I don't know about Vancouver Library, but I highly recommend Cloverdale Library. They have the wills, BMDs, Census records and a whole lot more. Staff are excellent and everything is reasonably priced. Tara Fort Langley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stella Stanger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] visiting vancouver > Hi Carol, > There is never a need to order Registrations - the expensive way - from the > Provincial Archive .There are always Volunteers here at the B.C. Mail List > [myself included - although I have been tied up with obligations to family > and friends - and do not get out as often as I would wish - so can never > guarantee a prompt response. > > There are also Volunteers at the Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness site. > http://www.raogk.org/bcolumbia.htm > ANY who offer Lookups of Public Record - can view - transcribe or copy > the filmed registration. There is No Charge - although some may charge to > cover their cost of copies [ .50 cents or under Cndn] and /or postage. > > Filmed Registratons can be viewed - at the > Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library 350 West Georgia Street, > Vancouver B.C. V6B 6B1 - 604 - 331 3603.- 6th Floor. City Directories can > be viewed on this floor - as well - the 7th floor. Obituaries [Newspapers - > can be viewed in the Newspaper section - 5th Floor]. Photographs etc - can > be viewed on the 7th floor. > http://www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/his/Genealogy/Genealogy.html > Map: > http://tinyurl.com/6s38c > > Registrations can also be viewed at some Universities - U.B.C. in Vancouver > - SFU in Burnaby. Information can also be searched at the Chilliwack > Library - Chillwack B.C. > > I have never had the need to search for wills. > Check the Provincial Archive site - Textural records - just type in the > name : depending on the time frame - it will show whether a will had been > through Probate. If so - this information is available - but probably only > through the Archive *their costs for copies - has gone up greatly - but - > if you can visit Victoria - or - find a Volunteer at the RAOGK - it will > only be whatever the copy machine charges are. per page. > .Copies at the Archive were .20 cents per page at one time. > You might want to visit the Provincial Court House in Vancouver - They may > have resource to search for wills. > > Cemeteries: > There is 1 Cemetery in VAncouver > Mountain View > Vancouver City > (604) 325-2646 > 5455 Fraser St > Vancouver, BC > Map: > http://tinyurl.com/65ax4 > http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/nonmarketoperations/mountainview/burials/index.htm > http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/nonmarketoperations/mountainview/index.htm > http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/nonmarketoperations/mountainview/air.htm > Burnaby: > Forest Lawn Memorial Park > (604) 299-7711 > 3789 Royal Oak Ave > Burnaby, BC > Map: > http://tinyurl.com/4ntan > > Ocean View Burial Park & Mausoleum > 4000 Imperial Street, [At Patterson] > Burnaby, BC V5J 1A4 > Tel. : 604-435-6688 > Map: > http://tinyurl.com/579v5 > > Masonic Cemetery Assn of B C > (604) 294-4143 > 4305 Halifax St > Burnaby, BC > Map: > http://tinyurl.com/52rad > http://tinyurl.com/4w5vh > > Beth Israel > (604) 298-8240 > 1721 Willingdon Avenue > Burnaby, BC > Map: > http://tinyurl.com/4owwt > > St. Peters > 100 Richmond, New Westminster B.C. Canada > Ph. 604 - 522 - 1691 > > Schara Tzedeck > 2345 Marine Dr. New Westminster B.C. Canada > Ph. 604 - 522 - 1754 > > Fraser Cemetery: > http://www.city.new-westminster.bc.ca/cityhall/operations/fraser/ > > Vancouver City Archive. > (604) 736-8561 > 1150 Chestnut Str > Vancouver, BC > Map: > http://tinyurl.com/3qwuu > > Hope that helps. > Happy New Year 2005. > Cheers, Stella > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 06:05 PM 1/22/2005, you wrote: > >I have a quick question, I hope someone can help with... > > > >I am going to be in Vancouver at the end of Feb. for about 6 days....I > >will be squeezing in visiting cousins etc. and hopefully some family > >history research. > > > > From here in Ontario I tend to order my certificates the expensive > > way...through the BC archives site. While I am there I am hoping to look > > up and get copies of as many as I can!! I also want to do some cemetery > > searching etc. Where is the best place to go to access and copy > > certificates while I am there? I may try to look up other public > > documents while there (wills etc.), Where would be my place of choice for this? > > > >Any info is welcome. I don't know what I will have time for, but am > >hoping to at least find out a little info as well as taking tons of photos! > > > >Carol in London, Ontario > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005 > > > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > >Check the list's archives out at > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html >