Hello Rea http://www2.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2vsb birth registration indexes (events over 100 years old). http://www2.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2vsd death registration indexes (events over 20 years old). http://www2.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2vsm marriage registration indexes (events over 75 years old). Location Physical Address: 655 Belleville Street Victoria, B.C. Canada Web Site Address: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca Conventional Contact Points Mailing Address: British Columbia Archives P.O. Box 9419 Stn. PROV GOVT Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 9V1 FAX: (250) 387-2072 Often if one does a search and is able to post a lookup request with pertinent information so that the kind soul does not have to guess at the forenames along with surnames i.e: Subject line: Lookup request: BROWN, Percy (in my case, I know that the 1st one is a member of my extended family, the second would be on speculation) 1 Name: PERCY BROWN Event Date: 1968 8 15 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 76 Gender: Male Event Place: SAANICH Reg. Number: 1968-09-010681 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13291 GSU Microfilm Number: 2033944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 2 Name: PERCY BROWN Event Date: 1979 5 27 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 72 Gender: Male Event Place: PRINCE RUPERT Reg. Number: 1979-09-010853 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13596 GSU Microfilm Number: 2051231 If the lookup request goes unanswered (doesn't often happen).. one can visit the closest LDS FHC (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Family History Center) and the GSU Microfilm Number would come into play as the volunteer workers would, if not in stock, order in the microfilm for you to research further (Registrations always have more information than the certificates you can order online from BC Archives) Regards; Dennice researching: Brûlè, Poirier, McFadden, Stephens, Michelsen, French, Brooks, Brown, Goudie, Vautrin pioneer families of British Columbia and their 'country wives' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goudied/index.html > 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