Family (Grades K-3)

Primary Documents

• Arthur Crease Lindley Letter

  Arthur Crease like to write letters! Read the letter Arthur wrote to his brother Lindley. If you have trouble reading his handwriting, read a typed version of the letter here. Visit listen to hear the letter read aloud. 

   

   

  Inventory Number: BCA-MS-0055 14.8

  Collection Link: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/to-lindley-crease-wishing-him-merry-christmas
• Arthur Crease Mama Letter

  Read the letter eight year old Arthur Crease wrote to his ‘mama’ when she was away on a trip. Read a typed version of the letter here. Visit listen to hear someone read the letter aloud. 

  Inventory Number: BCA MS-2879.1388

  Collection Link: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/crease-arthur-douglas-1969
• Warbrick Deans Letter
  Warbrick Deans describes a windy seaside walk in Victoria in this letter to his ‘Great Granny’.   If you have trouble reading his handwriting, read a typed version of the letter here. Visit listen to hear someone read the letter.      

  Inventory Number: BCA MS-2879.1404

  Collection Link: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/deans-warbrick-2

From the Royal BC Museum

• Arthur Crease’s Letter to His Mother (Transcription)

Read a typed version of the letter Arthur Crease wrote to his mother when she was away on a trip. Click here to see an image of the original letter in Arthur’s own handwriting. Visit listen to hear the letter read aloud. View the letter in the archives collections here. (BCA MS-2879.1388)

• Arthur Crease’s Letter to His Brother Lindley (Transcription)

Read a typed version of the letter Arthur Douglas Crease wrote to his brother at Christmas. Click here to see an image of the original letter in Arthur’s own handwriting. Visit listen to hear the letter read aloud. View the letter in the archives collections here. (BCA-MS-0055 14.8)

• Warbrick Deans’s Letter to His Great-Grandmother (Transcription)

Read a typed version of the letter Warbrick Deans wrote to his great-grandmother. Click here to see an image of the original letter in Warbrick’s own handwriting. Visit listen to hear the letter read aloud. View the letter in the archives collections here. (BCA MS-2879.1404)

Where to Begin Your Own Research

• Finding Families

Check out the Finding Families pathway on the Learning Portal and learn how to research your own family history at the BC Archives.

• Simple Family Tree

Print off and record your own family tree on this simple, colourful illustration.

Outside Links

These links will take you away from the Learning Portal. Come back soon!

• Mathew Ko Colour Films

The home movies made by Mathew Ko let us take a peek into Chinese Canadian family life during the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s. There are scenes from Chinatown in Victoria, from other places on Vancouver Island and from the city of Vancouver, as well as from locations across the Lower Mainland.

• Squamish Public Library – picture books about families