Victoria Genealogical Society
RESOURCES & INDEXES

This page offers you access to VGS online data indexes,
and also lists our major collections found in our VGS Resource Centre.

Our Resource Centre page contains further details on our library holdings.
You can also search our library catalogue online!

 

VGS Online Indexes

VGS Members Surname Interest (MSI) Index -

This index contains family surnames being researched by members of the Victoria Genealogical Society (VGS) - helping you connect with others researching the same surnames.

This index was recreated in December 2010.
It now contains member submissions up to and including October 20, 2011.


Pioneers Index for Greater Victoria - Settlers and Early Residents before 1910.

Biographical clipping from newspapers, magazine articles and notes indexed in binders, covering pioneer families from the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Also available at the VGS Resource Centre.

Last updated : April, 2011
It now contains index data for 730 clippings.


Book Indexes

Pioneer Women of Vancouver Island, 1843 - 1866 Surname Index -
A book by N. de Bertrand Lugrin, published 1928, and held at the VGS Resource Centre.  Surnames indexed.

Wild Roses at their Feet Surname Index -
A book by Elizabeth Forbes Published 1971, contains recollections of life in early Victoria.  Surnames indexed.


VGS Journal Index

An index of Victoria Genealogical Society Journals from 1979 to today.  The index is organized by person names, events, article titles, book titles reviewed, and more.


VGS Library Collection Catalogue

On-line search window by title, author, keyword or subject, which provides detail and call numbers of the 335 linear feet of books, journals, maps, cemetery booklets etc., and the over 245 CDs available at the Victoria Genealogical Society Resource Centre and Library.  This catalogue contains close to 5000 titles.

 

Other indexes are held in our Resource Centre collection.
If you are unable to visit us, please check out our VGS queries page for assistance.

 

Resources Available at the VGS Resource Centre

  • The Library version of Ancestry.com is now available to VGS members and Resource Centre visitors.
  • British Columbia Vital Event Registration Records: Births: 1872 - 1903, Marriages: 1872 - 1934, Deaths: 1872 - 1988.   Registration records are on microfilm.  Index is on the BC Vital Events website.
    (Note: 1989 death registrations are indexed (names, dates, places), but we do not have registrations to copy.)
  • Cemetery Transcripts from:
    • Royal Oak Burial Park Transcription Index
    • Burial Permits (BP) and Markers (MKRS) (1928 to 1995)
    • Pioneer Square
    • Veteran Cemetery
  • Database with Kings County, Nova Scotia Burials and Marriages.
  • Current and past Journals from Genealogical Societies.
  • PEI Cemeteries.

Visit our VGS Resource Centre page for additional information on our resources and services.
Also search our library catalogue online