British Columbia Cemeteries
The BC Genealogical Society’s Cemetery Committee volunteers have worked for decades to transcribe the headstones in cemeteries around the province. Other British Columbia genealogical societies added to this collection. The transcriptions were published in a series of books, some of which we later upgraded to a cd. Listed below are the cemeteries, by region, with the corresponding book title. The years after the cemetery name refer to the dates the transcriptions were recorded.
The books are now out of print, but have been scanned and are available to view and download here, by our members. If the cemetery you are interested in has a note saying (Call BCGS Library) it means that the cemetery was transcribed by another family history society and we have the book in the library for look ups.
Location — Cemetery Name
GREATER VICTORIA AREA
Greater Victoria — Index of Greater Victoria Area Cemeteries
Cobble Hill — St. John’s Anglican brass plaque 1966
Cobble Hill — St. John’s the Baptist Anglican Cemetery & Brass Plaques
Saanich — Holy Trinity Anglican Church 1977
Saanich — Brethour Family Cemetery 1985
Sooke — Knox Presbyterian 1985
Sooke — Milne’s Landing 1985
Sooke — Muir Family *Muirside* 1985
Victoria — Metchosin St. Mary The Virgin to 1988
Victoria — St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Cedar Hill Cross Road
Victoria — Victoria Pioneer Square
Victoria — Temple Emanuel 1859-1967
VANCOUVER ISLAND COMMUNITIES
Vancouver Island — Index Vancouver Island not including Victoria or Nanaimo
Chemainus — All Saints’ Anglican Church Cemetery 1981 (aka Westholme Cemetery)
Courtenay — Municipal with some early burials 1985
Cowichan Bay — Dougan Family Cemetery 1975
Cowichan Station — St. Andrews Cemetery 1975
Cumberland - Cumberland Cemetery (Contact BCGS Library Call No. 971.134 CVFH)
Duncan — Duncan Memorial Municipal Office Records 1975
Duncan — Index of St. Mary’s and St. Peter’s Church Cemeteries
Duncan — St. Mary’s Anglican Cemetery 1974
Duncan — St. Peter’s Anglican Cemetery 1975
Maple Bay — Pioneer Cemetery 1984
Mill Bay — Indian Cemetery 1981
Mill Bay — St. Francis Xavier Cemetery 1975
Mill Bay — United Church Cemetery 1975
Nanaimo — Nanaimo Municipal Index 1927-1951
Nanaimo — Nanaimo Municipal Index 1952-1976
Nanaimo — Nanaimo Pioneer to 1882
Port Alberni - Alberni Valley Memorial Gardens 1975
Port Alberni - Faber Family Cemetery 1975 (Graves Relocated to Greenwood Cemetery)
Port Alberni — Greenwood 1965
Port Alberni - River Bend 1887-1972
Port Hardy — Cadwallader Private Cemetery 1975
Port Hardy - Cape Scott Cemetery 1975
Qualicum Beach — Qualicum Beach Municipal Cemetery 1975
Shawnigan Lake — Shawnigan Lake Cemetery
Tofino — Tofino Municipal/Seaview & Morpheus Island 1982
Ucluelet — Ucluelet Cemetery 1973
Zeballos — Zeballos Municipal 1939-1979
GULF ISLANDS
Gulf Island Cemeteries - BC Gulf Island Cemeteries (Download only - large file)
Gulf Island Cemeteries — Preface & Maps
Gulf Island Cemeteries — Name Index
(Pages #’s are found within individual cemetery segments below)
Denman Island — Denman Island Cemetery 1977
Gabriola Island — Gabriola Island 1983
Galiano Island — Galiano Island 1979
Mayne Island — Mayne Island Community 1983
Pender Harbour — Forestview 1977
Pender Harbour — Kleindale 1977
Pender Island — Pender Island Cemetery
Salt Spring Island — Ganges 1983
Salt Spring Island — Purdy-Cunningham Memorial
Salt Spring Island — St. Mark’s Anglican, Ganges, A-J
Salt Spring Island — St. Mark’s Anglican, Ganges, J-Z
Salt Spring Island — St. Mary’s Anglican, Fulford Harbour
Salt Spring Island — St. Paul’s Catholic, Fulford Harbour
Salt Spring Island — United Church, Fulford Harbour
Salt Spring Island — United Church Cemetery, Fulford Harbour
Salt Spring Island — Mt. Young (Royal Marines)
Saturna — Saturna 1988
Thetis Island — St. Margaret’s 1982
Vananda — Woodland 1976
GREATER VANCOUVER
Lower Mainland - Index of Lower Mainland Jewish Cemeteries 1993 (includes Victoria)
Burnaby — Beth Israel 1929-1991
Burnaby — Forest Lawn Cemetery: Contact Library for information
Burnaby — Masonic Vol. 1 A-K 1924-1982 (Download only - large file)
Burnaby — Masonic Vol. 1 L-Z 1924-1982 (Download only - large file)
Burnaby — Ocean View (C079): Contact Library for information
Burnaby — St. Stephen’s Churchyard
Coquitlam - Essondale / Riverview Hospital Burial Grounds
Coquitlam — Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery Index for CemViewer
Coquitlam — Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery 2008 Intro. For CemViewer
Delta — Boundary Bay 1993
Fraser Valley/Fraser Canyon — Index Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon incl. Richmond
Fraser Valley/Lower Mainland — Index Partial, Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland
Fort Langley — Fort Langley 1977
Fort Langley — Fort Langley Pioneer Cemetery 1980
Langley — Murrayville including Cenotaph 2005
Langley — St. Andrew’s Anglican Church ashes 1975
Maple Ridge & Langley — St. John the Divine burials 1893
New Westminster — Fraser Cemetery Index for Cemviewer 2009
New Westminster — Schara Tzdeck 1929-1991
New Westminster — St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery Index 2009
New Westminster — St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery Introduction
New Westminster — St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery
North Delta — Trinity Lutheran (Annieville) 1982
North Vancouver — Boal Chapel Index
North Vancouver — Boal Chapel Inscriptions
Port Coquitlam — Port Coquitlam Municipal 2003
Richmond — Memorial Plaques Minoru Park 1997
Richmond — South Arm United Church Memorial Gardens 1970
Richmond — Steveston Fishermen’s Memorial Garry Point 1996
Richmond — Steveston Memorial Plaques 1996
Surrey — Beth Tikvah 1975-1992
Surrey - Christ Church Cemetery (Contact BCGS Library Call No. 971.133 C)
Surrey — Hazelmere (including graves without stones) 1994
Surrey — St. Helen’s Anglican Church 1973 & 1983
Surrey — St. Oswald’s Anglican Church 1974
Surrey — Sunnyside Lawn (including graves without stones) 1954-1993
Surrey — Surrey Centre including office records 1998
Surrey — Temple Shalom 1965-1992
Vancouver — Mountain View 1893-1991 (Jewish Section Only)
Vancouver — St. Matthias, Oakridge to 1992
Vancouver — Stanley Park Monument 1906
West Vancouver — Capilano View 1928-1982 (Download only - large file)
FRASER VALLEY/FRASER CANYON
Fraser Valley — Index Partial Fraser Valley
Fraser Canyon — Index Partial Fraser Canyon
Abbotsford — Kilgard Cemetery 1974
Abbotsford — Mennonite Church Cemetery 1933-1985
Abbotsford — Municipal (Musselwhite) 1980
Abbotsford & Aldergrove — Aberdeen Cemetery 1973
Agassiz — Old Agassiz Monumental Inscriptions & graves without stones
Albion — Albion Indian Reserve No. 5 1973
Boston Bar — Boothroyd and Inkasaph Cemeteries 2005
Boston Bar — Fraser Acres 1980
Cache Creek — Collins Family 1952
Cache Creek — Trimble Family 1915
Chilliwack — St. Thomas Temporary Cemetery 1907
Deroche — Deroche Cemetery 1953
Gold Bridge — Bridge River Valley 1979
Harrison Mills — Hemlock Valley Road Cemetery 1976
Hope — Cemeteries of Hope 2008 for CemViewer
Hope — Cemeteries of Hope 2008 Introduction for CemViewer
Hope — Heritage Index for CemViewer
Hope — Hope Slide Memorial Plaques 1965-1966
Hope — Mountainview Index for Cemviewer
Hope — Our Lady of Good Hope Index for CemViewer
Lytton — Barrick Grave 1900
Lytton — Hautier Family Cemetery 1939
Lytton — Lytton Municipal Burials 1876-2005
Matsqui — Mt. Lehman Cemetery
Mission — Hatzic Cemetery Index for CemViewer 2008
Mission — Hatzic Cemetery Introduction for CemViewer 2008
Mission — Oblate (OMI) Cemetery 1976
Mission — OMI Cemetery 2008 Index for CemViewer
Mission — OMI Cemetery 2008 Introduction for CemViewer
Mission & Hatzic — Fraser River Missions 1900
North Bend - Spryum Cemetery
Shacken — Shacken Cemetery incomplete to 1971
Spences Bridge — Two plots on Highway No. 1 1896-1946
Swart — Swart Cemetery 1985
Yale — On Lee Family Cemetery 1980 and some photos 2005
Yale — Slaheech Native Ancient Cemetery no dates
Yale — St. John the Divine burials 1972
Yale — Stallo Cemetery 3 markers – no names
Yale — Yale Cemetery 2007 Index for CemViewer
Yale — Yale Cemetery 2007 Introduction for CemViewer
Yale — Yale Pioneer Cemetery 1972 updated
SUNSHINE COAST/HOWE SOUND
Sunshine Coast/Howe Sound — Index Coastal
Gibsons — Gibson Family 1982
Gibsons — Mount Elphinstone 1976
Gibsons — Seaview 1978
Lang Bay — Holy Cross Cemetery 1974
Pemberton — Pemberton, Mount Currie, Harrison Lake Cemeteries 1989
Powell River — Powell River and District Cenotaph 1973
Sechelt — Sechelt Memorial Cemetery 1973
Squamish — Mt. Garibaldi Cemetery 1983
NORTH OKANAGAN
Armstrong — Armstrong-Spallumcheen 1978
Armstrong — Landsdowne 1977
Armstrong — Pelly Family Cemetery 1983
Coldstream — Coldstream Municipal 1977
Enderby - St. George Anglican
Vernon — Pioneer Cemetery 1886-1902
SOUTH OKANAGAN
South Okanagan — Index to 11 cemeteries
South Okanagan — Index to South Okanagan Cemeteries
Bridesville — Bridesville & Solitary Stone 1979
Bridesville — Rocky Mountain Catholic Churchyard & list of known graves 1979
Camp Mckinney — Camp Mckinney
Cawston — Cawston Community Cemetery 2008 Index for CemViewer
Cawston — Cawston Community Cemetery 2008 Introduction to CemViewer
Copper Mountain — Voigt Family Cemetery 1925-1927
Ellison — Lakeview Cemetery Veteran’s Section A-H 1974
Fairview — Fairview Pioneer Cemetery 1973
Granite Creek — Granite Creek 1971
Greenwood — Greenwood including Knights of Pythias section 1981
Hedley — Hedley Cemetery 1905-1973
Kamloops - Pleasant Street Cemetery (Contact BCGS Library Call No. 971.141 KFHS C
Kelowna - Mission of the Immaculate Conception Cemetery (Contact BCGS Library Call No. 971.142 KDGS C)
Keremeos — Keremeos incl. office records 1909-1998
Midway - Midway and Bubar
Naramata — Naramata Cemetery 2000
Oliver — Oliver Municipal Cemetery 1972
Osoyoos — Osoyoos Municipal Cemetery 1972
Peachland — Peachland Cemetery Office Records 1987
Penticton — St. Xavier or Saviours Cemetery 1974
Princeton — Allison Family Cemetery 1973
Princeton — Allison Family Cemetery Index for CemViewer
Princeton — Allison Family Cemetery Introduction for CemViewer
Princeton — Princeton Municipal Cemetery 1973
Rock Creek — Rock Creek Cemetery 2008 with pictures
Rock Creek — Rock Creek Cemetery Index for CemViewer
Sidley — Sidley 1979
Tulameen — Rabbitt Family 1973
Tulameen — Tulameen Public 1973
Westbridge — Westbridge Private Cemetery 1982
KOOTENAY COUNTRY
Kootenay Country — Index to some Kootenay Cemeteries
Arrow Park — Maple Cemetery 1922-1961
Balfour - Balfour Cemetery
Castlegar - Castlelgar & District Cemeteries - (Contact BCGS Library Call No. 971.11 WKFHCC)
Hills/New Denver — Hills Community 1979
Moyie — Moyie Cemetery 1902-1955
Nelson — Nelson Memorial Park Cemetery Index for CemViewer
Nelson — Nelson Memorial Park Cemetery Introduction for CemViewer
Phoenix — Phoenix 2000
Phoenix — Phoenix Mines Cemetery 1902-1919
Trail — Columbia-Riverview 1984
Trail — Tadanac Cemetery (Removal to Mountain View 1957)
Trail — Waneta Cemetery 1984
CENTRAL INTERIOR AND EASTERN
Central Interior and Eastern — Index to some Central and Eastern Cemeteries
Ashcroft — Ashcroft Cemetery Inscriptions 1986 & Office Records
Blind Bay — Blind Bay 1987
Celista — Celista 1975
Chase — Chase with plot plan & Cenotaph 1982
Chase - Mattey Family Cemetery
Chase — North Shuswap Cemetery 1978
Eagle Bay — Eagle Bay Community 1980
Falkland — Wilson Ranch Cemetery 1908-1940
Notch Hill — Notch Hill 1983
Revelstoke — Mount Cartier Cemetery 1975 removed to Revelstoke Municipal
Revelstoke — Revelstoke Municipal or Mountain View 1975
Revelstoke — St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church burial records to 1974
Savona — Savona Cemetery 1971
Sorrento — St. Mary’s Anglican – United Church 1988
Tappen — Tappen 2006 Index for CemViewer
Tappen — Tappen 2006 Introduction for CemViewer
Tappen — Tappen Cemetery 1916-2000
Tranquille — Cooney Family 1963
CARIBOO - CHILCOTIN
Cariboo - Chilcotin — Index to Cariboo-Chilcotin Partial
100 Mile House — 100 Mile House Cemetery 1973
Alexandria — Roman Catholic Church 1976
Barkerville — Barkerville Pioneer 1939
Clinton — Clinton Cemetery 1878-1975
Endako — Endako Cemetery 1987
Forest Grove — Forest Grove 1931-1972
Harrison Mills — Hemlock Valley Road 1981
Lac La Hache - Felker Lac La Hache
Lac La Hache — Lac La Hache 1973
Little Fort — Little Fort Cemetery 2007 Index for CemViewer
Little Fort — Little Fort Cemetery 2007 Introduction for CemViewer
Lone Butte — Lone Butte 1975
McBride — McBride Cemetery 2008 Index for CemViewer
McBride — McBride Cemetery 2008 Introduction for CemViewer
Penny — Penny Cemetery 1979
Prince George — Fort George Cemetery 1981
Prince George - Prince George Cemetery (Contact BCGS Library Call No. 9771.12 PGFHS)
Quesnel — Quesnel Forks Cemetery 1909-1912
Quesnel — Quesnel Pioneer 1976 (Download only - large file)
Quesnel — Windt Ranch Cemetery 1914
Roe Lake — Roe Lake 1987
Shelly — Shelly Indian Reserve 1958
Soda Creek — Soda Creek 1976
Stanley — Stanley 1873-1899
Vanderhoof — Braeside Cemetery 1982
Vanderhoof — Sinkut Cemetery 1962
Vanderhoof — Stoney Creek Reserve Cemetery 1982
NORTH COASTAL & PEACE RIVER
North Coastal & Peace River — Index of Peace River Cemeteries
Cecil Lake — Cecil Lake Cemetery 2006
Cedarvale — Cedarvale Anglican Cemetery
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Dawson Creek BC & Peace River District 1987 (Download only - large file)
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Dawson Creek, A-H
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Dawson Creek, H-N
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Dawson Creek, N-Z
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Briar Ridge
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Doe River/Sorenson
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Hudson School Farm
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Maria Hill, Toms Lake
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Mountainview, Bessborough
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Mountainview, Ground Birch
Dawson Creek / Peace River — North Rolla
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Peace View/Shearerdale
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Pioneer
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Riverview, Pouce Coupe
Dawson Creek / Peace River — Rolla
Fort St. John — Fort St. John & Woodland Cemetery 1977
Haida Gwai — Village of Queen Charlotte 2007 Index
Kitimat — Kitimat Municipal Cemetery
Rose Prairie — Women’s Institute Cemetery 1979
Terrace — Kitsumgalum 2005 Original Terrace Pioneer Graveyard
ROCKY MOUNTAIN AREA
Edgewater — Edgewater 1979
Golden - Donald Cemetery
Golden — Golden Municipal 1979
Golden — Henderson Private 1979
Golden — Legion 1979