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BC Genealogy Links


These links are dedicated to researching locations in British Columbia, Canada's western-most province.

Take advantage of these free online resources to further your genealogical research.

Victoria, BC and Area

 

Archives - City of Victoria - Includes Ross Bay Cemetery Burials 1872-1995
and Archives Property Assessment Photos 1959-1974 - tagged on City of Victoria map
Archives - Esquimalt Municipality 
Archives - Oak Bay Municipality 
Archives - Saanich Municipality 
Archives and Museum - Sidney Township 
Archives and Museum - Sooke Region
British Colonist Newspaper 
CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum 
Craigflower Manor - Historic Place
Fisgard Light House and - Parks Canada Historic Places
Friends of the BC Archives Government House History Greater Victoria Public Library and Local History - Discover their Heritage Room Collection, plus links to digitized collections
Gray Family History Hallmark Heritage Society
Hatley Park Museum
Helmcken House
Heritage Victoria - Victoria Heritage Attractions Information Directory
Historical Building Site for Victoria, BC
Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Victoria
Hudson Bay Company employees pioneer settlers - Victoria, Vancouver & Gulf Islands, BC
LDS Family History Centre - 701 Mann Avenue, Victoria BC
Metchosin History - by the Metchosin Museum Society, and MetchosinWeb
Metchosin Pioneer Museum
Metchosin Schoolhouse Museum
Oak Bay History
Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria
Point Ellice House and Point Ellice House Historic Place
Ross Bay Cemetery - Searchable Map from the City of Victoria
Ross Bay Villa Historic House Museum
Saanich Historical Artifacts Society
- Log Cabin Archives and Museum, Saanich Peninsula
Saanich Pioneer Society
St Ann's Academy
United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Victoria Branch
UVic - Archives
UVic - Libraries Search
UVic Collection - Colonial Despatches
UVic Collection - Provincial Normal School Oral Histories (Victoria)
Victoria and Vancouver Island - University of Victoria (UVic) Featured Digital Collections, including images of Victoria Fire Insurance Plan details, Victoria's Early History, Victoria's Provincial Normal School Oral Histories, Mid-Century Architecture in Victoria, Victoria to Vimy WWI Collection, Victoria's Chinatown, and more
Victoria City - History of the City of Victoria
Victoria Family History Centre - LDS family research
Victoria Fire Department Historical Society
Victoria Fire Insurance Plans, 1885-1916 - University of Victoria Digital Collection
Victoria Germans From Russia Historical Society
Victoria Harbour History - An Urban Memory Project
Victoria Heritage Attraction Directory
Victoria Heritage Foundation
Victoria High School Yearbooks - pdf files
Victoria Highland Games Association
Victoria Historical Society
Victoria Police History Victoria Self-Guided Heritage Walks - learn about Victoria's colourful past
Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939 - familysearch.org collection 2001136
Victoria's Victoria - Victoria's history during the reign of Queen Victoria, includes an index of historical Victoria newspapers
Victoria Vintage Photos: from Victoria City Archives, from BC Archives
Victoria Vintage Air Photos



Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands


Bamberton Historical Society
BC Aviation Museum History
British Colonist Newspaper (1858 - 1951)
Campbell River Genealogy Society
Campbell River Museum
Chemainus History
Cobble Hill Historical Society
Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Comox Valley Genealogy Group
Comox Archives and Museum
Courtenay and District Museum
Cowichan Bay History 1, and Cowichan Bay History 2
Cowichan Valley Museum
Cumberland Museum and Archives
Gabriola Museum
Galiano Museum
Mill Bay / Malahat Historical Society and New Heritage Museum
Mill Bay / Malahat Historical Society and New Heritage Museum
Nanaimo Community Archives
Nanaimo Museum
Port Alberni History
Qualicum Beach Family History Society Salt Spring Island Archives
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Sidney Museum and Archives
Vancouver Island History and Heritage
Vancouver Island Message Board - rootsweb


British Columbia (BC) Mainland


BC Archives & Royal BC Museum - located in Victoria BC, covers BC
BC Archives BMD New Genealogy Database : 
   BC Archives new BMD search screen (some images)
   Birth registrations: 1854 - 1903
   Baptisms: 1836 - 1888
   Colonial marriages: 1859 - 1872
   Marriage registrations: 1872 - 1938
   Deaths: 1872 - 1993
   More recent events are not available to the public, even if they are indexed.
   (Copies of these more recent registrations must be ordered directly from the BC Vital Statistics Agency).
BC Archives - Index to Coroner's Inquests/Inquiries, 1859-1918
BC Archival Information Network - A Guide to Archival Repositories in BC.
BC Black History Awareness Society
BC Cemetery Finding Aid
BC City Directories Database 1860-1955 - through the Vancouver Public Library.
BC Education History
BC GenWeb
BC Genealogical Society
BC Historical Federation
BC History Internet/Web Site Federation
BC International Digital Library
BC Lists - selected Voters Lists, Directories, Government Sources, Newspapers, Petitions, Stories, Pictures etc.
BC Message Board - rootsweb
BC & International Digital Newspapers
BC Pictures - view photos of this beautiful province by location
BC Place Names
BC Records - at familysearch.org
BC Vital Statistics Agency
BC Wills - images at familysearch.org
Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC
5th (BC) Field Regiment, RCA Band
Legislative Library of BC
Maritime Museum of BC
Memory BC - Online database of archival materials in BC
Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia
Powell River Genealogy Group
Vancouver City Archives, and Search Vancouver City Archives
Vancouver Historical Society
Yale Historic Site - The Gold Rush Town