Hi Shelley, I'm in Nelson, I don't believe the museum does any interlibrary loans but I can check with them and with the library here and see what the archival material is. I know that they do have the local newspaper on microfilm but don't know how far back it goes. I'm not sure about city directories. What was your g-grandmother's name? Joyce Johnson jaj@netidea.com Cltiv8tr@aol.com wrote: > > Hello List. I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks and have finally > come out of hiding to ask a few questions. I have many BC questions, but > I'll try to tackle them little by little. Please bear with this California > girl! :-) > > My g-grandparents were from Ontario but are found in BC in the 1901 census > along with my grandmother. They moved to Frank, Alberta just in time for the > mountain to come down and sometime afterwards their marriage broke up, with > my g-grandfather remaining in Alberta and my g-grandmother dropping my > grandmother off in a convent and moving back to BC to work. Based on the > convent records between 1904 and 1907, my g-grandmother was living in Nelson > and Eholt, BC. My grandmother joined her about 1907 and they remained in BC, > location unknown, until they entered the USA in the mid-teens. > > I'm working on a family history on them for a reunion this summer and would > very much like to find records of their time in these two towns. I > understand that Nelson has a museum with good newspaper information. . .but > do they allow these for interlibrary loan? If not, are copies of these > newspapers available elsewhere? What other records are there for this > period? City directories perhaps? > > Regarding Eholt, I realize this was a boom town and is no longer in > existence. Was there a newspaper during this period? Are there other > records to be traced? > > If anyone can point me toward records that might help in my search, I'd > greatly appreciate it! > > Thanks kindly, > Shelly in California > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/