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This series consists of papers from intestate estates which had been left in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court. Estates may have been handled by the Colony of British Columbia or the Province of British Columbia. The series includes a wide variety of private records which belonged to 48 individuals who died intestate. Records include correspondence, diaries, photographs, maps, bills, notebooks, identification, and other personal records.

Wills probated in British Columbia, numbers 1-31,200.

Records of the Probate and Succession Duties Branch consisting of procedural memoranda, inter-departmental correspondence from the Departmental Solicitor (Office of the Attorney General) re estates, points of law, etc., newspaper clippings.

This series consists of one cause book from the Vernon Supreme Court for civil cases between Sep 1914 and May 1937. Cause books provide the skeletal framework for Supreme 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. Subjects include a variety of financial matters, divorces, probates and estate administration, adoption orders, and other civil cases.

The series consists of orders issued by the Supreme Court in Vernon between 1901-1930 and 1958-1959. Researchers should note that orders for the period 1931 to 1957 are missing. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and some adoptions.

Microfilm reel B16147 contains volume 1 (May1901-November 1916) and volume 2 (October 1916-July 1920) of the orders. Container 831041-0001 contains original paper copies of orders as well as several indexes, although it is unclear to which orders these refer. They appear to index more than what was transferred in the box. When the records arrived at the Archives, they had been divided into folders based on year, and are arranged in rough chronological orders. Records relating to the same case can be found across several folders. The paper records also contain a small number of interfiled judgments.

The series consists of original civil orders created between 1900 and 1947 by the Grand Forks Supreme Court registry. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and some adoptions.

Series consists of Ashcroft Supreme Court probate/estate files for 1907-1997.

This series contains New Westminster Supreme Court orders from January 1940 to May 1945 and January 1948 to December 2004 (predominantly up to April 2001). Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces, bankruptcies, foreclosures, probates, and some adoptions.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Beginning in May 1950, orders and judgements were separated and volume numbers 49-108 are duplicated. Beginning in March 1976, orders and judgements are interfiled. Between October 1990 and December 2004, orders, default judgements, certificates, and determinations related to financial cases were separated into their own volumes, 148-204, once again creating duplicated volume numbers. Researchers are encouraged to check volume numbers against dates when searching for specific records. Most, but not all, volumes include indexes or volume file lists. However, beginning in July 1990, volumes include a file list by case number only. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

Series consists of probate/estate files, including letters of administration, created by the Barkerville Supreme Court between 1940 and 1947.

Series consists of probate/estate files created by the Barkerville County Court between 1940 and 1949.

Series consists of probate/estate files, including letters of administration, created by the Barkerville County Court between 1914 and 1916.

Series consists of Pouce Coupe Supreme Court probate/estate files for 1931 and 1933-1950.

The series consists of probate case files, created by the Powell River Supreme Court between 1944 and 1988.

Blank forms for Grants of Probate in use ca. 1910-1930 (1 volume).

Blank forms for Supreme Court Grants of Probate in use ca. 1910-1920 (1 volume).

Series consists of Chilliwack County Court plaint and procedure books (1898-1977) as well as a Small Debts Court cause book (1903-1907), a list of naturalizations (1913), and a list of probates (1913). Indexes are included for some volumes.

Plaint and procedure books contain primarily civil cases. The volume covering 1970-1977 contains primarily criminal cases, including appeals and cases under the Speedy Trials Act.

Series consists of cause books from the Fernie Supreme Court for civil cases between 1905-1977. Cause books provide the framework for Supreme Court civil action cases and may include the names of parties and their solicitors; the dates when proceedings occurred, including the issuing of orders; and fees charged. They are often the only source of information for divorces that were not finalized since no final order would have been granted and case files are destroyed.

The records are arranged chronologically by the date a case was initiated. Case file numbers were then assigned sequentially and include the last two digits of the year (e.g., 1/24 for the first case initiated in 1924). The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

This series consists of cause books from the Supreme Court of Rossland from 1946-1967 and 1974-1978. The books include primarily civil matters, as well as probates, estate administration, divorce, and adoption. May include some criminal cases.

Series consists of Fernie Supreme Court caveats in probate for 1939-1965. A caveat is filed to oppose the issue of a grant of probate or administration.

The series consists of orders created by the Grand Forks Supreme Court registry between 1900-1949. Between 1900 and 1922, the orders relate to a variety of civil matters such as loans and mortgages, debts, guardianship of minors, and estate matters, including probates. Beginning June 1922, records are probate orders only.

Records are arranged chronologically and were assigned file, volume, and folio numbers by the court registry. An alphabetical index by last name is included within both bound volumes of records.

The series consists of probate/estate files from the Supreme and County courts from Nanaimo and district.

The series consists of probate/estate files probated by the Rossland registry between 1934-2004. Series includes only a few records from 1943-1950 and consists primarily of records from 1951-2004.

Letters of administration for estates probated by Official Administrators Francis Edward Hughes and James Ryley in Fernie Supreme and County courts.

Caveats in probate #1 - #358.

The series consists of probate estate files created by the Princeton Supreme Court between 1926 and 2002. Files are arranged by file number which are assigned in the order probates are filed with the court. Note that different filing systems were used over time. Original or copies of wills may be included in the files.

Blank Letters of Administration forms in use ca. 1910-1930.

Series consists of Fernie Supreme Court caveats in probate for 1910-1916. A caveat is filed to oppose the issue of a grant of probate or administration.

This series consists of cause books from the Vernon Supreme Court for civil cases between 1900-1914 and 1937-1954. Cause books provide the skeletal framework for Supreme 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. Subjects include a variety of financial matters, divorces, probates and estate administration, adoption orders, and other civil cases.

Succession and probate duty registers.

Entries in volume 1 are in numerical order with no precise date provided. Entries provide name, whether by probate or letters of administration (P or A), duty paid, and remarks (sometimes date of death, special circumstances, etc.).

Entries in Volume 2 are registers (arranged alphabetically) of estates indicating probate and succession duties. Entries include name, date, number, duty paid, registry, and remarks.

Series consists of Vancouver Supreme Court probate/estate files for 1966-1999.

Records are arranged by file number (i.e., P-93200 to 227369). Dates in file list are filing date, not the date of death. For records on microfilm, original textual records were destroyed after microfilming. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51460-20.