Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Ross Bay Cemetery plot books
Record type
- Textual records
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Level of description
Series
Reference code
CoV-CR-0311
Edition area
Edition statement
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Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1872-1992 (Creation)
- Creator
- Victoria (B.C.). Parks Department
Physical description area
Physical description
2 microfilm reels and 13 fiches
Publisher's series area
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Custodial history
Scope and content
Series consists of occupancy records of burial plots in Ross Bay Cemetery. The series includes substantially the same information as that captured on the burial permit (CR-0235). Data elements include: permit number, name, age, where born, where died, day and hour of burial, clergyman, block and plot number, undertaker and remarks. The remarks section contains notes on the transfer of plots, reserve plots, exhumations, re-interments, and depths. A name index at the start of each volume gives a cross-reference to a folio in the volume.
The permit number system was not introduced until March 1884.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
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Location of originals
There are two sets of original plot books; one is held by the Parks Department and is annotated regularly. These books were microfilmed in 1992. The second set is held at the cemetery caretaker’s office. It is annotated by the caretaker and has never been filmed.
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Records less than 20 years old are protected by privacy legislation.