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Qualicum Beach Family History Society

    This page contains useful tips and links that take you to Canadian and International websites. Also given are links to other British Columbia family history websites. The links are given in response to Society members interests and do not represent any endorsement by our Society. 

From the VIRL Library Manager at Qualicum Beach - two-year subscription has been ordered for Practical Family History, at a cost of $300. If the magazine receives high usage, it is likely to be renewed. (This is in response to our $100 donation to VIRL QB Branch). Check to see if it's arrived yet.

Tip from Mary Sheil - the following website has a useful collection of links to free forms and charts: http://www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html

This tip in from Donna Fraser - Newspapers for the the Parksville / Qualicum Beach area.
The British Columbia Archives has an extensive collection of community newspapers on microfilm. Please note, microfilmed newspaper holdings at the BC Archives Reference Room in Victoria are available for research on a self serve basis only, and are not available on interlibrary loan.

Parksville-Qualicum Beach News Advertiser. --
9 reels
1982:Jun 29 - 1982:Nov 30,
1983:Mar 15 - 1985:Aug 27

 Parksville-Qualicum Beach Progress. --
21 reels
1948:Feb 11 - 1982:Apr 15

Parksville-Qualicum Journal. --
1 reel
1930:Feb 7 - 1931:Jan 9

 Parksville-Qualicum News. --
Last filmed LLBC 1994
25 reels
1985:Sep 3 - 1994:Dec 31

Arrowsmith Star. --
32 reels
1975:Mar 4 - 1985:Dec 30,
1987:Jan 6 - 1995:Dec 31

For a complete listing of BC Newspapers on Microfilm, go to
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/library/newspapr/newspapr.htm

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Other Links of interest to Members.   
    The following website links will provide connections to Canadian and World wide genealogical sources. Some sites contain free search data entry boxes but some may also contain searches that lead to commercial sites.

Canadian Genealogy & History Portal Website

Canadian Genealogical Sources

Library and Archives Canada   

Canadian Automated Genealogy

Latter Day Saints Family History Research Page

Cyndi's List   major portal site

Genuki      major portal site

British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid

Links to free census indexes in various countries

1901 England & Wales Census/ PRO UK

Free Births, Marriages and Deaths (UK)

Links to cemetery transcriptions in various countries

Rootsweb - a site for mailing lists, message boards, etc

Abbotsford Genealogical Society

BC Genealogical Society

Campbell River Genealogy Society

Comox Family History Research Group

Kamloops Family History Society

Kelowna & District Genealogical Society

Nanaimo Family History Society

Powell River Genealogy Group

South Okanagan Genealogical Society

Victoria Genealogical Society

    If you have a tip or link that you think will be useful to other members or if you find any permanently broken links please e-mail    qbfhs@shaw.ca

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