In this issue:

Armistice Day

On the first anniversary of Armistice Day, 11 November 1919, this item appeared in The [New Westminster] British Columbian on that day:

"Two Minutes of Silent Thought to Our Dead

LONDON, Nov. 11 The anniversary of Armistice Day was solemnly celebrated throughout the United Kingdom today. Two minutes of silent thought were given the dead, not only in the kingdom, but in the colonies and all over the world, at 11 o'clock this morning, the hour when the armistice took effect a year ago.

The most impressive scenes were witnessed everywhere as the solemn moments were observed."

Lest we forget.

Photographs, Photographers and Photo Opportunities

I continue to discover answers to my musings in the September 2001 issue of this newsletter as to where people in the past had their photographs taken. A new possibility came to light in the October 22nd, 1904 issue of The Delta Times, page four:

"PHOTOGRAPHS; Fricke & Schenck, the Photographers of 61 Cordova street, Vancouver will return to Ladner on Thursday afternoon, Oct. [sic] 27th. Open for business Friday morning and until Monday night, Oct. [sic] 31st. Have your photos taken right at home and at reasonable rates. All work guaranteed first class. $5.00 Cabinets [i.e., cabinet cards] for $3.00 per dozen. Studio: Next to Robt. May's."

Does "photos taken right at home" mean that the photographer made "house calls"? Interesting idea!! And another venue to consider.

An Answer Surfaces

I had wondered aloud several issues ago about the location of information about divorces in B.C. That turned out to be rhetorical musing, since no one has suggested a place to hunt for such information. However, in the meantime I came across the following item, which suggested that a plough through the Sessional Papers for B.C. might be required.

The following was printed in The [Vancouver] Daily Province, Tuesday, 08 October 1940, page eight:

"Three Divorces Are Granted Here

Two [sic] marriages were dissolved by Mr. Justice Fisher in Supreme Court Monday, who granted divorces to the following:

May Holloway, 4595 Quebec, from Frederick Neville Holloway, log scaler, 2786 West Thirty-eighth, whom she married in Vancouver on March 17, 1928.

Irene Beryl Carroll, 1723 Davie, from Reginald Cedric Victor Carroll, 1181 Davie, whom she married in Kamloops on December 12, 1925.

Mr. Justice Smith granted a divorce to Annette Naddin, 650 Seymour, from Frederick Naddin, brakeman, Alert Bay, whom she married in Edmonton on July 26, 1935."

I was surprised at how public this information was otherwise I would not be including it here. The social implications for individuals must also have been astonishing.

Website Links for Hard Copies (Continuation)

The remainder of the list, begun in the last issue, follows. These are the URLs for the various websites to which I've directed subscribers in earlier History Helps. While the list may be most beneficial to subscribers who save each issue in hard copy, such as libraries, others may find the list an opportunity to give some of these sites a second look. I've also included a notation as to which issue of History Helps carried the original description.

15. One of the most useful sources of information, especially for births, deaths and marriages is the B. C. Archives Vital Events Indexes (May 2001) at http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm

16. On the site of the B. C. Cemetery Finding Aid (June 2001), one can search the database for individuals. http://www.islandnet.com/bccfa/homepage.html

17. The site of Hugh Armstrong, mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter, includes some primary source documents (May and July 2001) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm

18. Early Canadiana On-line is a good source for early Canadian publications not readily available (June 2001). http://www.canadiana.org/eco/english/index.html

19. A website with useful links for researching Home Children (July 2001) can be found at http://www.rondeaugenealogy.ca/homechildren.htm This link appears to be currently out of service, but I have included it here in the event that it once again becomes active.

20. Some samples of reports available in the Sessional Papers of the Government of Canada (July 2001) are found at http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/sessionalpapers.html

21. A source of maps on the Internet (August 2001) is the Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection, for whom the URL is http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html

22. Another map source (August 2001) is this website, http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/

For all websites included in subsequent issues I have shown the URL and, therefore, they were not added to this list.

1901 Census On-line

Several times I've referred to Hugh Armstrong's site as a most useful resource. Now I want to pass along the news that Hugh has added the 1901 census information for southern Vancouver Island, adding to the information for Victoria which he had posted earlier this year.

The link is http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/1901vic_cen/1901vic.htm

A valuable feature of this database is that Hugh Armstrong has supplemented the information in the Census with "Remarks," consisting of additional bits of information from other sources, such as Birth Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Directories. Quite extraordinary!

Photograph Searching

Gathered here, as promised, is the list of Websites where it is possible to look for photographs or to post a found photograph.

1. The Hoffman Photo Index, at http://www.kw.igs.net/~fhoffman/photo_index.html. One of the few sites focussing on Canada.

2. City Gallery, Popular & Family Photo History, at http://www.city-gallery.com/ It has a Message Board, as well as a number of helpful features.

These are some others I have come across sorry, no descriptive information:

http://www.heirloomslost.com/

http://www.webcom.com/eliza/gen_a.htm

http://www.deadfred.com/

http://portraits.geneanet.org/

http://www.justwebit.com/members/34890/

I hope these are useful to you.

1940 National Registration

Still on the subject of this engaging source of information, which I passed along in January 2001, I've since given further examination to the website where the details of the form can be read.

It may be helpful to anyone doing family history research to be reminded that among the questions asked were some about the individual's parents, i.e., their names and where they were born. For descendants of European immigrants, the answers can be very revealing.

A Calendar For Years Gone By

Ever wish you could figure out quickly and easily the day of the week for some date in the past? We've relied on the perpetual calendar generally to help us out, but now the Internet can do it both quickly and easily. A website at http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ will come up with the conversion for you in no time flat.

Hunting Regulations, 1892

From Lynch's Ready Guide To Victoria and British Columbia (available on microfilm at Koerner Library at the University of British Columbia and in the original hard copy at the Provincial Archives in Victoria), pages 84 and 85:

"ENACTED BY THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE.

It shall not be lawful at any time of the year to shoot at any gull in the Victoria Harbor, Esquimalt Harbor, New Westminster Harbor, Nanaimo Harbor, or Vancouver Harbor, or in any arm, lagoon, ford, river or creek extending from or flowing into either of the said harbors, or within half a mile of any wharf.

It shall not be lawful at any time of the year to shoot any wild fowl or discharge a firearm within that part of Victoria harbor, to the north of a line drawn from Shoal Point, in the city of Victoria, to Work Point, in the district of Esquimalt.

No person shall at any time buy or sell, or offer or expose for sale, any pheasant or doe of any age, or any deer under the age of twelve months.

On the mainland of British Columbia, it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, capture, trap or by any means destroy cock pheasant or quail.

It shall be unlawful to kill deer at any time for their hides alone, in any portion of this Province.

No person shall at any time hunt deer with dogs; but this section shall not apply to that portion of the Province to the east of the Cascade Range of Mountains.

Except as hereinafter provided, none of the following animals or birds shall be hunted, taken, killed, shot at, wounded or injured during any night throughout each year, or within the periods hereinafter limited:

1. Cariboo [sic], deer, wapiti commonly known as elk, moose, hare, mountain goat, mountain sheep, or rein deer [sic], from the first day of January to the fourteenth day of September, inclusive;

2. Grouse, meadow lark, partridge, prairie fowl, quail or any bird known in this Province by any of these names, from the first day of February to first day of September, inclusive; provided that the birds known in the Province as 'robins' may be destroyed in an orchard or garden at any time between the first day of June and the first day of September;

3. Cock pheasants, from the first day of February to the thirteenth day of September, inclusive; wild duck of all kinds, from the first day of March to the thirty-first day of August, inclusive."

Websites Can Be Entertaining ...

... while they are informing you. Such is the case for this site, called A List of Occupations, found at http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html

It claims to list explanations of ancient occupations, but there is no indication of the source(s) of these identities (which, as a historian, I would be more comfortable seeing). However, the information can still be useful to a lesser or greater extent.

A Plug for Someone Else

I've been a subscriber for some time to the periodical, "British Columbia Historical News," and recommend it highly to anyone interested in B. C. History.

Having misplaced my copy of the Fall 2001 issue, I've perused the Summer 2001 issue to find examples of the kinds of subjects to be expected. Among the articles are "The Oolichan Fishery of Northern British Columbia," "A Tribute to Van Horne," a name synonymous with the Canadian Pacific Railway, and "Finn Slough: A Little History." Not to miss an opportunity for self-promotion, I mention in passing that I write a website review column for this periodical.

There are several ways to find the B. C. Historical Federation, of course, one being through the link on my History page, http://www.ladnerslanding.com/History.html.

The link for the B. C. Historical Federation will take you to the Federation's home page. A link there leads to subscription information, where you'll find the name and address of the Subscription Secretary, to whom you send your cheque or money order for $15, together with your name and address. As the Federation states, "Subscribe. It's worth it!"

Something To Think About

My thought for the month of November is borrowed from The [Vancouver] Daily Province, 24 November 1916:

"It is easy to be patient when you have nothing at stake."

Notice

If you are a new subscriber, and have received the back issues of this newsletter, you should note that some of the links may or may not be in service. I take responsibility of ensuring that the links are good at the time that I create the newsletter, but I don't make an ongoing check of those links, since these things age on their own.

In a related vein, I hope to have all the back issues of this newsletter available in an archive on my website sometime in 2002.

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