Apologies if this has been asked before but yesterday's posting about BC records being made available on-line reminded me of what may be an extremely useful collection of genealogical records which are held in the University of British Columbia Special Collections. These are the Humphrey Toms Papers, details below. Please could someone help with making direct contact with the UBC (I have tried by e-mail but no reply) to enquire as to whether these can be searched or copies made. Ideally, if possible, it would be great if a complete copy was made and deposited with either the Cornwall Record Office or the Society of Genealogists to make them more accessible to researchers. Details and links are: Humphrey Toms Research Papers University of British Columbia Special Collections at the Irving K Barber Research Centre http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/ http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/inventories/rescolt.html Toms, Humphrey, 1911-1983 Humphrey Toms fonds. - 1555-1980. 3.6 m of textual records. Humphrey Toms was a plant pathologist at the Agricultural Research Centre, University of British Columbia. During his vacations he visited libraries and records offices in London, Devon, Cornwall, California and Salt Lake City. The fonds consists of correspondence, copies of vital statistics records and parish registers, maps, family trees, wills and his personal notes on families in Devon and Cornwall collected as part of his genealogical research which centred principally on the towns of Stratton and Bude in Cornwall. Inventory [PDF] available. http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/PDF/T/Toms_Humphrey.pdf Thanks Nigel Bond