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Genealogy Links and Records

BC Archives​
BC Archives Genealogy - General Search (indexes to births (1854-1903), marriages (1871-1946), deaths (1872-2001), colonial marriages (1859-1872) and baptisms (1836-1888))
BC City Directories
​BC Church Records
BC Land Records
BC Wills 1861 - 1981
​Library and Archives Canada BC Genealogy Resources (Civil registration (birth, marriage and death records); Adoption and divorce; Courts and criminal records; Land records; Wills and estate records)
The shishalh Story
Vancouver Public Library Church Records
Vancouver Public Library Indigenous Ancestry

Books

Some of these books are available in the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives Reference Library
Books published on Sunshine Coast history and people.pdf
File Size: 62 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Index to Remembering Roberts Creek.pdf
File Size: 171 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Index to West Howe Sound Story.pdf
File Size: 242 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Census

1881
1891
1901
1911
1921

Maps

First Peoples Map of BC
José María Narváez (ca. 1768 - 1840) survey map circa 1791
Sunshine Coast Map -  Mapquest
Sunshine Coast Regional District Maps
Picture
Image courtesy of garrylittle.ca

Newspapers

BC Historical Newspapers (The Province, The Times-Colonist, The Vancouver Sun)
Coast Reporter (1945-1995)
Peninsula Times (1963-1979)
University of British Columbia Historical Newspapers

Photographs

Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society photos
Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives photograph collection
​Sechelt Community Archives historical photos
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