British Columbia - B.C. - Resources

[Janice M]

North Vancouver Cemetery
(click on "Cemetery Records Database " then on "Tools") You will be able to search by name or dates.
http://www.cnv.org/server.aspx?c=3&i=21

BC Penitentiary Cemetery Links
http://www.boothill.ca/boot%20hill%20links.html

British Columbia Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm

BC Bible Records Site
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bcbibles/index.html

Genealogy Project
http://www.geocities.com/disco773/britishcolumbia.html

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia (Archive)
http://saltspringarchives.com/

Gold Rush Links
http://www.themeunits.com/GoldRush_bk.html

Military - Obituary List
http://www.rootsweb.com/~abwcobit/index.htm

Prince Rupert Archives
http://www.princerupertlibrary.ca/archives/

Vancouver History
http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/

British Columbia Genealogy Records Online
http://www.genealogysearch.org/canada/britishcolumbia.html

[J.J.]

High Country cemeteries (Links updated April 2020).

Salmon Arm -  Descriptions of records at Salmon Arm Museum
https://www.salmonarmmuseum.org/erniedoe.htm

Salmon Arm Cemetery  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/salmon_arm/salmon-arm_cemetery.html

Barriere Memorial Cemetery
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davison/barrierecem.htm

ARROWHEAD Cemetery  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/arrowhead/arrowhead_cemetery.html

Avola Cemetery
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davison/avolacem.htm

Birch Island Cemetery
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davison/birchislandcem.htm

Blind Bay Cemetery  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/blind_bay/blind_bay_cemetery.html

Blue River Cemetery
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davison/bluerivercem.htm

Darfield Cemetery
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davison/darfieldcem.htm

Eagle Bay Cemetery   https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/eagle_bay/eagle_bay_cemetery.html

Edgewood Cemetery   https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/central_kootenay/edgewood/edgewood_cemetery.html

Malakwa Cemetery  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/malakwa/malakwa_cemetery.html

Mara Cemetery  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/north_okanagan/mara/mara_cemetery.html

Monte Creek Anglican   https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/thompson_nicola/monte_creek/st_peters_cemetery.html

Old Hope  http://www.interment.net/data/canada/bc/fraser/old_hope.htm

Riverview Cemetery
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davison/clearwatercem.htm

Sicamous Eagle Valley  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/sicamous/eagle_valley_&_district_cemetery.html

Silver Creek  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/silver_creek/silver_creek_cemetery.html

Trout Lake  https://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/columbia_shuswap/trout_lake/trout_lake_cemetery.html

[chinakay]

toni* sent me this...might be useful to anyone searching in BC:

http://gateway.cotr.bc.ca/Downloads/downloads.asp#genealogy

Cheers,
China

[Janice M]

Obituaries of British Columbians from The Yukon News obituaries, 1960 to 2000 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/yn_obits_bc_strays.htm

BC Newspapers, 1861 to 1875
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/newspapers/vic_news.htm

BRITISH COLMBIA'S VOTERS LIST 1875
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/vote1875/voter75.htm

BRITISH COLMBIA'S VOTERS LIST 1898
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/vote1898/voters98.htm

Beaverdell and Carmi, British Columbia Voters' List for the 1935 Federal Election
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/carmi.htm

British Columbia Income Tax Records 1889
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/incometax1889.htm

Government of British Columbia, Employees, 1877
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/bccivsvc.htm

Return of Public Functionaries, 1873
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/jobs73.htm

JUSTICE OF PEACE LIST, 1877
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/jplist77.htm

Land Grant Applicants, 1884
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/landgrant1884.htm

British Columbia List of Certified Teachers in 1889
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/teacert.htm

List of Members of British Columbia Teachers' Institute, 1888
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/tea1888.htm

British Columbia Provincial Roll of Honor 1889
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/studshon.htm

Misc. British Columbia Student Lists for 1889
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/studs.htm

British Columbia Post Offices and Postmasters 1893
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/bc1893.htm

Return of Lands Sold in Vancouver's Island from the British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies Canada, 1854-58 Sessions
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/viland.htm

List of Unclaimed Letters, General Post Office, British Columbia on the 1st June 1863
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/letters3.htm

Female Franchise Petition 1885 British Columbia
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/femfran.htm

[Janice M]

Armstrong, British Columbia, Cemetery Inscriptions
http://www.vdfhs.com/armstrong%20header.htm

Barkerville Cemetery
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9402/barkermi.html

BRITISH BURIED IN MASONIC CEMETERY , BURNABY , B.C.
http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Burnaby%20Cemetery.htm

Burns Lake and Lakes District
http://web.archive.org/web/20061023100904/www.sandercott.com/burnslakehistory/general_area.html

Campbell River Genealogy Society
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bccrgc/index.html

Petition for Appointment of Mounted Constable for the Cariboo-Lillooet District
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/constable.htm

Men Who Worked at Fort Langley, British Columbia Between 1827 and 1895
http://www.fortlangley.ca/employee.html

CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS-LUMBY B.C
http://www.vdfhs.com/lumby.htm

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 1878 petition
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/nanpet78.htm

List of Unclaimed Letters, General Post Office, New Westminster
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/letters2.htm

SALMON ARM CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS
http://www.vdfhs.com/Salmon%20Arm.htm

1889 Petition for Mail Service to the Queen Charlotte Islands
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/queenchar.htm

CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS-WESTWOLD
http://www.vdfhs.com/westwold.htm

Index to Arrivals at the Ports of Dawson City & Forty Mile, Yukon Territory and White Pass, British Columbia (1908-1918)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050416042348/http://www.rootsweb.com/~canyk/cbelad.html

[Janice M]

District 69 Historical Society Web Page
http://web.archive.org/web/20030303034714/macn.bc.ca/~d69hist/index.html

Petition Against Chinese and Japanese in Coal Mines to the British Columbia Government, 1892
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/chinese.htm

Victoria Genealogical Society
http://www.victoriags.org/resources.htm

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Orders Issued in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, 1877-1931
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/vic_divorce/vic_div.htm

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1871 Census : Heads of Household
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/1871vic_cen/1871vic_cen.htm

Victoria Ratepayers Petition, 1877
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/vicpet78.htm

Prince George Public Library  NEW
http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/resources/history

Prince George Newspapers Project
http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/pgnewspaper

[LemonMallie]

The Vancouver Public Library now has a great collection of digitized BC Directories online.  They have numerous directories from 1860 - 1901 from a variety of publishers and covering a variety of locations:

http://www.vpl.ca/bccd/index.php

[Miss Trees]

The Times Colonist (Victoria) online archives:

http://britishcolonist.ca/

[scintilla]

Stumbled across this newspaper archive, which I couldn't find recorded in the list of resources. It is a searchable archive for the Quesnal Cariboo Observer covering the towns of Quesnal, Ashcroft and Barkerville, B.C. from 1908 to 1990.

http://www.quesnelmuseum.ca/CaribooObserver_form.html