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 at the BC Archives website.
Cemetery Indexes available at the Courtenay & District Museum E-mail archives@island.net
- Courtenay Civic Cemetery (Updated 2008) (For Sale)
was established in 1953. It incorporated the Old Presbyterian Cemetery which dates from about 1873. In the 1920s a fire destroyed the Presbyterian burial records as well as the wooden crosses in the Loggers Section. Both old and new sections were transcribed BY OUR GROUP from 1991 to 1993 with a few additions in 1994. Dates of burial were included if they were on the plot plan. Each record was also cross-checked with the City of Courtenay burial records. An index OF THE FIRST EDITION can be found on the BC Cemetery Finding Aid.
If you find a person of interest in the index, contact us for more information. The cemetery is administered by the City of Courtenay, 830 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay BC, V9N 2J7, Phone 250-334-4441, Fax 250-334-4241, E-mail info@city.courtenay.ca
- Cumberland Cemetery (For Sale) has been transcribed by Comox Valley Family History Research Group. An index is now available. Please contact us
- Denman Island Cemetery (For Sale) has been transcribed. An index is now available.
Please contact us
- Hornby Island Cemetery (For Sale) has been transcribed. An index is now available.
Please contact us
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Comox
- Anglican Churches in the Comox Valley: St. John the Divine, St. Peters Comox, St.
Andrews Sandwick, Holy Trinity Cumberland
- Black Creek Cemetery, transcribed by Campbell River Genealogy Society
FUNERAL
HOMES1. Piercy's Funeral Home & Crematorium, 440 England Ave., Courtenay BC, V9N 2N1,
Phone 250-334-4464
INDEX OF BURIAL RECORDS (PDF file) Piercy's & Sutton's from 1938 to 19852. Comox Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1101 Ryan Rd., Courtenay BC, V9N
3R6, Phone 250-334-0707
- INDEX OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS. We are currently indexing Births, Marriages and Deaths in local newspapers.
- 1895 - 1932 (PDF)
- 1933 - 1939 (PDF)
- 1946 – 1950 (PDF)
- 1951 - 1955 (PDF)
- 1956 - 1959 (PDF) (includes 1956 and 1957 which are kept at the Campbell River Museum)
- 1960+ is on film, not indexed, but we will do lookups if you have a date
- 1986 - 1999 (The Comox Valley Record is available in paper copy. We will be indexing these years and will do lookups if you have a date)
- 1999 - current (Comox Valley Record obituaries are online and we have indexed them as well as the Comox Valley Echo)
- OBITUARIES. If you can provide a name and date, we will do a search for a small fee. Write to Comox Valley Family History Research Group, c/o Courtenay & District Museum, 219 Fourth St., Courtenay BC, V9N 1G7 or contact us for more information.
Newspaper archives are available at the Courtenay & District Museum. See the list of newspapers on their web site
Current newspapers are
- Comox Valley Record, 765 McPhee Ave., Box 3729, Courtenay BC, V9N 7P1, Phone 250-338-5811, Fax 250-338-5568.
- Comox Valley Echo, 407-D Fifth Street, Courtenay BC, V9N 1J7, Phone 250-334-4722, Fax 250-334-3172, E-mail echo@mars.ark.com