Hi Roberta, Yes I have tried every type of search that is available, it is simply not there. And I have had personal replies from two other Listers who are saying the same thing. They have rellies or friends who they know died in B.C. over 20 years ago, and they are not Indexed on the Archives site. Oversight? Strange in any case. It will be interesting to see what the Archives reply to my e-mail query will be. Cheers, Bridget on Vancouver Island GlamFHS # 5865 I transcribe for www.freebmd.rootsweb.com I use www.archivecdbooks.ca to help in my research ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberta Case" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > Have you tried a search by date only in Advanced Search? Other than that > I > can offer no help. > > Roberta & Terry > [email protected] > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > >

I too did several searches different ways and could not find him. I wonder if maybe his birth name was different or he changed his name!! Please let us know if and when you get a reply from the Archives, I am sure many of are interested. Helen -------Original Message------- From: Bridget Watson Date: 02/03/05 17:07:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration Hi Roberta, Yes I have tried every type of search that is available, it is simply not there. And I have had personal replies from two other Listers who are saying the same thing. They have rellies or friends who they know died in B.C. over 20 years ago, and they are not Indexed on the Archives site. Oversight? Strange in any case. It will be interesting to see what the Archives reply to my e-mail query will be. Cheers, Bridget on Vancouver Island GlamFHS # 5865 I transcribe for www.freebmd.rootsweb.com I use www.archivecdbooks.ca to help in my research ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberta Case" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > Have you tried a search by date only in Advanced Search? Other than that > I > can offer no help. > > Roberta & Terry > [email protected] > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca:9000/sn-301BDDB/bsearch These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. .

Hi Helen, He died with the name he was born with. The Funeral Home has him listed as BAILLIE. Chemainus is a very small town and everyone knew everyone back in 1976. His family were friends with mine, we went to school together. I just happened to be living up the coast of B.C. when he died, so was not there for the funeral (if there was one) and all of the family members who were around at the time are now gone, except for his sister. So when I was thinking of him the other day (actually I dreamt of him, now what is he trying to tell me, maybe that he's not on the Index and I need to correct that? I watch too much TV ) I realized I couldn't remember when he died, so tried the Archives Death Index and well..............here we are. Truly a mystery. I do thank everyone for all their suggestions and shall let you know of the outcome. Cheers, Bridget ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen MV Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > I too did several searches different ways and could not find him. I > wonder > if maybe his birth name was different or he changed his name!! Please let > us know if and when you get a reply from the Archives, I am sure many of > are > interested. > > Helen > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Bridget Watson > Date: 02/03/05 17:07:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > > Hi Roberta, > Yes I have tried every type of search that is available, it is simply not > there. And I have had personal replies from two other Listers who are > saying the same thing. They have rellies or friends who they know died in > B.C. over 20 years ago, and they are not Indexed on the Archives site. > Oversight? Strange in any case. It will be interesting to see what the > Archives reply to my e-mail query will be. > > Cheers, > Bridget on Vancouver Island > > GlamFHS # 5865 > > I transcribe for www.freebmd.rootsweb.com > I use www.archivecdbooks.ca > to help in my research > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roberta Case" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:49 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > > >> Have you tried a search by date only in Advanced Search? Other than that >> I >> can offer no help. >> >> Roberta & Terry >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >> Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ >> >> > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records > are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca:9000/sn-301BDDB/bsearch > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for > accessing them at a low cost. > > > . > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > >

It could be a case of the registration not being forwarded to the vital statistics agency; .... at least that's the explanation I was given. If the registration form gets misplaced, or shoved in the back of a drawer and forgotten about, the death won't get registered. My uncle died in 1949, in an outdoor public swimming pool late at night, and his death registration was not to be found. I pestered both the vital statistics agency, and the B.C. Archives about it, thinking that maybe it didn't get put on the index. No one could find it, but they suggested that I search for a coroner's inquiry report since (if the story was true) he died under unusual circumstances. The B.C. Archives had the coroner's report, so everything turned out okay. I was able to verify that the story was true, and then some. Kathy