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British Columbia City Directories 1860-1955. Home. How to Search the Directories. Locate the year that you wish to search in the panel on the left. Click on the title of the directory listed under the year that you want. Each directory has a table of contents, click the section you want to search.
Vancouver Public Library's collection of digitized British Columbia city directories dating from 1860 to 1955. Directories contain detailed historical information about British Columbian communities, including street and name listings of individuals and businesses in Vancouver and Victoria, as well as population figures, government listings, ...
There are 1200 bibliographic entries for directories published from 1790-1987 for Canadian cities, towns, townships, counties, districts, regions and provinces. You can also search the directory holdings of Library and Archives Canada through their Aurora database, a catalogue of published material held by the LAC. Note, however, that many ...
Searches of historic and recent city directories for all major communities throughout BC to help you identify previous land-use and residency.
3 cze 2024 · VPL has a very extensive collection of B.C. directories dating back to 1860. City Directories by VPL_subjectguidebooklist - a staff-created list : Genealogists and family historians use city and county directories to trace individuals, families and businesses.
The VPL map collection includes maps and atlases of every description: from street maps of present-day Vancouver to historical atlases of ancient Rome, from bathymetric maps of the ocean floor to geological maps of Jupiter's moons.
VPL maintains the Northwest History Collection, a heritage collection about BC and the Northwest Coast, which includes directories for BC communities back to the 1800s, books, periodicals, early BC newspapers on microfilm, government documents, maps, and pamphlets.
