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Naturalization applications and oaths of allegiance

  • GR-1554
  • Series
  • 1859-1917, 1926

The series consists of naturalization applications and oaths of allegiance issued by the Victoria County Court between 1859 and 1917; 1926. They are arranged numerically by file number from 1 to 4118 and include oaths of allegiance from 1859 to 1865 and applications and oaths from 1871 to 1917; 1926. The files may also include oath of residence and certificates of naturalization.

British Columbia. County Court (Victoria)

Victoria County Court naturalization records

  • GR-1865
  • Series
  • 1859-1963

Naturalization records, 1859-1963. Vol. 1 also includes the 1862 Constitution of the Congregation Emanuel of Victoria, V.I. with signatories and lists of Victoria firefighters, 1861-1862.

Same series as GR-1565. Related series to GR-1554.

British Columbia. County Court (Victoria)

Cariboo Government Agent correspondence and other material

  • GR-0216
  • Series
  • 1860-1938

The series consists of records created by the Government Agent and the Gold Commissioner of the Cariboo District, between 1860 and 1938. It includes correspondence inward and outward; court, mining, land, financial and administrative records.

British Columbia. Gold Commissioner (Cariboo)

Record of naturalization and other material

  • GR-0588
  • Series
  • 1872-1913

This series consists of 8 volumes of birth, marriage, death and naturalization records from the Department of the Provincial Secretary from 1872-1913 for various parts of the province. The volumes are:
Vol. 1 - Record of naturalization, Lillooet, B.C. (1913)
Vol. 2 - marriage register, Yale, B.C. (1911)
Vol. 3 - index to register of births, Hope, B.C. (n.d.)
Vol. 4 - index to register of marriages (1872-1886)
Vol. 5 - index to register of deaths (1872-1877)
Vol. 6 - marriage register, Cariboo district (1874-1905)
Vol. 7 - birth register (1913)
Vol. 8 - death register (1913)

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

Kamloops Government Agent land records

  • GR-0522
  • Series
  • 1877-1977

The series consists of the business records, 1877-1977, of the office of the Kamloops Government Agent, including the records of several additional positions usually held by the same individual: Gold Commissioner, Mining Recorder, and Land Commissioner for the Kamloops Land District. The series also includes records of the Canadian Department of the Interior; most created and received by the Dominion Lands Agent at Kamloops as part of the administration of the Railway Belt.

Record types and subject matter include, but are not limited to the following: land alienation through pre-emption or purchase from the provincial government and homesteading or purchase from the federal government; a variety of leases of Crown land; other more general types of records; and records regarding Indigenous peoples and Indian Reserves.

Records related to land alienation include: applications for pre-emption records; land classification reports; forms completed by land inspectors of the Department of Lands Inspection Branch; declarations of occupation and permanent improvement on pre-emption claims; applications for homestead entry, cancellation, and abandonment; homestead Inspector’s reports; affidavits in support of an Application for Entry for a homestead, pre-emption or purchased homestead; land sales records including applications to purchase and certificates of purchase.

Records related to a variety of leases and other uses of Crown lands include: grazing leases; foreshore leases; dredging leases; indentures to reassign leases; special use permits; timber permits; water records including conditional water licenses, and permanent water licenses; applications for irrigation schemes; petroleum and natural gas leases; quarry leases; bar leases; coal leases; mining leases regarding surface and subsurface rights; applications for lease of crown-granted mineral claims; applications for placer leases under the Placer-Mining Act; and the lapse of a lease or forfeiture of a mineral claim to the Crown.

Other more general types of records include: correspondence regarding Crown grants; inquiries about land availability; surveyor’s reports; preliminary plans and correspondence for the surveys of townships; Soldier Settlement Board records including forms, correspondence and records of soldier land grants; attestation papers and discharge certificates; naturalization papers; personal correspondence; correspondence files on specific topics such as hay permit regulations or precipitation measurements; records regarding taxes; and business records of the office, including inter-department correspondence, circulars, and memorandum related to matters of land administration.

Files also exist for specific Indian Reserves, and can include correspondence; water records; surveys; and inspection reports created in the process of allotting new, and canceling existing Indian Reserves. Some files document instances of overlapping land use and conflict between settlers and Indigenous peoples on specific parcels of land.

Files are generally either correspondence files on a particular subject, or a variety of records related to a particular piece of land. Many files cover a wide time period and may be associated with multiple individuals or companies as land rights were often transferred to others or cancelled and reapplied for. Only the name of the first and last individual listed on the file is included in the file list. This means there may be additional names associated with files not included on the file list. The file list may also only include part of the legal description of land in cases where the description was exceptionally long, or included many different pieces of land. Single individuals may also have multiple files for each piece of land they are associated with.

Cartographic materials, consisting of blueprints and hand-drawn maps or plans, indicating the parcels of land relevant to the file, are commonly found throughout the records.

No file list or indexes were transferred with these records from the Kamloops Government Agent. Most files only included numbers with no clear names, so titles were created by the archives based on the contents of the files or by transcribing information on relevant file backs.

A fire on 17 September 1893 at the Dominion Lands Office in Kamloops destroyed some files. The contents for these files are marked [empty]. Files marked as [file back only] were likely destroyed in the fire, but then had their titles and some additional information transcribed by Lands employees onto file backs from letter books or other surviving records which were not transferred with these records.

British Columbia. Government Agent (Kamloops)

Naturalization records

  • GR-2279
  • Series
  • 1883-1913

Naturalization records. Records from 1883-1890, 1903, 1911 consist of the Oath of Residence and Naturalization Certificate; those from 1911-1913 consist of notices of the intention to apply for naturalization at the next sitting of the Nanaimo County Court.

British Columbia. County Court (Nanaimo)

Kamloops County Court plaint and procedure books

  • GR-1652
  • Series
  • 1886-1954

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.

British Columbia. County Court (Kamloops)

Naturalization records

  • GR-1565
  • Series
  • 1888-1917

This series contains naturalization records which include correspondence, certificates, lists of naturalizations and Oaths of Residence from the Victoria Court Registry. File 2 shows numbers of naturalizations from many British Columbia Court registries, 1893-1899.

British Columbia. County Court (Victoria)

Naturalization case files

  • GR-2416
  • Series
  • 1890-1919

The series consists of Revelstoke County Court naturalization records from 1890 to 1919. They are arranged in folders by year and each folder has monthly slips dividing the files, with the names of those naturalized that month. Each person file contains the oath of residence and the oath of allegiance (form A) as well as a naturalization certificate (form B). In some cases, an individual file may also contain other documents such as letters of recommendation.

British Columbia. County Court (Revelstoke)

Naturalization indexes

  • GR-2183
  • Series
  • 1890-1944

Naturalization indexes. These are indexes to the case files in GR-2416. The first 6 pages of volume one are a bench book for Supreme Court criminal cases (no date).

British Columbia. County Court (Revelstoke)

Vernon County Court naturalization records

  • GR-3625
  • Series
  • 1893-1973

The series consists of registers of naturalization indexes, as well as of one register of naturalization certificates, oaths of residence, and oaths of allegiance. The records were created and managed by the Vernon County Court between 1893 and 1973. Index registers typically provide applicants’ names, addresses, occupations, and nationalities, as well as the date of application filing, date of naturalization hearing, whether the application was approved or rejected, the date the papers and certificate were sent, the certificate number and any other remarks. Naturalization records 583 to 638 include multiple naturalization forms providing details of name, previous residence, current residence, occupation, and length of time spent residing in Canada.

All indexes are arranged alphabetically.

British Columbia. County Court (Vernon)

Register of certificates granted under Naturalization Act

  • GR-1930
  • Series
  • 1894-1914

Register of certificates granted under Naturalization Act; name, place of residence (including Alexandria, Ashcroft, Barkerville, Cache Creek, Fort Fraser, Fort George, Gladwin, Harper's Camp, Horsefly, Hydraulic, Lac La Hache, Lillooet, Lytton, Mapes, Merritt, North Bend, 150 Mile House, Quesnelle, Spatsum, Spences Bridge, Springhouse, Walhachin), nationality and the date of issue of the certificate are shown.

British Columbia. County Court (Ashcroft)

Plaint and procedure books, by-law register and naturalization register

  • GR-2870
  • Series
  • 1896-1933

Plaint and procedure book from Comox (Union), 1/1896 - 6/1898 (p 1- 45); plaint and procedure book from Cumberland, 1/1899 -24/1905 (pp. 47-272); City of Courtenay by-law register, 1915-1933, 1-202 (pp. 288-289 and 273-275); City of Cumberland by-law register 1904-1933, 1-102 (pp. 300, 286-287); naturalization register for Cumberland (1-459), 1897-1914 (pp. 290-299). (1 vol.)

British Columbia. County Court (Cumberland)

Naturalization index

  • GR-1803
  • Series
  • 1897-1924

Naturalization index, County Court (Cranbrook).

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Plaint and procedure books

  • GR-2807
  • Series
  • 1897-1908

Plaint and procedure books: Volume 1: 1/1897-104/1900; Volume 2: 105/1900 - 135/1902: Volume 3: 1/1903 - 376/1908 (indexed) with naturalization lists on pages 7, 53, 71, 153, 253, 319, and 350.

British Columbia. County Court (Grand Forks)

Chilliwack County Court plaint and procedure books and other court record books

  • GR-2131
  • Series
  • 1898-1977

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.

British Columbia. County Court (Chilliwack)

List of naturalizations

  • GR-2357
  • Series
  • 1900

List of naturalizations, March 5, 1900.

British Columbia. County Court (Nelson)

Trout Lake County Court record book

  • GR-2167
  • Series
  • 1902-1922

Series consists of one Trout Lake County Court record book for 1902-1922. Entries are primarily for proceedings under the Naturalization Act and may include: names of witnesses, lists of exhibits, judgment rendered, times of activities, name of judge, name of solicitors, and date of activities.

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British Columbia. County Court (Trout Lake)

Fernie County Court civil case files

  • GR-2224
  • Series
  • 1903-1949

Civil case files. This collection includes appeals and naturalizations. Use plaint and procedure books (GR-2137) to obtain file numbers for these case files.

British Columbia. County Court (Fernie)

Atlin County Court registrar's record book

  • GR-3115
  • Series
  • 1905-1965

Series consists of one registrar's record book, with several loose pages from 1905. It includes cases heard in Chambers, naturalizations, appeals, minutes, etc.

British Columbia. County Court (Atlin)

Nicola County Court naturalization register

  • GR-3218
  • Series
  • 1905-1916

Naturalization register (alphabetical) showing name, occupation, county of origin, place of residence and various processing dates. The place of residence includes Nicola, Douglas Lake, Merritt, Aspen Grove, Voght Valley, Otter Valley, Coutlee, Quilchena, Canford, Middlesboro and Pennask Lake.

British Columbia. County Court (Nicola)

Cariboo District naturalizations index

  • GR-0006
  • Series
  • 1906-1914

The series consists of a naturalization index for the Cariboo District from December 1906 to June 1914, created under the Naturalization Act (RSC, 1906, Cap. 77). The entries in the index are by name and are arranged chronologically and alphabetically.

British Columbia. County Court (Barkerville)

Naturalization register and other material

  • GR-2871
  • Series
  • 1908-1923

Naturalization register, 1914-1917 (452-616); loose notices of certificates of aliens under Section IIA of the Naturalization Act, for 1908-1910; and correspondence regarding the Certificate of Naturalization for Frank Paulik, 1923.

British Columbia. County Court (Cumberland)

Naturalization files

  • GR-2712
  • Series
  • 1911-1912

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.

British Columbia. County Court (Golden)

Chilliwack County Court bench books

  • GR-2087
  • Series
  • 1912-1954

Series consists of Chilliwack County Court bench books for civil and criminal cases between 1912-1954. Cases were heard before Judges Howay, Ruggles, Ellis, Swanson, Sullivan, and Grimmett. Volume 1 includes lists of applications for naturalization. Volume 3 also includes notes by Judge Howay regarding his final day on the bench at Chilliwack in 1937. Only volume 4 is indexed.

British Columbia. County Court (Chilliwack)

Naturalization register

  • GR-2828
  • Series
  • 1913-1925

Naturalization register.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Merritt County Court naturalization index

  • GR-3496
  • Series
  • 1913-1973

The series consists of one volume of a naturalization index maintained by the County Court. The entries date from between 1913 to 1973. Typical entries include name, address, occupation and nationality of applicant, as well as the date the application was filed, the date of the applicant's hearing, whether the application was approved or rejected, whether or not citizenship papers had been mailed out, the citizenship certificate number, and any additional remarks.

Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname. The series is covered by Court Services ORCS 53200-20.

British Columbia. County Court (Merritt)

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