Hi Pat, When you are researching recent records that usually means you must research in public records. Government records are governed by privacy laws that vary between governments and government levels. Canadian Federal records are protected for 92 years but provincial records are quite different, only 25 years in case of BC death records). Public records include newspapers, (especially look for obituaries), telephone books and directories (you can follow the addresses that people lived at, and even their occupations if you use the "snoop books"), land ownership (if you know the address you can get information like that available to real estate agents about who owns properties and who they sold to etc.), Cemetery and funeral home records are available, church records are available at the discretion of the ministers, school and transcript records are often available (check school year books). You just have to think differently. Everyday we fill out forms for various reasons, if it is not a government form then the privacy laws are different, check them out! Wanda Story -----Original Message----- From: Muriel M. Davidson [mailto:davidson3542@home.com] Sent: 10-Oct-01 08:47 PM To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-BC] Dumb question -- NOT SO DUMB BUT TIMELY. Will someone tell me what resources are available for searching families beyond the 1901 census? How does one come farther forward in time without later census records? I am assuming that church and death records are your only help. Something I may have missed? I know at the present time you are having a battle with your legislature there to get the later census records open but it really makes it hard to get beyond the 1901 time period. Pat in Oregon <Wahlhood@aol.com> ===================================

To all:- The often-mentioned Privacy Laws re the census records do not exist, except for those by the enumerators -- not one person has been able to find it. Check http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index6.htm Click on British Columbia -- read some of the non-answers since March 1999 -- these from the ones who were elected. WHEN one person finds any privacy laws re census records, other than the oath taken by enumerators, WE want to know it, WORD BY WORD. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Wanda Story wrote: > Hi Pat, > When you are researching recent records that usually means you must research > in public records. Government records are governed by privacy laws that > vary between governments and government levels. Canadian Federal records > are protected for 92 years but provincial records are quite different, only > 25 years in case of BC death records). > > Public records include newspapers, (especially look for obituaries), > telephone books and directories (you can follow the addresses that people > lived at, and even their occupations if you use the "snoop books"), land > ownership (if you know the address you can get information like that > available to real estate agents about who owns properties and who they sold > to etc.), Cemetery and funeral home records are available, church records > are available at the discretion of the ministers, school and transcript > records are often available (check school year books). > > You just have to think differently. Everyday we fill out forms for various > reasons, if it is not a government form then the privacy laws are different, > check them out! > Wanda Story > > -----Original Message----- > From: Muriel M. Davidson [mailto:davidson3542@home.com] > Sent: 10-Oct-01 08:47 PM > To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CAN-BC] Dumb question -- NOT SO DUMB BUT TIMELY. > > Will someone tell me what resources are available for searching families > beyond the 1901 census? How does one come farther forward in time > without later census records? > I am assuming that church and death records are your only help. > Something I may have missed? > I know at the present time you are having a battle with your legislature > there to get the later census records open but it really makes it hard > to get beyond the 1901 time period. > > Pat in Oregon <Wahlhood@aol.com> > ===================================

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/P-21/text.html > To all:- > The often-mentioned Privacy Laws re the census records do not exist, > except for those by the enumerators -- not one person has been able > to find it.