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== What Is in This Collection?  ==
== What Is in This Collection?  ==
This collection includes records from 1901 to 1939.  
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''.  
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''.  


===To Browse This Collection===
===To Browse This Collection===
{{Collection_Browse_Link
{{Collection_Browse_Link
|title=British Columbia, Victoria Times, Birth Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939
|title=British Columbia, Victoria Times, Birth Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939
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*Name and residence of informant  
*Name and residence of informant  
*Religious affiliation
*Religious affiliation
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== Collection Content ==
== Collection Content ==
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
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===Search the Index===
===Search the Index===
Search by Name by visiting the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001136 Collection Page] then:
{{Search Collection Link
#Fill in the search boxes with the information you know.
| CID=CID2001136
#Click '''Search'''. This will provide possible a list of matches.
}}


=== View the Images ===
=== View the Images ===
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Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.


For more tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line article [[FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks]].
:{{Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2001136 British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939]. Click on camera icon to see images.}}
:{{Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2001136 British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939]. Click on camera icon to see images.}}


== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information.
=== I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now? ===
=== I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now? ===
*Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later.  
*Cite the record. See [[#Citing This Collection|below]] for help citing this collection.
*Use the age or estimated birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.  
*Look at an image of the original record. The original may contain information that was not recorded in the index. To find a copy of the original record, visit the [http://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/archives.html Victoria City Archives] page.
*Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
*To help keep track of your research, you may want to keep a research log. FamilySearch has an example [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki-elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/5/50/Research_Log.pdf example research log] which you can download.
*Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses. Witnesses were usually family members.
*Use the information you have found to find the person in local census records.
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.  
*[[British Columbia Church Records]] were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.  
*[[British Columbia Church Records]] were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.  


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== Citing This Collection ==
== Citing This Collection ==
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.
'''Collection Citation''':
 
{{Collection citation | text= "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death notices, 1901-1939" Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Victoria Times newspaper. Victoria City Archives.}}  
'''Collection Citation''':<br> {{Collection citation | text= "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death notices, 1901-1939" Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Victoria Times newspaper. Victoria City Archives.}}<br><br>
 


'''Record Citation''' (or citation for the index entry):<br>
'''Record Citation''' (or citation for the index entry):  
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