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British Columbia indexes are also found in the FamilySearch {{RecordSearch|1520604|'''Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959'''}} collection. | British Columbia indexes are also found in the FamilySearch {{RecordSearch|1520604|'''Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959'''}} collection. | ||
==Background Information== | |||
A government civil registration and vital statistics system usually registers all births, marriages, and deaths for citizens and residents, issues certificates for each, and compiles the resulting vital statistics. Also included may be name changes, divorces, and adoptions. In British Columbia, this responsibility lies with the Vital Statistics Agency of the Ministry of Health. British Columbia became a province of Canada in 1871 and began civil registration in 1872. However, Vital Statistics Agency records also include some delayed registration of pre-1872 events, colonial period marriages, and overseas war casualties. | A government civil registration and vital statistics system usually registers all births, marriages, and deaths for citizens and residents, issues certificates for each, and compiles the resulting vital statistics. Also included may be name changes, divorces, and adoptions. In British Columbia, this responsibility lies with the Vital Statistics Agency of the Ministry of Health. British Columbia became a province of Canada in 1871 and began civil registration in 1872. However, Vital Statistics Agency records also include some delayed registration of pre-1872 events, colonial period marriages, and overseas war casualties. | ||
== What Can these Records Tell Me? == | |||
The following information may be found in birth records: | |||
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*Child’s name | |||
*Child's birth date and place | |||
*Baptism date and place | |||
*Gender | |||
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*Parents’ names | |||
*First Nation or tribal affiliation | |||
*Aboriginal name | |||
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==Ordering Register Copies from the Vital Statistics Agency== | ==Ordering Register Copies from the Vital Statistics Agency== | ||