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British Columbia, Canada
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Location of British Columbia, Canada
Location of Canada
Record Description
Record Type	Newspaper
Collection years	1901-1939
Languages	English
Title in the Language
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What is in This Collection?

This collection includes records from 1901 to 1939. The records will include newspaper clippings from the Victoria Daily Times newspaper that have been pasted onto cards and arranged chronologically. The Victoria Times newspaper has also been named the Victoria Daily Times and the Victoria Weekly Times.

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To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Canada, British Columbia, Victoria Times, Birth Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth

• Date and place of birth
• Gender of child
• Name of father
• Name of mother
• Residence of parents

Marriage

• Names of bride and groom
• Date and place of marriage
• Rank or profession
• Names of parents (father’s name only in most pre-confederation records)
• Names of witnesses and their residences
• Religious denominations of bride and groom
• Name of person performing the marriage
• Ages of bride and groom

Death

• Name, age, gender, and residence of the deceased
• Date and place of death
• Profession (if known)
• Registration district name or number
• Marital status and parents’ names are included in later registrations
• Date of birth
• Cause of death
• Name of physician
• Name and residence of informant
• Religious affiliation

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Birth Clipping

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  Marriage Clipping

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  Death Clipping

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• British Columbia Record Finder

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Family History Library Holdings

• Victoria City Archives, Birth, marriage, and death information clipped from the Victoria times newspaper, British Columbia, 1901-1939
• Brian J. Porter, British Columbia vital statistics from newspapers, 1858-1872 : including, in an appendix, vital statistics from diaries, 1852-1857 Richmond, British Columbia : Brian J. Porter & the British Columbia Genealogical Society, 1994. FHL 971.1 V22b

FamilySearch Historical Records

• Canada, British Columbia Birth Registrations, 1854-1903
• Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938
• Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993

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