada that if it is not released within thirty days of receipt I will be submitting an Access to Information Request for it. 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.

Hi to all: I just had to thank everyone again as well as Stella, Claudia and John on the information about the deceased students for the Vanderhoof School Reunion in 2003. I received information today after my original request was forward about three times, so now my daughter in Grande Prairie has all the information she needs to prepare for a table of memorial for them. Thanks again, there is a lot of great people living in B.C. Ken in Enderby

At 13:00 18/02/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:01:39 -0800 >From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> >To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <0d5901c1b84a$1fe29c00$4022b742@gordon1> >Subject: [CAN-BC] Post 1901 Census - Globe & Mail articles >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >Greetings All. > >I see that there have already been postings out regarding the online >survey being conducted by the National Archives of Canada on what people >would like to see available from the Archives. I would encourage all to >check out this survey and to submit their responses to it. The URL for >it is > >http://accessible.archives.ca > <snip> >THE CANADIAN GENEALOGY CENTRE > >The National Archives, in co-operation with Canadian Heritage, is also >developing an new initiative to better serve Canadian genealogists: The >Canadian Genealogy Centre. Theis Centre will offer services, advice and >research tools in both official languages; it will also serve as a >portal to all genealogical resources held in Canada using the >community-building power of the Internet. It will resond to the rising >demand for seamless access to genealogical services and digitized >collections. Genealogists, who make up a large part of the National >Archives' clientele, will hve so much to choose from! > >This ambitious project will be carried out over three years. there are >already plans to start up a Web site in the fall of 2002, when Canada's >first national genealogy conference will be held. Gordon: Do you have any details on this? As I will be in Ontario during the Fall, I'd love to know more Thanks for passing all this on to us >In establishing the Canadian Genealogy Centre, the Archives will be >working in partnership with other archives, libraries and historical >societies. The Archives will also hold many consultations with its >target clientele to ensure that the Centre meets the needs of >geographically dispersed Canadians to access records and services across >Canada. > >============================== > >These two articles demonstrate that not all government departments are >following the dictates of Statistics Canada. We look forward to the >early addition of the 1906 Census and the orderly addition and release >of all subsequent Census records in accordance with Regulation 6(d) of >the Privacy Act. > >We look forward also to the Report of Environics Research Group on the >Town Hall Meetings and Focus Groups regarding public access to the 1906 >and 1911 Census Records. That Report was to be presented to Statistics >Canada by 15 February 2002. We will be looking for it to be made >available to the public and have given notice to Statistics Canada that >if it is not released within thirty days of receipt I will be submitting >an Access to Information Request for it. > >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. > > Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn, U.E. From Beautiful Victoria, BC Canada joanmc@joansjoy.ca www.joansjoy.ca

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A book on the history of South Vancouver is being prepared by a group of historians and interested persons that meet once a month at John Oliver High School. The working title is GROWING UP IN SOUTH VANCOUVER. If you have any old school PEPMASTER newsletters, old stories or business photos or if you went to John Oliver and would like to help or be interviewed, please check out the website: www.jayohistory.com or e-mail Ken_MacLeod@sd34.bc.ca If you could pass on this message to people you know who would be interested, it would be much appreciated.

Not to be an advertizement for Don, but he always informs me when the Vancouver films are ready.. http://members.shaw.ca/copies/products.htm Pam Fairweather Thomson wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > Someone in Victoria may know if the films are available at the Archives. > The Vancouver area libraries seem to get their copies in the spring. I > hope someone on the list will let us know if they sight any- the first > robin, the first crocus, and the first appearance of the latest > microfilms! :-) > Pam > > Kolthammer wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > Are the 1981 death registrations available at local BC libraries? If so, > > is someone able to do a lookup for me? > > > > I found two references on the BC Archives vital records index but when I > > sent a request to the Family History Library in Salt Lake, they said the > > films were not yet available for patron use due to privacy restrictions. > > > > Thank you, > > Jennifer > > > > ==== 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. > > -- > > > Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada > *I collect Fairweathers!* > mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost.

Hi to all, As for the latest release of films from the archives, they can be ordered immediately from your local LDS, in fact future films have already been filmed by the Church. So if you can't get them right now from your local library try the LDS. I'm also sure you would be able to access them in the B.C. Archives. Marg Prince George BC On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Pam Fairweather Thomson wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > Someone in Victoria may know if the films are available at the Archives. > The Vancouver area libraries seem to get their copies in the spring. I > hope someone on the list will let us know if they sight any- the first > robin, the first crocus, and the first appearance of the latest > microfilms! :-) > Pam > > Kolthammer wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > Are the 1981 death registrations available at local BC libraries? If so, > > is someone able to do a lookup for me? > > > > I found two references on the BC Archives vital records index but when I > > sent a request to the Family History Library in Salt Lake, they said the > > films were not yet available for patron use due to privacy restrictions. > > > > Thank you, > > Jennifer > > > > ==== 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. > > -- > > > Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada > *I collect Fairweathers!* > mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. >

Hi Jennifer The 1981 [Death Registration] films are not available at Cloverdale, copies have been ordered but delivery not expected for a couple of months. They should also be available through the FHC. Now that they are more twenty years old they there is no reason to restrict them. Regards David On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 08:32:25 -0600, Kolthammer wrote: >Greetings, > >Are the 1981 death registrations available at local BC libraries? If so, >is someone able to do a lookup for me? > >I found two references on the BC Archives vital records index but when I >sent a request to the Family History Library in Salt Lake, they said the >films were not yet available for patron use due to privacy restrictions. > >Thank you, >Jennifer > > >==== 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. >

> >Greetings, > > >Are the 1981 death registrations available at local BC libraries? If so, >is someone able to do a lookup for me? > > >I found two references on the BC Archives vital records index but when I >sent a request to the Family History Library in Salt Lake, they said the >films were not yet available for patron use due to privacy restrictions. > > >Thank you, >Jennifer Yes, Jennifer, they are available. If you find them on the Index online, they are available. 8-) Joan Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn, U.E. From Beautiful Victoria, BC Canada joanmc@joansjoy.ca www.joansjoy.ca