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Adult community files (sample)

  • GR-2974
  • Series
  • 1960-1972

A sample of adult community case files. These are case files opened by a probation officer for adult offenders who are completing their sentences or dispositions in the community. The file documents diversion, parole and probation. (51 files).

British Columbia. Corrections Branch. Probation and Family Court Services (Cranbrook)

Attorney General correspondence

  • GR-1625
  • Series
  • 1907-1914

This series contains Cranbrook court registry correspondence with the Dept. of the Attorney-General. It includes some Magistrate's and Police court records.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Cranbook Supreme Court probate/estate files

  • GR-2995
  • Series
  • 1950-2005

This series contains probate/estate files.

The file number refers to the number assigned by the court registry rather than to the file's physical order in the box. Each year, the numbering system restarted from 1 and ascended chronologically. Thus, it is possible to have multiple files with the same number in a box, as they date from different years.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook County Court civil case files

  • GR-2349
  • Series
  • 1942-1948

Series consists of civil case files created by the Cranbrook County Court between 1942 and 1948. Civil case files may possibly contain a notice of claim, notice of petition, writs, affidavits, orders, and/or a final judgment.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook County Court civil case files

  • GR-1613
  • Series
  • 1905-1941

Series consists of civil case files created by the Cranbrook County Court between 1905 and 1941. Civil case files may possibly contain a notice of claim, notice of petition, writs, affidavits, orders, and/or a final judgment.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook County Court criminal case files

  • GR-1620
  • Series
  • 1908-1950

This series contains criminal files, including cases conducted under the Speedy Trials Act.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook County Court letters of administration

  • GR-2248
  • Series
  • 1900-1924

Letters of administration from Fort Steele, 1900-1905 (with 2 entries from the Supreme Court) and from Cranbrook, 1906-1924.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook County Court letters probate

  • GR-3199
  • Series
  • 1924-1958

Cranbrook letters probate (Forms 161 & 162). For letters probate from 1916-1924 see GR-2248 [B11349(5)].

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook County Court orders and default judgements

  • GR-4243
  • Series
  • 1971-1975

Series consists of civil default judgements (1971-1975) and civil and criminal orders (1973-1975) created by the Cranbrook County Court registry. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court. Default judgments are ordered when one party has failed to file and serve a response to a claim within an allowed time period. A plaintiff can also apply for a default judgment if the defendant has withdrawn the response to a civil claim. Orders mainly deal with civil matters but also include some criminal matters, particularly for 1974-1975.

Default judgements and orders are filed separately. Records are arranged by case file (or action) number. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51100-30.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook County Court plaint and procedure books

  • GR-1832
  • Series
  • 1913-1968

This series consists of plaint and procedure books from the Cranbrook County Court for cases between 1913-1968. Plaint and procedure books are the basic record book for actions at the County Court level. They provide the skeletal framework for County Court civil action 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.

The records are arranged by case number, which can be found by using the indexes included in some of the plaint and procedure books or in series GR-2512 for 1913-1945. The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Police daily journal

  • GR-2071
  • Series
  • 1899-1904

Daily journal from 1899-1904 of an unidentified policeman stationed in Cranbrook, including information on arrests made. According to Public Accounts, Constable F.R. Morris was stationed at Cranbrook during this time period. The inside cover of the book (not microfilmed) states "property of Mrs. Doris Evans, Cranbrook BC"

British Columbia. Provincial Police Force (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Supreme and County Court civil orders

  • GR-3704
  • Series
  • 1955-1999

Series consists of civil orders from both the Supreme and County Courts of Cranbrook for 1955-1999. Civil orders represent the formal expression of the ruling of the court. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and some adoptions.

Records from the Supreme and County levels were interfiled together and are arranged by volume and folio number. Records of varying types have been interfiled, except when probate orders were separated into their own files between 1973-1974.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Supreme Court and County Court minute books

  • GR-3849
  • Series
  • 1960-1968

The series consists of minute books from the Supreme Court of Cranbrook and the County Court of Cranbrook from 1960-1968. The books include information from criminal court, assizes, appeals and citizenship court cases. Most entries include dates, names of defendant, names of lawyers, names of jurors, names of witnesses called, exhibits, and other events of individual trials. Trials are organized by date, and are not indexed. Trials may not have an associated file number. Volume 1 covers 1960-1963, volume 2 covers 1963-1966, and volume 3 covers 1966-1968.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Supreme Court cause books

  • GR-1833
  • Series
  • 1908-1968

This series consists of cause books from Fort Steele Supreme Court, 1900-1908 and from Cranbrook Supreme Court, 1908-1956. Attached to the covers of volume 1 is a list of trust companies registered in 1914; instructions regarding estates of alien enemies, 1915; and British Columbia Gazette excerpts regarding Workmen's Compensation, 1902 and 1904. The books contain primarily civil matters.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Supreme Court civil case files

  • GR-1621
  • Series
  • 1908-1949

This series contains civil case files with the exception of probate/estate files (GR-1618), divorce and matrimonial files (GR-2336) and adoption files (GR-2337) which have been removed from this series and are filed separately.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Supreme Court divorce orders

  • GR-4245
  • Series
  • 1969-1979, predominately 1972-1978

Series consists of original decrees nisi, decrees absolute, divorce orders, and judgements created between 1972 and 1979 by the Cranbrook Supreme Court. Also includes 1969-1975 monthly lists of returned certified copies of decrees from the Cranbrook Court Registry and acknowledgements of the returns by Vital Statistics. Between 1968 and 1985, a judgement by way of decree nisi required a three-month waiting period before a judgement by way of decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute.

Initially, orders, decrees nisi, and decrees absolute are filed together and arranged by case file number, not by volume and folio or by date. This means that records of varying dates are interfiled. Beginning 1 October 1975, records were separated and arranged by volume and folio numbers. As such, cases started but not completed before 30 September 1975 may be found under a case file number, volume and folio numbers, or by both. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Supreme Court Letters of administration and letters probate

  • GR-2548
  • Series
  • 1906-1979

The series consists of letters of administration and letters probate from Fort Steele, 1906-1909 and from the Supreme Court of Cranbrook, 1906-1978. It includes Form A, Form B, and Form C, each arranged by date of filing. Form A are grants of letters probate in which the deceased individual named the executor of their estate in their will. Form B are grants of letters of administration in which the deceased left a will but named no executor, or the executor was unable to fill the role, so another individual is named. Form C are grants of letters of administration in which the deceased left no will (died intestate), so an individual is named as executor.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

Cranbrook Supreme Court probate cause books

  • GR-1802
  • Series
  • 1925-1962

This series consists of probate cause books from the Supreme court of Cranbrook and the County Court of Cranbrook, 1925-1977.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)

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