[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Canadian immigration records question

[Gary Warner]

Dave,

I should have assumed that you already knew about the archives.   Sorry.

Gary

On 11/29/2011 3:47 PM, Dave Obee wrote:
> Gary
>
> I have been using the B.C. Archives site since it went online in 
> January 1997. It is of course listed on my CanGenealogy site.
>
> I asked for clarification of "Vancouver BC Archives.gov." That 
> reference made no sense to me. The B.C. Archives are in Victoria, not 
> Vancouver. They don't have "Vancouver" in the name. A pure ".gov" 
> suffix, without a further suffix, can only be used by a government 
> agency in the United States. The B.C. Archives site does not have 
> death certificates; it has references to death registration forms.
>
> Dieter could have been referring to the Vancouver B.C. archives, which 
> has material online, and has both "Vancouver" and "archives" in its 
> web address. But it still would not work as a Canadian address, not 
> with that ".gov." So I wanted to know what he meant. (If there is a 
> new source for B.C. vital stats, I'd like to know!)
>
> In any event, he has confirmed to me that yes, it was the B.C. 
> Archives site that he was referring to.
>
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gary Warner <garyw555 at gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 15:05
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Canadian immigration records question
> To: Dave Obee <daveobee at shaw.ca>
> Cc: Dieter <dgkurtz at gmail.com>, ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
>
> > Dave,
> >
> > The British Columbia vital records are on line at
> > 
> http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes
> > Gary
> >
> > On 11/29/2011 1:47 PM, Dave Obee wrote:
> > >I am not sure what you mean by Vancouver BC archives.gov site.
> > >
> > >Odds are your person did not come before 1945. Even after the
> > war, immigration from Germany was restricted for a few years.
> > And in any event, those records are not yet open for public
> > access, although you can ask for a copy of an individual's record.
> > >
> > >More information is near the bottom of this page:
> > >
> > >http://www.cangenealogy.com/immigration.html
> > >
> > >(CanGenealogy is a site that I put together for all of the
> > major Canadian sites.)
> > >
> > >Dave Obee
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Dieter<dgkurtz at gmail.com>
> > >Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 13:32
> > >Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Canadian immigration records question
> > >To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> > >
> > >>Hello,
> > >>
> > >>I have found a death certificate of a potential, important
> > >>relative at the
> > >>Vancouver BC Archives.gov site.
> > >>This person immigrated from Leipzig, Germany, possibly in the
> > >>1940's or
> > >>50's.
> > >>Passenger ship list record appear to exist online only for
> > >>before 1900's.
> > >>
> > >>I apologize if this is not an appropriate question for this group.
> > >>
> > >>But does anyone know where to inquire about Canadian immigration
> > >>records?
> > >>
> > >>Thank you,
> > >>Dieter
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