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Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA)

A division of the Archives of Manitoba, is home to one of Canada's national treasures - the records of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre

Fort Langley. Includes online cemetery records and historical photographs.

LibDex - The Library Index - British Columbia

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

List of museums in British Columbia - Wikipedia

MemoryBC - Gateway to British Columbia's Past

MemoryBC.ca is a portal where you can access descriptions of archival materials preserved in repositories throughout the province.

Mennonite Heritage Museum

Part of the mission is to preserve and document the history of Mennonites who came to British Columbia from Russia and Prussia/Poland by maintaining an historical library and an archives. Located in Abbotsford.

Nanaimo Community Archives

British Columbia, Canada.

New Westminster Public Library - Genealogy and Local History

Points To The Past (Free to BC residents only)

Points to the Past is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, and much more. Researchers are free to explore a vast range of resources through Points to the Past, including Eighteenth Century and Nineteenth Century Collections Online, esteemed periodicals such as the Economist and the Financial Times, and digitized materials from the Smithsonian Institution. All British Columbians enjoy barrier-free access to this collection.

Prince George Public Library

Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.

Prince George Public Library

Royal BC Museum

Victoria, British Columbia.

Royal BC Museum: BC Archives - Genealogy

Search our indexes to births (1854-1903), marriages (1872-1936), deaths (1872-1991), colonial marriages (1859-1872) and baptisms (1836-1888).

Saanich Pioneers' Society Museum and Archives

Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada.

Simon Fraser University - Digitized Collections

The Simon Fraser University Library digitized collections include over 130 collections, with more than 1.3 million digitized newspapers, photographs, documents, sound recordings, and other objects.

Simon Fraser University Archives

Surrey FamilySearch

Surrey Public Library

Terrace Public Library