Hi Claudia There is no record of the family crossing the border they lived in the same house in New Westminster from when they built it in 1892 until they moved to Elgin (Surrey) in 1906. My ggrandfather owned 2 mills in Cloverdale and built boats in New West, we have his journals for that time period and he pretty well stayed put. Hence the missing names. Thanks anyway. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claudia Cole" <[email protected]> To: "'Wendy Gust'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 8:43 AM Subject: RE: [CAN-BC] Re: missing names in index. > Wendy: > Is there any chance that the family moved back and forth across the > Canada/USA border, for work purposes? If children were born while the > family was domiciled in the USA, there wouldn't be a birth record here > in B.C. However, it does seem the most likely way to account for > missing records, is that somehow they were never registered. > > Claudia > > Claudia Cole > Independent Research Agent > 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue > Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Canada > 250 598-7859 [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Gust [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 7:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Fw: [CAN-BC] Re: missing names in index. > > > 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. > >