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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is a timely question for our museum as well, we’re in the process of amalgamating into a database all of the cemetery, death, obituary, burial, marriage, birth, family story and membership registration information we hold from a variety of sources, some publicly available, some not unless a person comes into our museum to make use of our collections.<br><br>Tami Quiring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alder Grove Heritage Society <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Listserv [mailto:listserv-bounces@lists.museum.bc.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv<br><b>Sent:</b> August 28, 2024 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> BCMA ListServ<br><b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Vital Statistics information<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Would a museum archive be in violation of the Vital Statistics Act for distributing Birth, Death and Marriage information, suppressed by the Ministry, derived from public sources such as newspapers and obituaries? The information is still available through these sources, the organization is simply echoing it. What do you think?<br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Todd Davidson</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Princeton and District Museum and Archives<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>167 Vermilion Ave., PO Box 281,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Princeton, BC, V0X 1W0<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>250-295-7588<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Main website: <a href="http://www.princetonmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.princetonmuseum.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Collection website: <a href="http://www.princetonbcmuseum.com" target="_blank">www.princetonbcmuseum.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:princetonmuseum@gmail.com" target="_blank">princetonmuseum@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202124'>We acknowledge </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>the Similkameen Valley </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202124'>on which we learn, work, and organize </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>is the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the <b>Similqmix People</b>, and is home to the </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcafn.ca%2Ffirst-nations-bc%2Fthompson-okanagan%2Fupper-similkameen&data=05%7C01%7Ceoc%40usib.ca%7Cfcadbb901c83497aa9c008da351b00f6%7C8d390933f6dc429e81abc3b43ace9e6c%7C0%7C0%7C637880687333887033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7YtSzKZMBsucLLagYhuNeppz%2BpsX8NmsVFHtZ0lL6oM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:black'>Upper Similkameen Indian Band</span></b></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>