Hi List, I'm hoping SKS will be able to do a marriage look-up from 1897, that is not filmed. I had sent about 10 various look-up requests to the BC Genealogical Society and they sent back all but one. It only has a Reg. #. Would anyone out there be able to do the look-up in Victoria for me? I don't know if Vancouver would have it. It may just be a church record, I don't know. B.C Vital Stat's wants $50.00 to do the look-up. BCGS was much more reasonable. The information is: STRAUBE, Valentine and KOLONOSKY, Mary, married 16th of February, 1897. Reg.# - 1897-09-900201, not filmed, no GSU. I appreciate your help in this matter. Thanks, Judy Blackfalds, Alberta elista@telusplanet.net

Hi Judy, Sorry I can't help. I do a number of lookups - and have found that the older ones - in the time frame of interest - are usually very sparse. Many even if filmed - are extremely difficult to read - and because they are so faint - do not print well, I have lost a number of dollars over time - attempting to get even a fairly readable print.- usually with 0 success - but a lot of extra notepaper. Do you know where Valentine STRAUBE and Mary KOLONOSKY - were married ? Kolonosky appears to be a Polish name - which leads to a possible R.C. ceremony. When doing lookups for these early marriages - I have found that the majority appear to take place at a residence rather than in a church. The information - found will have the name of the Groom - age - marital status - occupation - religion. name of parents - occupation of the father. Name of the bride - age - marital status - occupation - religion - name of parents - including maiden name of mother if known - name of minister - place of marriage. I can't remember if regs that early show names of witnesses. Death Registrations - and births of children - may prove more helpful - although the early births are also quite sparse as far as personal information contained. I found the following - including a death reg for Christina - nothing for Mary. If you like, I can take a look at the follwoing to see what information is contained - the marriage between Valentine A. Anch Christina - may show Valentine as a widower . I visit the library - quite often - it will not be out of my way - to take a look at these regs for you., it only takes a few minutes - once I manage to get the film and a reader. Perhaps Query -Vital Stats about the $50.00 fee - since this information would fall into the PUBLIC RECORD AREA - the charge may just be the $19.00 fee charged for Vital Events - records.that are deemed Public Record. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ YOUR VALENTINE STRAUBE ? - The Death Registration for the year 1967 - will have far more personal information than that found on the the Marriage Registration for 1897. Name - date and place of death. Date and place of death - name of spouse - name of parents -place of birth of parents - occupation - length of time at occupation - previous occupation. How long in municipality - how long in Province - how long in Canada (Information required varies over time ] Name and address of informant - relationship to deceased - Cause of death - name and address of Funeral Director /Home - place of burial /cremation - or !. The death registration is the least accurate of registrations - since most of the information depends on the knowledge of the informant - [spouses and children are sometimes not very knowledgeable about some of the personal info about the deceased] Name: Valentine Anthony Straube Event Date: 1967 5 7 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 78 Gender: male Event Place: North Vancouver Reg. Number: 1967-09-006253 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13283 GSU Microfilm Number: 2033859 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOUR VALENTINE STRAUBE - is the FOLLOWING - perhaps a 2nd marriage ????? Groom Name: Valentine A Straube Bride Name: Christina M Heughan Event Date: 1910 9 14 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: Vancouver Reg. Number: 1910-09-062426 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11375 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983703 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHILDREN OF VALENTINE ANTHONY STRAUBE???? Birth Registratins - for these early times - are very sparse - but should have the parents names - although many do not. Name: James Straube Event Date: 1897 11 27 (Yr/Mo/Day) Gender: male Event Place: Vancouver Reg. Number: 1897-09-118815 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13812 GSU Microfilm Number: 2134882 Name: Hilda Mary Straube Event Date: 1899 8 29 (Yr/Mo/Day) Gender: female Event Place: Vancouver Reg. Number: 1899-09-119373 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13815 GSU Microfilm Number: 2134885 Name: Urslua Frances Straube Event Date: 1900 8 17 (Yr/Mo/Day) Gender: female Event Place: Vancouver Reg. Number: 1900-09-121361 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13816 GSU Microfilm Number: 2134806 ------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE ! HELP ! - The CANADA CENSUS CAMPAIGN - We may never see the Release of the 1906 - 1911 > CENSUS for CANADA - Important for ANYONE researching their Family Genealogy . Your Brick Wall may have Emigrated. http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/index.htm http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Petition.htm http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Sample.htm http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/canada-census-campaign Stella Stanger sstanger@sfu.ca Member, Canada Census Committee At 08:50 AM 3/18/02 -0700, elista wrote: >Hi List, > >I'm hoping SKS will be able to do a marriage look-up from 1897, that is >not filmed. I had sent about 10 various look-up requests to the BC >Genealogical Society and they sent back all but one. It only has a Reg. #. >Would anyone out there be able to do the look-up in Victoria for me? I >don't know if Vancouver would have it. It may just be a church record, I >don't know. B.C Vital Stat's wants $50.00 to do the look-up. BCGS was much >more reasonable. > >The information is: > >STRAUBE, Valentine and KOLONOSKY, Mary, married 16th of February, 1897. >Reg.# - 1897-09-900201, not filmed, no GSU. > >I appreciate your help in this matter. > >Thanks, Judy >Blackfalds, Alberta >elista@telusplanet.net > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/