I received this information from someone on Rootsweb and received the entire medical file for my great great uncle (about 20 pages worth of information), all for free! Here's the info that he gave me on how to access the records, you can email Mac Culham (address below) and ask how to find out where to look for your records. "Regarding Essondale Records, I did not contact Clinical Records as they would only be able to retrieve the hospital number; records of that era were not filed in off site storage at the BC Archives by the patient's medical records number. Instead, I believe that they were filed alphabetically and/or by year. Accordingly, so long as you provide your Great Great Uncle's name and his date of death to the contact below, stating your research design: e.g.: that you are studying morbidity and mortality in your family tree, a reply should be sent within 5 weeks. Mac and his team are excellent . They will copy the file and provide you with as much information in it as authorized under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. That said, here is your contact information: Mac Culham Manager, Information and Privacy, BC Archives email: [email protected] Let Mac know that you don't know what fonds the file may be in...that is Admission Books; Patient Registers or Case Histories, but I believe it is the former. He or his colleaques would be good to sort that out and send you what they can" Hope this helps. Tara ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D Digest V05 #66