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Vancouver County Court indexes to civil cases

  • GR-1650
  • Series
  • 1886-1990

The series consists of indexes for Vancouver County Court 1886-1990 plaint and procedure books and case record cards found within GR-1651. Entries may provide a case number, which can be used to locate an associated record within a plaint and procedure book or a case record card. Plaint and procedure books were used by county courts until approximately the mid-1970s. They were replaced by case record cards, which were used until the courts turned to digital systems in the 1990s.

Over time, index entries vary and may be searchable by the name of the plaintiff, the defendant, a third party, or an alias. Original records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court judgements

  • GR-2010
  • Series
  • 1947-1976

Series consists of judgements created between 1947 and 1976 by the Vancouver County Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court letters probate

  • GR-2099
  • Series
  • 1893-1951

Letters probate (vols. 2 & 3 have some Succession duties attached).

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court orders and judgements

  • GR-1571
  • Series
  • 1941-1947

Series consists of orders and judgements created between 1941 and 1947 by the Vancouver County Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court orders and judgements

  • GR-1418
  • Series
  • 1893-1940

Series consists of orders and judgements created between 1893 and 1940 by the Vancouver County Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court orders and judgements

  • GR-3175
  • Series
  • 1980-1994

This series consists of orders and judgements from the Vancouver County Court for civil cases between 1980-1994. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court, judgements are the final orders issued in a case, and reasons for judgement provide the court's rationale. All BC County Courts ceased to exist after their merger with the BC Supreme Court in 1990. Any records dated after 1 July 1990 are for County Court proceedings that were initiated prior to that date.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Original records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm. The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court plaint and procedure books and case record cards

  • GR-1651
  • Series
  • 1886-1990

This series consists of plaint and procedure books and case record cards from the Vancouver County Court for civil cases between 1886-1990. Plaint and procedure books and case records cards provide the skeletal framework for civil County Court proceedings and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine a volume and folio number for locating final orders. Plaint and procedure books were used by county courts until approximately the mid-1970s. They were replaced by case record cards, which were used until the courts turned to digital systems in the 1990s.

The records are arranged by case number, which can be found by using the indexes in GR-1650. Beginning in 1976, cases were arranged by case number within two series: other civil ("F") and motor vehicle (“E”). Case numbers each begin with the letter of their corresponding series. Original records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm. The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court record books for civil cases

  • GR-3153
  • Series
  • 1940-1949

The series consists of five record books (indexed by plaintiff) for civil cases heard before Vancouver County Court Judges Harper, Ellis, Lennox, McIntosh, Shandley, Whiteside, Archibald, Boyd, Wilson, Sargent, Hanna, Sullivan, Colquhoun and McGeer. These books are similar to minute books.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver County Court register of book accounts

  • GR-1894
  • Series
  • 1916-1960

Register of book accounts assigned for courts sitting at Vancouver Court Registry. Vol. 1: 1916-1924; vol. 2: 1924-1936; vol. 3: 1936-1948; vol. 4: 1948-1960. These volumes record agreements between debtors and creditors. They include the following information: case number, name of assignors, assignor's address, assignor's occupation, name of assignee, nature of instrument used, date of instrument, date instrument registered with the Vancouver court, and the amount of purchase or mortgage moneys. GR-3146 is an index to these volumes.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver Court of Appeal indexes

  • GR-3605
  • Series
  • 1909-1986

The series consists of indexes to cases heard in the Vancouver Court of Appeals between 1909 and 1986. The indexes were originally housed in bound ledgers, and are arranged first by year and then alphabetically by surname. Indexes exist for both respondent and appellant.

British Columbia. Court of Appeal (Vancouver)

Vancouver Courthouse slides

  • GR-3399
  • Series
  • Sep 1979

The series consists of 26 colour slides taken by Gar Lunney for the Vancouver Supreme Court. The slides show the opening of the Vancouver Courthouse in September 1979 including the speakers, the audience and various shots of the building.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver District Police Court record books

  • GR-1883
  • Series
  • 1910-1971

Records books, 1910-1911; 1914-1971; and record of convictions, 1916-1917. There is also a list of fines for Motor Vehicle Act offenses.

British Columbia. Police Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver Family Court calendars

  • GR-3107
  • Series
  • 1945-1974

City of Vancouver Family Court calendars. Oversized volumes showing date, offender, offence, remands and adjournments and disposition of each case.

Vancouver (B.C.). Family Court

Vancouver Family Court case files

  • GR-0208
  • Series
  • 1942-1972

The series consists of selected Family Court case files created by the Vancouver Provincial Court and its predecessor, the Vancouver Family Court, between 1942 and 1972.

The sample files were chosen by the Court and consist of case files created under the following acts:
Box 1: Children of Unmarried Parents' Act
Box 2: Juvenile Delinquents Act
Box 3 : Protection of Children Act
Box 4: Wives and Children's Maintenance Act

Although the files are identified by name, there is no discernible arrangement or file code system for the sampled files.

British Columbia. Provincial Court (Vancouver)

Vancouver General Hospital fonds

  • PR-1969
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1974

The fonds consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the growth and development of Vancouver General Hospital.

Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.)

Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands crop reports

  • GR-3639
  • Series
  • 1914-1965, predominant 1926-1965

The series consists predominantly of fruit and vegetable crop reports and figures for District I, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, for the years 1926-1955. Other records included in this series relate to crop production and climate on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Also included in this series is a partial run of the annual Department of Agriculture publication “The Climate of British Columbia” (1924-1945). Some records also document the involvement of the Chinese community in the operation of greenhouses and market gardens.

Some of these records were created by Alan Littler, who served as District Horticulturalist for Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands (District I) between 1952-1971 (from 1971-1981 he served as Supervising Horticulturalist for the Coast). However, the majority of the files were created by Littler’s predecessor, E.H. White, who also served as District Horticulturalist for District I. The District Horticulturalist for Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands was responsible for monitoring and reporting on fruit and vegetable production, primarily on southern Vancouver Island.

British Columbia. Horticultural Branch

Vancouver Island cash books

  • GR-3057
  • Series
  • 1859-1866

This series consists of cash books used by the Colony of Vancouver Island treasury from 1859-1866. Cash books list receipts and payments in date order and are used to determine total assets at any given time. transactions are divided into receipts (debits) and payments (credits). Information is entered under the following headings: date of receipt or payment, number of voucher; from who received; name of the person or department making or receiving the payment; description of the receipt item or service; amount received or paid; and the waste book page number.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Treasury

Vancouver Island court records and indexes

  • GR-3758
  • Series
  • 1866-1867

The series consists of records created by the Vancouver Island courts of civil justice between approximately 1866 and 1867. The index records in this series appear to be drafts of an index to civil suits, and cases mentioned in this rough index appear in volume 3 of GR-2716 (plaint and procedure books from the Vancouver Island Inferior Court of Civil Justice). The index is not complete.

Several of the index pages were written on the back of records belonging to the probate file of Emilia Fedaro (also spelled Fidaro), who died in 1867 or 1868. The probate pages include the granting of letters of administration to Robert Newell, as well as what appears to be a draft of a covering page to the probate file.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Inferior Court of Civil Justice

Vancouver Island Development Syndicate fonds

  • PR-0106
  • Fonds
  • 1892

The fonds consists of transcripts and proposed draft agreements between the syndicate and the Government of B.C. regarding the terms and conditions of settlements.

Vancouver Island Development Syndicate

Vancouver Island election records

  • GR-1666
  • Series
  • 1862-1866

This series contains voters' lists for the Colony of Vancouver Island, 1862 and 1866. The series also includes poll books for Saltspring Island and Chemainus District (1863), for Victoria District (1863) and Victoria City (1863-1866). This unit should be used in conjunction with GR-0484 [Voters' lists, 1865-1866] and GR-1714 [Voters' lists and poll books, 1856-1866].

Vancouver Island (Colony). Sheriff

Vancouver Island journals

  • GR-3058
  • Series
  • 1859-1864

This series consists of financial journals used by the Colony of Vancouver Island treasury from 1859-1864. Journals are a type of financial record used in double entry book keeping to separate transactions into debits or credits. They are an intermediary record used to reorganize the chronological entries in rough day books or waste books into specific accounts, before they are ultimately copied into a ledger book. Information is entered under the following headings: amount, associated ledger folio number, associated waste book page, date, a description of the transaction, and if the transaction was a debit or credit. The end of each year includes a sheet summarizing the balances for various accounts.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Treasury

Vancouver Island land registers

  • GR-2623
  • Series
  • 1855-1942

Bright, Cedar, Cranberry, Mountain, Nanoose, Nanaimo, and Wellington Land Districts, all on Vancouver Island, land registers, superceded 1928 (i.e. no further entries were made after 1928). The registers list the land in numerical order, usually by Range and Section, but occasionally by lot. There can be up to three methods of land description within one Land District. Information may include the name of purchaser, dates and number of certificate issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books. The volume contains an index to districts by page number, and an alphabetical index to grantees.

British Columbia. Dept. of Lands

Vancouver Island ledgers

  • GR-3059
  • Series
  • 1859-1865

This series consists of financial ledgers used by the Colony of Vancouver Island treasury from 1859-1865. Volume 1 covers 1859-1861. Volume 2 covers 1862-1865.

Ledger books are financial records in which each transaction is entered under a particular account or subject as a debit or a credit. The information may have been copied from a related daybook or journal before being sorted and copied into the ledger. Accounts can include anything that is a source of government income or expenditure, such as: salaries, rent, licences, postage, lighthouses, military, mining fees, roads, etc. Account names may be indexed.

Information may be entered under the following headings: date, related journal page, description of the transaction, and the amount. Debit transactions are recorded on the left side of a folio and credits on the right side.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Treasury

Vancouver Island ledgers

  • GR-3060
  • Series
  • 1859-1860

This series consists of one financial waste book volume used by the Colony of Vancouver Island treasury from 1859-1860. Waste books are rough account book in which transactions are recorded as they occur. Waste book entries are often transferred to day books prior to summary in journals and ledgers. These transactions are entered chronologically by date and are arranged under various accounts. Information may be entered under the following headings: date, related journal page, head or service or a description of the transaction, amount and total.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Treasury

Vancouver Island liquor license receipt book

  • GR-4248
  • Series
  • 1867

This series consists of one receipt stub book for liquor licenses sold by the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1867. The stubs list the number of the licence, date, name of the applicant, and the amount paid. Only a portion of the book has been used.

Vancouver Island (Colony)

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