Hi Rea, Here in B.C. - the following are considered Public Record. Births - 1872 - 1900 - Marriages - 1872 - 1925 - Deaths - 1872 - 1980. There are volunteers on this mailing list - I am one - who will do lookups - and copies of the registrations found. I also do search for obits - a few other members on the list also may do this. The cost of a Registration that is not yet Public Record - is $50+ Cndn. Vital Events has just recently started offering the Public Records - at the cost of $19.00 Cndn. Volunteers can make these same copies - at a cost of aprox .25 cents - 50 cents. B.C. Govt Vital Events: Birth - Marriage - Death: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm You also might be interested in the National Archives of Canada site: http://www.archives.ca/02/0201_e.html You can search Soldiers of WW1 - Immigration records 1925 - 1935 - Land Grants - Home Children. Hope this helps. If you do need help - please let us know. Cheers, Stella At 11:52 PM 10/22/01 -0400, DARIENG4@aol.com wrote: >Hello, >New to genealogy in Canada, Would someone please let me know, are Canadians >records public? Are there index's for births and deaths? When researching >records in British Columbia where would someone write to get records? I >appreciate any help with this. >Respectfully Yours, >Rea > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ >