To Jill and Bridget, and anyone who would like to try the search: Why not tell us all the names of the people you CAN'T find in the Vital Stats Deaths Index, and see if any creative brainstorming by others on this List can find them? It's true the index COULD be missing a few people, no system is perfect, but twenty heads are better than one! Also, there are some very unexpected little errors of typing and interpretation of handwriting to be found in the indexes. Like the man named Beanlands who went into the BC Deaths Index as Beaulands. Using the date as a range of a few days, and just an age range with NO name can sometimes help. Sometimes in the minds of the family, a person on a certain day, but it was actually a day before or a day after the significant day. My father, for instance, told us all his life that his older brother died in a car crash in Ontario on Christmas Eve, and they took down the Christmas tree. In his mind, Christmas was ruined. But the Hamilton newspaper obituary and court reports show the brother was killed just before New Year's Eve. I'm sure the family took down the tree, and for sure, my father still can't think about Christmas without thinking of losing a family member, but his memory was wrong about the exact date of death. As for a search for an exact place, is it possible the death took place across a local boundary and it was, strictly speaking, within a different municipality? You probably already know about putting the minimum possible in the search form, but sometimes expanding the date a few days instead of narrowing, can help. Or switch to a different year if there's a possibility of it being out by one or two years. But in the end, it could simply be a record was missed somehow. Claudia Claudia Cole Independent Research Agent 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Canada 250 598-7859 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Jill Warland [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration I'd like to know the answer to this too since I can't find a death from the 1960s that I'm certain happened in BC. jill n. vancouver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridget Watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > Hi List, > Could someone tell me if ALL the Deaths registered in B.C. 1872-1984 would be on the B.C. Archives website? I have been hunting high and low, using all known variables in spelling, etc for the death of a school friend who I know died in B.C., but I couldn't remember when. After having spoken to his sister I find he died on Christmas Eve in 1976 in Chemainus B.C. I still cannot find him on the Vital Stats Index. Why would this 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 > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== Check the list's archives out at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005

Hi Claudia and anyone who would like to see if you can find him. I spoke to the Funeral Home in Duncan today and they confimed my infomation as thus: Name: Donald BAILLIE Date: 24/12/1976(day/mo/yr) Age: 29 Gender: Male Place: Duncan B.C. I would be so pleased if someone has better luck than I did, and I tried every which way I could think of. Different spellings of BAILLIE. No name, just year and place. Then no name, no place, just year. Then no year, just first name and place. And many other combinations etc etc etc. 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: "Claudia Cole" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 5:07 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Vital Statistics Death Registrations > To Jill and Bridget, and anyone who would like to try the search: > > Why not tell us all the names of the people you CAN'T find in the Vital > Stats Deaths Index, and see if any creative brainstorming by others on > this List can find them? It's true the index COULD be missing a few > people, no system is perfect, but twenty heads are better than one! > > Also, there are some very unexpected little errors of typing and > interpretation of handwriting to be found in the indexes. Like the man > named Beanlands who went into the BC Deaths Index as Beaulands. > > Using the date as a range of a few days, and just an age range with NO > name can sometimes help. Sometimes in the minds of the family, a person > on a certain day, but it was actually a day before or a day after the > significant day. My father, for instance, told us all his life that his > older brother died in a car crash in Ontario on Christmas Eve, and they > took down the Christmas tree. In his mind, Christmas was ruined. But the > Hamilton newspaper obituary and court reports show the brother was > killed just before New Year's Eve. I'm sure the family took down the > tree, and for sure, my father still can't think about Christmas without > thinking of losing a family member, but his memory was wrong about the > exact date of death. As for a search for an exact place, is it possible > the death took place across a local boundary and it was, strictly > speaking, within a different municipality? You probably already know > about putting the minimum possible in the search form, but sometimes > expanding the date a few days instead of narrowing, can help. Or switch > to a different year if there's a possibility of it being out by one or > two years. > > But in the end, it could simply be a record was missed somehow. > > Claudia > > Claudia Cole > Independent Research Agent > 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue > Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Canada > 250 598-7859 [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jill Warland [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > > > I'd like to know the answer to this too since I can't find a death > from > the 1960s that I'm certain happened in BC. > > jill > n. vancouver > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bridget Watson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:49 AM > Subject: [CAN-BC] Missing B.C. Archives Death Registration > > > > Hi List, > > Could someone tell me if ALL the Deaths registered in B.C. 1872-1984 > would be on the B.C. Archives website? I have been hunting high and > low, > using all known variables in spelling, etc for the death of a school > friend > who I know died in B.C., but I couldn't remember when. After having > spoken > to his sister I find he died on Christmas Eve in 1976 in Chemainus B.C. > I > still cannot find him on the Vital Stats Index. Why would this 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 > > > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > > Check the list's archives out at > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005 > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > >