VANCOUVER BC Canada – Genealogy Approved Websites and Resources – A Baker’s Dozen - April 2023 Day 3

Photograph of Roedde House, courtesy of photographer Rebecca Bollwitt, taken 1 May 2012, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0: https://www.flickr.com/photos/miss604/7132822513 

Today I'm recommending a source often neglected - local museums! Step into history; learn how your families lived (or might have hoped to live). 

Roeede House in Vancouver, BC was built in the early 1890s and lived in by the family of Gustav and Matilda (Cassebohm) Roedde. Gustav Roedde was Vancouver's first bookbinder and founded a printing company which is still in business today. 

The house itself is now a museum and even if you can't visit, you can learn about the house and the museum, its collections, exhibits and activities with a virtual tour, podcasts and videos: https://www.roeddehouse.org

Here's a video to start: "Pioneers of Print: Featuring G. A. Roedde, Practical Bookbinders and Ho Sun Hing Printers" : https://www.roeddehouse.org/pioneers-of-print

And here's the Virtual Tour: https://www.roeddehouse.org/visit-online