Please note that the photographs themselves are not available online. These extensive clipping files about the City of Victoria date mainly from 1985 but many articles from earlier newspapers are also included. These can be useful for information on prominent residents, ethnic groups, sports etc. View Clipping Files Subject List . This card file system provides general information on a wide variety of subjects including city features, streets, events, people, businesses and buildings.
Access is by subject.
These records are available on microfilm for the years 1872 to 1980. The information contained in the plot books include name, place of birth, place of death, date of death, time of death, plot location, officiating clergy and cause of death. By law, only records older than 20 years are available. Ross Bay Cemetery records are available online here . They mainly cover the period from 1908 to 1993, although a few earlier ones also exist.