British Columbia Coffee Chat

This coffee chat meets on a rotation basis on Thursday nights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Watch the local events calendar for dates and times. People meet online by Zoom to chat about their successes and frustrations. Sharing your experiences might help someone else in the group.

To register or for more information, contact: coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Facilitator: Janet White

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Announcements
& News

Please refer to the calendar on the Home Page to find the date of the next scheduled coffee chat

Courtesy of Gail Dever, Genealogy a la Carte

Courtesy of Gail Dever, Genealogy a la Carte

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BC Archives Reference Room is Open for walk-ins

Click HERE for details

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Books in the
BCGS Library

The following is an example of books held in the BCGS library that pertain to British Columbia. If you are looking for a particular book, check the Library Catalogue and then come for a visit. Reference Books must remain in the library but all others can be checked out by BCGS members for two weeks.

  1. Newspapers in The Public Archives of British Columbia 1980 Editor: Public Archives of BC
    Call No. 016'971.1 PABC

  2. British Columbia Geography Manual
    British Columbia Department of Education
    Call No. 971.1 PABC

  3. Steveston Recollected - A Japanese-Canadian History by MARLATT, Daphne
    Call No. 971.133 MAR

  4. The Church and The Klondike Gold Rush : The Contributions of The Presbyterian Church to The Yukon During The Gold Rush, 1897 - 1910
     by MILLS, Thora McIlroy
    Call No. 971.21 MIL

  5. Quesnel, Commercial Centre of The Cariboo Gold Rush by ELLIOTT, Gordon R.
    Call No. 971.12 ELL

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Important BC Websites

Each archive, museum, and genealogic society has a website that is important for your research in British Columbia. An extensive list can be found on our page “Researching in BC”. I would, also, like to draw your attention to a few:

  1. BC Archives and Vital Statistics
    http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy

  2. UBC BC HIstorical Newspaper Database
    https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapersResearching in BC

  3. Historical Canadian Newspapers https://libguides.bgsu.edu/c.php?g=227443&p=1507140

  4. Obituaries
    https://www.bclocalnews.com/obituaries/

  5. Archives - Canada
    https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/search/Pages/ancestors-search.aspx

  6. Archives - Vancouver
    https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/