Canada, British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices - FamilySearch Historical Records

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British Columbia, Canada
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Location of British Columbia, Canada
Location of Canada
Record Description
Record Type	Newspaper Notices: Births, Marriages, Deaths
Collection years	1901-1939
Languages	English
Title in the Language
FamilySearch Resources
Canada
Online FamilySearch Catalog Keyword
British Columbia
British Columbia History
British Columbia Vital Records
Canada Vital Records Index
Library and Archives Canada
Canada History Links
Canada Historic Maps
Related Websites
Government of British Columbia
BC Archives Genealogy Search
British Columbia Vital Certificates
British Columbia Vital Records Information
Archive
Victoria City Archives

What is in this Collection?

This collection will include 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.

For a list of records by dates currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

Sample Images

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  Birth Clipping

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  Marriage Clipping

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  Death Clipping

Birth records usually contain the following information:

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

Marriage records usually contain the following information:

• 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 records usually contain the following information:

• 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

How Do I Search the Collection?

See Images, in this collection by visiting the Browse Page.
Once you've reached the browse page, follow these instructions to get to the images:
⇒ Select the appropriate "Year or Year Range" which takes you to the images.

Look at the images one by one, comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

I Found Who I was Looking for, Now What?

• Use the age found on the record to calculate the year of birth from the year of the event. Use the birth year that you found to search in the British Columbia Birth Registrations (FamilySearch Historical Records) collection or the Canada Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records) collection.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, Now What?

• Try searching for their nicknames or alternative names
• Search the censuses for the residence of your ancestor

Citing this Collection

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Collection Citation:

Collection Citation: The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection.

Image Citation
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