Tag Archives: Vancouver

City of Vancouver Archives gears up for its 90th anniversary with a social media campaign

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Gail Dever

To celebrate its 90th anniversary, the City of Vancouver Archives (CVA) is highlighting different record groups from the archives’ holdings in a social media campaign. CVA is sharing 90 days of posts, from March 15 to June 12, using the hashtag, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 25, 2023

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsA Reel Challenge for the 1871 Census of Canada by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Canadiana adds St John newspapers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Aviation photographs from first … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 4, 2023

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsBut wait, there’s more! More Heritage Inventory photographs now available by Sammy Van Herk on AuthentiCity. Finding Online Records by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News. Researching Chicago Address Changes and Free Chicago Genealogy … Continue reading →

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More than 5,000 digitized Don Coltman photos added to Vancouver Archives’ online collection

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Gail Dever

Thanks to funding from the British Columbia History Digitization Program (BCHDP) and the Friends of the Vancouver City Archives, an additional 5,122 photographs by commercial photographer Don Coltman are now digitized and freely available on the City of Vancouver Archives’ website. With this … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 4, 2021

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs200,000 digital objects now online by Kira Baker on AuthentiCity. Visiting and Recognizing the Past: Toronto’s 1919-1920 Smallpox Outbreak by Sara Wilmshurst on Active History. Hundreds of thousands of BMDs added to … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 26, 2018

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — PANB by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Explore Open Collections: Greater Vancouver Maps by Paula Arasaki on UBC Digitization Centre. How … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Archives digitizes thousands of photos of homes, churches and monuments

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Gail Dever

The City of Vancouver Archives has digitized almost 7,000 black-and-white 35mm negatives, taken in 1978 and 1986 as part of two separate heritage surveys. Writing about the new online collection, the Vancouver Courier reported, “It’s a treasure trove of images, … Continue reading →

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Database of early 20th century Vancouver building permits a genealogy gem

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Gail Dever

A University of British Columbia (UBC) blog post about how digitized archival collections are being used to help preserve heritage buildings in Vancouver contains two genealogy bijoux. One of the gems is UBC’s BC Historical Newspapers archive that contains more than … Continue reading →

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Photos of Winnipeg to Vancouver taken in 1887

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Gail Dever

A blog post published here a few days ago  featured an 1889 photo of Calgary, taken by William McFarlane Notman. It generated a considerable amount of interest. The photographer was the son of William Notman, the most important Canadian photographer of … Continue reading →

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Interactive map of demolished character homes in Vancouver

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Gail Dever

It’s an interactive kind of day with two blog posts about interactive maps. One of the many concerns about the housing situation in Vancouver is the large number of heritage and older homes that are being demolished to make room … Continue reading →

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