Canadian Query .....

Alienore · Post by **Alienore** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:10 am

Hi - am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction!

My great-grandmother's sister married and moved to Canada in the early twentieth century. My mother can recall a cousin from Canada called Christopher Miller (or Millar, I am not sure which) who served in the Canadian Air Force during WW2 and came over to visit his Scottish relations.

My great-aunt's maiden name was Margaret Henderson and she was born in 1880 in Glasgow. She and her husband moved first to Vancouver Island where they built a home but apart from that I know nothing about them and would love to get some more definite information on them - maybe even make contact with any descendants.

Any ideas?

Deborah

BarbR · Post by **BarbR** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:49 am

Here are a few suggestions that might help.

http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-1 ... ges,Deaths

Is the British Columbia site for BMD info up to 1985. You can order certs from here and they will email the copy to you, so no waiting if you find something.

http://www.islandnet.com/bccfa/homepage.html

Is a cemetery finding tool for BC. It is far from complete but well worth looking at.

Best wishes
Barbara

PS used to live in Edinburgh many years ago

Post by **HeatherH** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:52 pm

Hi Alienore,
Perhaps you could write to this address and gain some info.

For information relating to former members of the Armed Forces of Canada (deceased), the Personal Records Unit (formerly the Personnel Records Centre) may be reached at:
Personnel Records Unit, RSD,
The National Archives,
395 Wellington St, Ottawa, ON, K1A ON3

Happy Hunting,
HeatherH

Alienore · Post by **Alienore** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:42 pm

Thank you both very much for your suggestions - will follow them up.

Deborah