Hi, Just to add to David's great suggestions, today I was looking at a book in the SFU library- it was put together by Brian Porter of the Genealogical Society here. It's BDM extracts from newspapers in the early days- I think it's about 1852-1872. I know some list members belong to this group- maybe someone will let us know what the URL is. Pam David Fancy wrote: > > Hi Viola > > The 1881 Census was the first to include British Columbia, prior to to > the start of Civil Registration in1872 there are only HBC and church > records. BC entered Confederation in 1871. > > The New Westminster Public Library has some directories dating from > about 1860, the collection of British Columbia and City Directories > varies, some of libraries have better/more complete selection than > others. > > You might search the BC Archives, the University of British Columbia or > University of Victoria libraries or one of the Libraries maintained by > Catholic and Anglican Diocese' and Schools of Theology . > > There is a good list of British Columbia Libraries [with links] at > > http://www.libdex.com/country/Canada-British_Columbia.html > > The following, captured from the BC Archives, may be useful. > > British Columbia Archives > Government Records Catalogue > Email: access@www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca > > GR-1490 > BRITISH COLUMBIA. CENTENNIAL '71 COMMITTEE. > Originals, 1970, 4 m > > To commemorate the centennial of British Columbia's entry into > Confederation the provincial government presented pioneer > medallions to B.C. residents who were either born in Canada or > were a resident of Canada prior to 1 January 1897. Medallion > application forms provide pioneers' names, date and place of > birth, and occupation prior to retirement. Forms also show names > of applicants' fathers, maiden names of wives and mothers, names > of brothers and sisters, and other genealogical information. > Duplicate forms are filed by name of pioneer and by name of > community. Records also include a chronological list of pioneers > born between 1860 and 1879. > > Transferred from the office of the Deputy Provincial Secretary, > 1975. > > Finding aid: box/file list. > > Subject Headings > British Columbia - Centennial celebrations > British Columbia - Genealogy > British Columbia - History > Pioneers - British Columbia > > Secondary Entries > British Columbia. Provincial Secretary. > > See Also: GR-1490 (Find.) Pioneer me > appli > > (17 > K) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > There is also some film on early marriages > > BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHIVES > GOVERNMENT RECORDS FINDING AID > > ACCESS UNIT REFERENCE DESK > > STREET ADDRESS: > 655 Belleville Street, > Victoria, B.C., > Canada > > MAILING ADDRESS: > P.O. Box 9419, > STN PROV GOVT, > Victoria, B.C., > V8W 9V1, > Canada > > PHONE: (250) 387-1952 > FAX: (250) 387-2072 > EMAIL: access@www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca > > FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT > > These records may be covered by the Freedom of Information > and Protection of Privacy Act and access to them may be > restricted in accordance with that Act. Researchers are > advised to verify the access status of records they wish > to consult PRIOR to visiting the BC ARCHIVES, by contacting the > Access Unit Reference Desk. > > GR-3044 > British Columbia > Colonial Secretary > Pre-confederation marriage records > Microfilm 1859-1872 16 mm [B09707] > Originals 1859-1872 40 cm > > Pre-confederation marriage records consist of records of marriages > occurring in the colony of British Columbia, and the colony of > Vancouver Island (the two colonies were united in 1866), prior to the > entry of British Columbia into the Confederation of Canada. The > records are bound into eight volumes in two accessions. The volumes > contain certified copies of marriage certificates, or returns of > marriages, submitted by clergy of various denominations. > > Volume A1 is missing but volumes A2 to A5 are arranged alphabetically > by the surname of the groom. Each marriage record contains a record > number, information about the bride and groom including: the name; > age; condition (marital status); rank or profession; residence, place > of birth; father's name; and profession of father. Also included are: > the date of the marriage; place of marriage; names of witnesses; the > name of the officiating clergyman; and the church denomination. > > You should poke around in the BC Archives, you might find more > > Regards > David > ---------------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:15:20 -0500, Viola Seward wrote: > > >Hello. How far back does the census go? Do you have City Directories? > >Have found a Landry family who lived at or near Lake Superior were > >Chippewa. Now all my life i heard we were Chippewa. But every paper i > >have gotten on my Tremblay and Landry name say Cree. Was also told maybe > >Landry changed there nationalities after the Riel incident. Any one know > >any thing about this? You see Marie Landry and her daughter Catherine > >were both born in BC. 1800-1818. > >Thank you. > >Viola. > > > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > > > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ -- Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada Researching Fairweather & Todrick mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca

The URL for the British Columbia Genealogical Society is; http://www.npsnet.com/bcgs The details are; British Columbia Vital Statistics from Newspapers 1858-1872 Including, in an appendix, Vital Statistics from Diaries 1852-1857 Brian J. Porter & the British Columbia Genealogical Society 1994 ISBN 0-895031-17-6 It is available for purchase from the Society, the current price will be listed I am sure. Lynda >Hi, >Just to add to David's great suggestions, today I was looking at a book >in the SFU library- it was put together by Brian Porter of the >Genealogical Society here. It's BDM extracts from newspapers in the >early days- I think it's about 1852-1872. I know some list members >belong to this group- maybe someone will let us know what the URL is. >Pam