The British Columbia Online indexes now include births from 1872-1898. http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm If you find a relative, I'll go & get a photocopy of the document (birth, death, or marriage) for you in July or August- just send me a copy of the printout: e.g. Groom Name: HARRY BEACH Bride Name: WINIFRED EVA DELAMARE Event Date: 1911 3 4 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: NELSON Reg. Number: 1911-09-144614 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11384 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983977 Pam -- Pam Thomson British Columbia, Canada Proud to be a Rootsweb Sponsor http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TownSquareNetwork