News & Service Notes

2019

November 20, 2019
Event Taking Place on Wednesday, December 11 from 10:00am - 1:00pm
June 14, 2019
Event Taking Place - Tuesday June 25 from 5:30 - 6:30
June 7, 2019
Genealogy Index Updated
May 16, 2019
BC Archives Closure – Monday, May 21
April 30, 2019
Scheduled server maintenance, service outage on Sunday, May 5, 6:00 - 9:00 am
January 30, 2019
BC Archives closed 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Tuesday February 12, 2019

2018

December 17, 2018
BC Archives Closures – Upcoming statutory holidays
October 31, 2018
BC Archives closed 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Thursday December 6, 2018
October 25, 2018
BC Archives Closure – December 10-14, 2018
October 18, 2018
BC Archives Closure – Monday, November 12
October 18, 2018
Intermittent issues with emails from GMAIL accounts – Ongoing
October 11, 2018
Reference room closed 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Wednesday November 14
September 19, 2018
Reference room closed 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Wednesday October 17
July 26, 2018
Database upgrade, service outage – Tuesday, July 31
June 21, 2018
Database upgrade postponed – Friday, June 29
May 15, 2018
BC Archives Closure – Monday, May 21
April 20, 2018
BC Archives Closure – Monday, April 23
March 27, 2018
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The Canadian Commission for UNESCO reveals the first inscriptions to the Canada Memory of the World Register
March 14, 2018
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Research takes centre stage at the Royal BC Museum
February 21, 2018
BC Archives Early Closure

2017

August 18, 2017
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TD supports the Royal BC Museum in improving access to Indigenous cultural materials
July 4, 2017
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150 stories for 150 years: Canada’s national, provincial and territorial archives launch a new online exhibition
April 21, 2017
Online Catalogue Unavailable April 25–27
March 29, 2017
Genealogy Index Updated
February 27, 2017
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Royal BC Museum receives translations of Douglas Treaties into two local Indigenous languages
February 20, 2017
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Royal BC Museum returns war-time books to Nanjing Museum

2016

December 2, 2016
BC Archives closed Wednesday, December 7, 10:00 am–12:30 pm.
November 8, 2016
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The Royal BC Museum offers a new tool for genealogical researchers
November 4, 2016
Death Registration Index Updated
September 6, 2016
BC Archives opening late on September, 7th, 2016
June 2, 2016
Online Researcher Registration
April 7, 2016
New genealogy database
March 22, 2016
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Royal BC Museum digitizes and uploads colonial correspondence

2015

October 27, 2015
2014 Vital Events Release Delay
August 4, 2015
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The Royal BC Museum launches a new database for the BC Archives
July 27, 2015
Royal BC Museum and Archives to Launch New Archives Web Interface

2014

March 4, 2014
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RELEASE - Museum acquires Col. Moody picture album

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