Land Title records for searching modern relatives

Question

I have a signatory for a known relative death record being [Canada] Province of British Columbia, Provincial Archives, Registration of Death: Number 1991-09-019652 Elsie Ballantyne.  She gave her name "Gwynet J. aka Sandy Ballantyne" AND address as daughter .  It would appear that Gwynet is using her maiden name.

Elsie was the spouse of [[James Ballantyne|Ballantyne-873]]

Q: while I can find the owner of that address from BC Land Titles (vault search $120), it occurred to me with a name like Gwynet (unusual in these parts), I may be able to trace Gwynet or the address owner for descendent relationships.  Is this a productive way to find modern relatives?

Answer 1

whitepages.com gives you likely relatives' names for a lot cheaper than a title search. I don't know well it works in Canada.

Comments

Whitepages.com only takes US locations, unfortunately.

Answer 2

I tried using http://canada411.ca/search/address.html but didn't have any luck.

Answer 3

I think their daughter name might be Gwyneth Jane, she marries Dr. John Trevor Sandy

Marriage Date:	11 Oct 1952
Marriage Place:	Vancouver

Red Deer Advocate; Publication Date: 22/ Oct/ 1952; Publication Place: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/557861092/?article=a75a8a88-5cf2-44c4-8ac5-98330bc10f70&focus=0.7383427,0.058089755,0.85630155,0.4393053&xid=3398

her husband details

Birth Date:	28 Jun 1928
Birth Place:	Cavan Township, Ontario

Death Date:	15 Oct 2015

 

Comments

Gwyneth is the Welsh spelling of female name Gwen (same as my great aunt)

Answer 4

Elsie’s obituary 

The Province; Publication Date: 12 Nov 1991; Publication Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/502866707/?article=8b03392d-f827-4f0e-84f9-78ce91476cab&focus=0.27319318,0.06452527,0.3823019,0.2606366&xid=3355

Comments

Spouse:	James
Child:	D. F. McLeodGwynneth J. Ballantyne

Answer 5

Between the Red Deer Advocate and The Province refs, I think we are well on our way.  Thank you so much!

However, the Land Titles question still remains.  We have date restrictions on vital statistics for privacy reasons but in terms of tracing relationships via land titles, I wonder if the same restrictions apply.  It's expensive but is it viable.  Any opinions on this?