History Helps Volume Six, Number 8, July 2006
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• Greetings
• British Columbia’s Provincial Museum
• A Most Useful Website
• The Canadian Order of Chosen Friends
• Suggestions Wanted
• Subscription and Privacy Policy

GREETINGS! HAPPY SUMMER, EVERYONE!!!

British Columbia’s Provincial Museum

“The Provincial Museum of Natural History and Anthropology
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Founded in 1886 for the purpose of advancing knowledge concerning the wildlife and the native peoples of our Province.

The Provincial Museum provides the following services:

1. Maintains large collections of animals, plant and Indian materials from all parts of the Province for reference and student use.

2. Maintains exhibits, free to the public.

3. Provides publications in popular form at nominal costs.

4. Provides motion-picture programmes and lectures for children and adults.

5. Prepares school loan material such as portable exhibits, collections and films.

6. Provides identification service and source of information.

7. Carries on field investigation and research.

For further information write to: THE DIRECTOR, PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, VICTORIA, B.C.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HON. W. T. STRAITH, K.C., Minister,
VICTORIA, B.C.”

Source: The Ladner Optimist, Thursday, 23 January 1950, page two.

A Most Useful Website

I’m remiss in not pointing out that Hugh Armstrong’s website,which you can find at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/index.htm, has not been updated since some time in 2005. The Website still works, and the links, at least those I tried, were functional, so there is still lots of good information to be obtained there.

The Canadian Order of Chosen Friends

“FUNERAL NOTICE

All members of the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends are requested to meet in the lodge room, Mount Pleasant, Saturday, March 22, for the purpose of attending the funeral of our late friend, Dr. Robert Lawrence.

H. W. Madill, C.C.”

Source: Vancouver Daily World, 22 March 1913, page 35.

I’ve never heard of this organization before. Has anyone else?

Suggestions Wanted

As many subscribers know, I do research in many sources, by request and also as a volunteer.

In my own work, I’m currently doing research for my next book (the subject is Tsawwassen) and I’m reading the local Delta newspaper. I’m now reading the 1950s and encountering something new which I’m sure must give family researchers and genealogists heart palpitations.

I’ve begun to come across the occasional notice of change of name -- the first one appears in 1956, and includes an entire family, with a name change that is entirely unrelated to anyone else in the family tree.

My thought is to somehow compile and publish a list of these, quoted in their entirety, so that they would be accessible to researchers. My question is where?

I’ve contacted Rootsweb, and had a nice reply back, with a suggestion that didn’t involve publishing the entire notice verbatim.

What do you think? Posting them verbatim on a new page on my Website? I’m looking for suggestions.

Subscription, Privacy Policy

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Your e-mail address is not shared with anyone.

Gwen Szychter, M.A.

P.S. Here's a favour you can do for me: If you liked this newsletter and found it helpful or just interesting, please pass it on to a friend or colleague. Thank you.

Newspaper Obituary Database coming to

History of Delta, British Columbia On-line

Delta History On-Line

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