BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS IN THE COMOX VALLEY REGION
Province of British Columbia Indexes of Birth (to 1903), Marriage (after 75 years) and Death (after 20 years) are available online, some with images of the original registrations, at the BC Archives website Births, Marriages, Deaths.
Use the Google search engine to locate the files that contain the names you are researching.
NEWSPAPERS
We have completed indexing Births, Marriages and Deaths in local newspapers (Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland and surrounding rural areas). If you would like a copy of a particular page, please contact us by email.
1940-45 (pdf)
1946-50 (pdf)
1951-55 (pdf)
1956-59 (pdf) – (includes Argus 1956 and 1957 which are kept at the Campbell River Museum)
1992-1995 (pdf) – Note: The Free Press stopped publishing in 1994. The Independent (IND) was published for a short time after.
1986-2008 (pdf) – (Comox Valley Record, obituaries only) indexing completed
Free Press 1940-45 (pdf)
Free Press 1946-50 (pdf)
Free Press 1951-55 (pdf)
Free Press 1956-60 (pdf)
Free Press 1961-65 (pdf)
Free Press 1966-70 (pdf)
Free Press 1971-75 (pdf)
Free Press 1976-80 (pdf)
Free Press 1981-85 (pdf)
Free Press 1986-91 (pdf)
OBITUARIES.
If you can provide a name and date, we will do a search for a small fee.
Please contact us for more information.
Here is a list of local Newspaper archives held at the Courtenay & District Museum: NewspaperList
Current local newspaper is the Comox Valley Record, 407D Fifth Street, Courtenay BC, V9N 1J7, Phone 250-338-5811, Fax 250-338-5568. Obituaries have been online since about 2001-2.