Researching Family History

Church Records - British Columbia

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The Family History department has a small collection of church histories from British Columbia churches that contain records of church members. For example:

St. Matthew’s Anglican Church: 1900 to 1980, Abbotsford Library call number: 283.711 STM

Nicol, Mary.  St. Mary’s Catholic Church:  the first 50 years. [Gibsons] Library call number: 282.711 NIC 2000

Anglican Church of Canada.  Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon Library call number: 929.3711 GUI 1993

Microfilm

Cloverdale Library has an index for Western Canadian parish records on microfilm.  They are listed in the library’s guide, Canadian Family History Resources, under Parish and Vital Records on page 5-83.