Hi Folks I have also searched in vain for birth records for my family. There were 4 children born 1892 to 1900. One died young, one was registered in 1961(have his record) but the other 2 are no where to be found and I know they both collected pensions. Still searching. Wendy Gust New Westminster, BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claudia Cole" <[email protected]> To: <> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 4:09 PM Subject: RE: [CAN-BC] Re: missing names in index. > Judy: > Delayed registrations of birth should be in the Births Index. The only > difference would be when you found it in the index, you would not > necessarily be able to access the film, and you might have to apply to > Vital Statistics Agency to get a copy of the registration. There are > certainly many cases of births that weren't registered at the time, but > usually the person requires a birth record later in order to apply for a > pension, etc. If the person died before that was an issue, then there > might never be any registration. > > Does the obituary say that Thomas Cairns died in BC? If he was across > the border in Alberta or in the USA when he died, there wouldn't usually > be a BC death registration. Was it an ordinary death or an accident? If > the death required investigation, there would be a coroner's report. > > Claudia > > Claudia Cole > Independent Research Agent > 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue > Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Canada > 250 598-7859 [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elista [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 11:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CAN-BC] Re: missing names in index. > > > Thanks for your suggestion. I tried many variants. I also did a search > on > just the date, for every death in Nelson in 1909, and no one with even a > name close to Thomas Cairns, so I don't think he is there at all. I also > tried just birth years as well, with no luck. Could they not have been > registered, or maybe delayed registration? > > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennice Goudie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 11:42 AM > Subject: missing names in index. > > >> I would offer the suggestion of wildcards: Straube = St?a?b? or ?airn? > (or > any combination thereof) >> >> I have found many other variants of different Surnames in my extensive > extended family as I research. Thankfully there are other family > historians/researchers who share some of their nuggests of finds with > me. >> >> Genealogical Researcher >> Dennice Goudie >> researching: >> Brûlè, Poirier, McFadden, Stephens, Michelsen, French, Brooks, Brown, >> Goudie, Vautrin pioneer families of British Columbia and their > 'country >> wives' >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goudied/index.html >> >> Most Recent Family Tree database online (10,000+ individuals) >> http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/1 >> http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/2/ << Fotheringhame - V7 - > 669 >> Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no >> intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "elista" <[email protected] >> >> >> : In my search for ancestor vital stats, I have run into 4 instances > now > where the vital event is not found on the BC archives index search. > Three > are births and one is a death. Would anyone have an idea of how I could > get > the info, or is it most likely something that has fallen through the > cracks > and will not likely be found. Any suggestions would be gratefully > appreciated. >> : >> : Death of Thomas Cairns on March 8, 1909 in Nelson, BC. I have the > obituary from the Nelson Daily News. >> : >> : Births of 3 children in Vancouver ( names and dates from the 1901 > census) >> : Annie Cecelia Straube - born 20 Dec. 1887 >> : Valentine Anthony Straube - born 25 March, 1889 >> : Charles Straube - born 7 June, 1890 >> : Parents are Valerian and Julia Straube. >> : Coincidently, I found the 4th child ( Julia, born in 1894) on the BC > archives index under the name of Stranbe, but no amount of inventive > searching brought up any of the others, even just by year date search > alone. >> : >> > > > ==== 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. >

I am positive that I am not the only one that has had difficulty in finding BMD certificates/registrations. I know of an example of how complicated it can be to find registrations - I know of a person who served in the armed forces, worked, married, collected a pension, survived the death of spouse of 50 years - for some unknown reason he finally had to apply for his birth certificate.. imagine his surprise of finding out that the Surname he had carried throughout his life was not his birthname! In his late 70s he had to apply for the original birth certificate, then for a legal change of name to continue using the name he had used for his 77 years *shrugs* Of course, there are those who were literally, if not legally, adopted into my extended family whose names appear as a variation of McFadden (maternal side) who show up in the marriage registrations with all sorts of weird spellings. I am of a mind that all genealogy researchers have an Agatha Christie gene only we act out her imagination in our constant search. Genealogical Researcher Dennice Goudie researching: Brûlè, Poirier, McFadden, Stephens, Michelsen, French, Brooks, Brown, Goudie, Vautrin pioneer families of British Columbia and their 'country wives' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goudied/index.html Most Recent Family Tree database online (10,000+ individuals) http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/1 http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/2/ << Fotheringhame - V7 - 669 Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.