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Criminal case files.

Probate/estate files maintained by the Official Administrator.

Civil case files. For an index to these files use the indexes in GR-2139, Princeton plaint and procedure books.

Appeals.

Case files. [See also GR- 2781, Kelowna Small Debts Court as some files from 1950 and 1951 were first entered in the Princeton registry.]

Criminal case files.

Firm index 1948-1966; Partnership index and individual index 1900-1953.

Partnership declarations, 1964-1966; list of firms, 1942-1966; and a circular letter to County Court Registrars, July 18, 1968, explaining that Partnership registrations should be made to the Registrar of Companies.

Correspondence, memos, circulars, audits, returns, ledger sheets and tax forms from the office of the Official Administrator.

Calendar from the Corporation of the City of Grand Forks showing date and hour, name, age, place of birth, religion, trade, literacy, use of liquor, charge, office charging, name of officer charging, plea, name of presiding magistrate and details of the sentence (Duration, fine, costs). There are no entries for 1921.

Provincial Police Court record books showing name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of the charge, costs, name of arresting office, name of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice and "remarks", 1926-1936 and 1937-1948.

Probate/estate files.

Cause book, 3/1914 - 4/1946 (indexed).

Probate case files, includes 1 file from 1899 and one from 1976.

The series consists of letters probate created in the Supreme Court of Grand Forks between 1944 and 1976. The records are arranged chronologically by filing date, and are in bound volumes. The 1944-1951 volume is identified as volume 4, but volumes in container 831138-0001 - which are assumed to be volumes 5, 6, 7, and 8 - are unidentified. A typical record gives the date that the deceased's will was proved in court, the name of the deceased, the date of death, and the name of the person to whom estate administration was granted. The records also list the value of the estate. Records in this series provide evidence of the process through which wills are probated and processed in British Columbia.

The probate number for each individual is listed at the top of this form until 1975, when this practice ceases partway through the year. Along with the name, this number can be used to trace the probate file in GR-2793. Probate files often contain a copy of the deceased's will.

Series contains correspondence files relating to water licences and irrigation in the vicinities of Rock Creek and Greenwood, and the southern Okanagan valley.

This series contains records relating to pre-emptions, subdivisions, Crown Grants, and town sites in Similkameen District. Consists of five registers, including Register of Town Lots, Tulameen, B.C.

Records of the Mining Recorder, Osoyoos. Record book of applications for certificates of work on mineral claims at Boundary Creek, Osoyoos, Fairview, Penticton, and Camp McKinney, Osoyoos Mining Division. The volume contains a nominal index.

This series includes registers relating to Crown Grants, Similkameen Division and Osoyoos Division, Yale District (2 vols.) Volume 1 is a register of Crown Grant applications forwarded to Victoria and includes date and disposition of application, name and address of applicant, legal description of land, Crown Grant number. Volume 2 is a register of Crown Grants and includes date of notice, number of grant, legal description of land, payment schedule, disposition and Grown Grant number. The registers are arranged chronologically.

This series contains the record of grants of water rights for mining purposes at Rock Creek, pursuant to the Placer Mining Act, 1891.

This series consists of a day book of Constable H.J. McDougall of Fairview covering 6 December 1913 - 18 December 1914.

This series consists of receipt books and miscellaneous land sale records. Records consist largely of receipts for the sale of town lots, suburban and country lands, and unsurveyed rural lands, issued by Assistant Commissioners of Lands and Works for Cariboo District, Lillooet District, Yale District, and New Westminster District. The series also includes land sale records pertaining to Lytton, Seymour, Douglas, Port Moody, Fort Langley, and Similkameen district, and a trading licences receipt book issued by Frank Trevor, Collector at Quesnel.

This series consists of a records book from the Greenwood County Court. The book has been used for the following purposes: minute book, Jan 1909 - Mar 1914; jury lists; account book, 1900; and dates of County Court sittings at Greenwood and Grand Forks. The volume also includes pages used as a ledger and a list of tools and supplies stored at Midway. The minute book section also includes some Supreme Court cases.

This series consists of dockets from the County Court of Grand Forks. Includes index.

This series consists of a plaint and procedure book for Yale County Court cases heard at Rock Creek, Osoyoos, Midway, Fairview and Keremeos (including mining jurisdictions), Jun 1890 - Oct. 1896; registrar's records book, July 1892 - June 1903; and miscellaneous loose correspondence and orders, ca. 1896-1909.

This series consists of a record book of cases heard before the Gold Commissioner's, County, Supreme, Magistrate's and Licencing courts at Granite Creek, ca. 1886-1899 and from the County, Magistrate's and Licencing courts at Princeton, ca. 1891-1914. There is a pencilled chronological summary of each case inside the front cover.

This series contains registers of brands (for both cattle and horses) kept by district recording offices prior to 1914. Registers pertain to brands registered in Cariboo, Similkameen, Okanagan, and Nanaimo districts. This series may be used in conjunction with other district brands registers (GR-0409 - GR-0412) and with post-1914 brands registers (GR-1488). A regulated system of branding or marking livestock in British Columbia began with the Cattle Ordinance of 1869 (32 Vic., No. 114) which established a procedure whereby cattle brands and other distinctive markings could be registered with district magistrates for a fee of 25¢. The system developed further with the Cattle Marking Act, 1875 (BCS 38 Vic. c.14) which defined "cattle" to include "horses, mares, fillies, foals, geldings, colts, bulls, bullocks, cows, heifers, steers, calves, sheep, hogs, mules and asses." Recording officers were appointed by cabinet for each electoral district and were authorized to keep a register of brands and markings; local justices of the peace were empowered to ensure that brands were not duplicated, obliterated, or defaced and penalties were set for infractions. In 1881 the registration fee was raised to 50 ¢ (Cattle Brands Act, 44 Vic. c.4) and in 1888 provisions were made for regional cattle districts, whose boundaries were not necessarily identical to those of electoral districts. A distinction was also made in 1888 between the Mainland and Vancouver Island: in Mainland districts, brands were to be registered by an "authorized recording officer" usually the local Government Agent while on the Island brands were to be recorded by district magistrates. These distinctions were abolished in 1894 by the Cattle Act Amendment Act which confirmed Government Agents as "authorized recording officers" throughout the province. The procedure of registering brands was streamlined and centralized by the Brand Act of 1914 (4 Geo. 5 c.9). With this act, provision was made for a Recorder of Brands (responsible to the Minister of Agriculture) and a three man Board of Brand Commissioners. After 1 July 1914 all applications for brand registers or transfers were made through the Recorder's office in Victoria. The fee for brand registration was increased to $1.00 and henceforth all brands were to be renewed annually at a cost of 50 ¢. GR 1487 consists of brands registers and indexes kept prior to 1914. In most cases, the registers show the name and address of brand owners, the date and certificate number of the brand registration, and a description of registered brands and markings. Registers pertain to both cattle and horses. Since the districts covered by the registers were not rigidly defined, researchers may have to consult more than one volume to locate specific brands or brand owners. This series may be used in conjunction with GR 0409 GR 0412 (Registers for Cariboo, Lillooet, and New Westminster, 18701913) and with GR 1488 (post1914 brands registers and indexes).

The fonds consists of files containing correspondence, clippings and reports, as well as manuscripts relating to local Similkameen history and individuals associated with the Similkameen district or the Presbyterian church. The fonds also includes a small accession of 7 graphic items (4 prints, 2 postcards, 1 negative). Three of these items have been described online.

Records relating to the Greenwood Electoral District: includes annotated voters lists and applications for registration (1903-1912; 1920-1945) from Anaconda, Beaverdell, Boundary Falls, Bridesville, Brown Creek, Carmi, Cascade, Christian Valley, Deadwood, Eholt, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Mother Lode Mine, Riverside and Rock Creek. These forms show occupation and place of residence and were sworn before various officials: mining recorder, police magistrate, postmaster, notary public, alderman, stipendiary magistrate, MLA, etc. There is supporting documentation, notes, some correspondence and requests to be removed from the voter's list.

Criminal case files.