Showing 6061 results

Naturalization files Nos. 2-83 from 1912 which contain certificates and the Oath of Residence on one files of naturalization applications from December 1911 to October 1912.

Probate/estate files from Supreme and County Courts.

Wills probated in British Columbia, numbers 31,201 - 46,021.

This series contains indexes to estates probated in Vancouver, 1893-1946. The names of the estates are arranged alphabetically by year and refer to files in GR-1415.

Index to estates probated in Vancouver, 1947-1951. The names of the estates are arranged alphabetically by year and refer to files in GR-2203. Earlier volumes of this index are GR-1416.

Adoption files.

This series consists of grants of letters probate (Form A) from the Creston Supreme Court, from 1952-1984. Forms from 1982-1984 include a praecipe and copy of will. Letters are organized by file number.

Cause book (indexed).

Letters of administration with wills annexed (Form B).

Letters of administration for estates probated by the Official Administrator, Henry Clarkson Major (ca. 1923-1938) and Jack Milton Streight (1939-1969).

Letters probate.

Letters probate (Form A). There are two overlapping volumes; 1944-1966 and 1961-1974.

Consists of general office correspondence and reports, including correspondence with the Vancouver office, 1968, and correspondence regarding the Twenty-five year club, 1968-1972.

Consists of accident report books, 1961-1974, and other reporting documents related to occupational safety and first aid.

Records relating to miners' certificates and permits issued by the Dept. of Lands and Works and the Dept. of Lands at Victoria. Includes Free Miner's Certificates, 1897-1912; Special Miner's Certificates, 1899-1906; Leave of Absence permits, 1895-1906; mining receipts, 1897-1903; Crown Grant fee receipts pursuant to the Mineral Act, 1911-1918.

Records relating to miners' certificates and permits

Source: GR Finding Aids

Finding aid: box list.

This series contains cause books for civil cases.

Plaint and procedure books, 1886-1890; 1895-1950; 1952-1954 (indexed). Volume 3 contains naturalization records 1895-1916 and plaint and procedures for criminal cases, 1895-1913.

Index registers of Conditional Sales Agreements.

The series consists of civil case files from the Revelstoke County Court from 1889 to 1949.

The series consists of educational slide shows created by the Ministry of Health and its predecessor body, the Dept. of Health between 1974 and 1979. The slide shows cover a variety of topics including: food handling, meat cutting, dishwashing, vegetable preparation, poisonous plants, heroin treatment, home care, pregnancy and childcare. The series also includes an incomplete set of printed scripts designed to be read out while showing the slides, and audio cassette tapes that accompany file 9, Life in the inner sea, and file 10, Eating for a baby.

The series consists of a slide show created by the Ministry of Labour in 1985 to show the women's programs available.

The series consists of slides created by the Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development between 1981 and 1984. The slides show various aspects of the North East Coal Development project.

Cariboo Land District lot registers, subdivision lot registers for Fort George, Summit Lake, Red Pass, and McBride, superceded 1949 (i.e. no further entries were made after 1949). The registers list lots in numerical order and record the alienation of land from the Crown (by purchase, auction, etc.): information may include name of purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and references to correspondence files and field books. Upset prices are also listed. There is an alphabetical name index in each volume.

Cariboo Land District, assessment rolls of reverted lands, lots 1-10025, plus Quesnelle Forks and Barkerville Townships. The lots are listed numerically, and record tax sales and reverted lands. Information includes the name of the assessed owner at the date of forfeiture, legal description of the property, acreage, land district, assessment district, date of tax sale, date of forfeiture, assessed value at date of forfeiture, classification at date of forfeiture, taxes due at date of tax sale, annual taxes, upset price, and reserves. No name index is available.

The series consists of records created by the Department of Lands between 1873 and 1923. It contains 14 Coast Land District, Range 5 lot registers covering lots 1-7008. The registers list lots in numerical order and record the alienation of land from the Crown (by purchaser, pre-emption, lease, etc.). Information may include the name of the purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books.

Lillooet Land District, lot registers, lots 1-3000, superceded 1943 (i.e. no further entries were made after 1943). The registers list lots in numerical order and record the alienation of land from the Crown (by purchase, pre-emption, lease, etc.): information may include the name of the purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books. There is an alphabetical name index in each volume.

The fonds consists of seven series: Victoria office correspondence of James Douglas Prentice (1910-1911); A.E. McPhillips correspondence relating to the British Columbia Market Company and Western Canadian Ranching Company (1910-1912); miscellaneous records (1884-1925); Victoria Office correspondence (1889-1952); Victoria Office correspondence outwards (1892-1912); Thaddeus Harper and Matthew Warmsley vs John Cameron (1891); and one photograph.

The fonds consists of articles of association (1896-1913), Board of Directors and annual general meeting minutes (1887-1948), minutes of meetings of the four percent debenture stockholders (1896-1956), Victoria office mortgage registration book (1903-1919), revocation and grant of powers of attorney (1892-1935), reports, notices, licences, correspondence, and other records of the Victoria and Vancouver offices. Records of the Victoria office include correspondence (1858-1960) with Thomas Dixon Galpin, the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, the Great West Life Assurance Company, the Montreal Rolling Mills Company, and the Company's Nanaimo and Vancouver agencies and its London office, as well as correspondence and papers relating to Mayhew and Harlow, the Phoenix Assurance Company, Nicholles and Renouf Ltd., Frederick George Walker, the Douglas estate, and the estates of James Crawford, Jean-Baptiste Timmerman and Rev. Arthur Whiteside. Fonds also includes photographs of BCLIA properties, employees and offices. Fonds includes records of predecessor companies, Thomas Allsop and Company and Allsop and Mason. The fonds is arranged into 124 series.

A metal key for the BC Land and Investment Agency building was transferred to the BC Archives from the City of Victoria Archives in 2021. It is stored in container 935638-0679.

The series consists of files relating to the repair and maintenance of buildings at the Ocean Falls townsite from 1941 to 1972, with the majority of files reflecting work from the 1960s. The files are arranged in repair/maintenance file number order. The staged Martin Valley expansion is detailed in files 9-480 to 9-493.

The series consists of newsletters and published material relating to Ocean Falls, BC. Records include copies of the following publications: The Informer, 1968-1977; Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited Management Report, 1960-1968; School Board Report, 1970; Charleson School Yearbook, 1965; Community Recreational News, 1953; The United Worker, 1965; Crown Zellerbach Times, 1961, 1968; Crown Zellerbach News, 1961, 1968-1977; Ocean Falls Corporation Newsprint, 1977-1979; and, Western Pulp and Paper Worker, 1965. Also included is an undated poster for Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited.