Hello, I, too, have not been able to find the death certificate of William Robert Lawrence, who died 4 June 1966 in Penticton, B.C., Canada. I have a copy of his obituary and it states that he died in Penticton, is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, B.C., Canada. If anyone can give me help in obtaining a copy of the death certificate, I would be most grateful. Thank you, Mary Swank Riverside, California

Does anyone know how I can get some information about the old logging companies of Canada, and especially the ones in BC? thanks! Gundula

It depends on what type of information you are looking for, whether you're going to get what you need. I don't know whether your interest is academic research or personal family history. Lots exists that COULD help, for the BC logging industry. There must be lots of books written on the logging business in BC, and I've read a couple myself, over the years, and even assisted one man in researching to write the story of his family which owned a logging company. (book not written yet) Joe Garner wrote a book "Never a Time to Trust", I believe about behind-the-scenes manipulations in the logging industry and government. I think his other books "Never Chop Your Rope" and "Never Fly Over an Eagle's Nest" might tell something about about his own times in the industry.Gordon Gibson wrote about his life as one of the biggest and wildest logging company entrepreneurs. "Bull of the Woods" I think he called it. These are memoirs, not historical fact, but give you some colour. If you are looking for information on particular small old companies, you can find their legal incorporation papers and annual reports in the BC Archives. If you are looking to find out about just one company, it would cost you 30 dollars to get the papers from BC Archives, but if you want to look into a lot of these, you'd have to do the research yourself. There are also masses of government records related to the government royalties for the timber cut, and wonderfully descriptive reports, with maps, about the lands assessed for their value as timber lands. These can take quite a while to search, and I'm sure are a wealth of information for anyone doing academic research on the industry. They can also sometimes give you a pretty good picture of where the work of a particular company over the years. And the BC Sessional Papers have forestry reports every year. You never know what personal information you may find in there. Besides the written report giving an overview and highlights of the industry for each year, they have detailed financial reports that contain, for instance, names of persons they paid on contract, and names of suppliers. Held at BC Archives on microfilm. If you are wondering about a company or companies owned by your own ancestor and don't know the name, that could be tough, unless you know one or two places where they operated. You can then search in the old BC City Directories for the names of logging companies in those areas. The BC-wide directories exist up to 1948. After that there isn't much except Vancouver and Victoria areas until the 1960s or 1970s, and also there are telephone books. All this at BC Archives, and in some cases, other libraries. However, you don't find names of employees of these companies usually. Only the upper management is named in the directories, and if they were out in a bush camp somewhere, there might be no one named other than the owner. The back section of BC City Directories has classified lists of companies, and you can see by looking there, there were many many logging companies. There were of course many kinds of employment in the industry, from managment, to timber cruisers, surveyors, the loggers themselves, and the people who worked in the camps as cooks etc. If you are looking for employee records of old companies, I'd be pretty discouraged! I've never had any luck with searching for employee records, other than things like government and police. In industry, with few exceptions, I've found companies either saved nothing, or they have records for pension purposes but absolutely do not give anything out. If you're looking for information on ordinary people in the logging industry, you could see if there's a local history book on the area where the people who interest you lived. There are lots of local history books on places where the lumber industry was important. Hope this helps. Claudia Cole Independent Research Agent 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Canada 250 598-7859 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Gundula Meyer-Eppler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CAN-BC] old company infos Does anyone know how I can get some information about the old logging companies of Canada, and especially the ones in BC? thanks! Gundula ==== 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005

There is a book published in 1975 called TIMBER - History of the Forest Industry in B.C. by G.W. Taylor. which you may find in your local library. Adele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gundula Meyer-Eppler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:23 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] old company infos > Does anyone know how I can get some information about the old logging > companies of Canada, and especially the ones in BC? > thanks! > Gundula > > > ==== 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. >