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

This series contains probate/estate case files from Cranbrook County Court.

Letters of administration with will annexed (Form 157).

The series consists of probate files created by the Nelson Supreme Court between 1895 and 2007.
The records are filed alphabetically within the year, 1895-1922, although some names are out of the alphabetical sequence. Files after 1922 are filed chronologically.

Files 27/1939 to 43/1940 were accidentally destroyed prior to microfilming.

Probate files from 1990-2007 are in textual format.

Probate/estate files including some handled by the Official Administrator. Some records were damaged by fire prior to being microfilmed and may not be completely legible. Related records in GR-2797.

Reel No.Probate Numbers

B09618104/1904 to 337/18 B09619341/18 to 26/25 B096203/1926 to 5/1936 B096216/1936 to 12/1944 B1660029/1899 to 20/1949 B1660121/1949 to 12/1958 B1660213/1958 to 18/1964 B1660319/1964 to 13/1969 B1660414/1969 to 28/1975 B1660529/1975 to 67/1978 B166061/1979 to 81/1983 B1660785/1983 to 14/1989

Probate/estate files from Supreme and County Courts.

Probate indexes.

Probate/estate files. Related records in GR-2793.

Letters of administration from Donald (East Crossing of the Columbia River), 1888-1889 and from Golden 1900-1916.

This series contains letters probate from the County Court, 1901-1910; 1914-1946 and from the Supreme Court, 1910-1913. Most letters have Succession Duty papers attached. (2 vol.).

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

Probate/estate files maintained by the Official Administrator.

The series consists of Letters of administration (Form C) from 1952 to 1995.

Letters of administration handled by the Official Administrator: 30/1946-96/1973.

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.

The series consists of grants of letters probate issued by the Fernie Supreme Court between 1974 and 1986. The grants were issued on “Form A.” A typical record shows when and where an individual died, and to whom the letters probate were granted. The granting of letters probate represents one step in probating the estate of a deceased individual, and grants authority to the executor or executrix to proceed with administering the estate.

The records are arranged chronologically and list the probate number at the top of each record. Researchers can either use this number, or the name of the deceased individual, to search in GR-2998 for the actual probate file. These files sometimes include copies of the deceased’s will, and other documents related to the administration and disposal of the estate

This series consists of probate or estate files from the Supreme Court of Invermere from 1989-2002. Files are arranged by file number which are assigned in the order probates are filed with the court. Original or copies of wills may be included in the files.

Probate cause book.

Fernie County Court letters probate, 1905-1914; 1917-1944. Volume 1 has some Wills attached to the letters and some are from the Supreme Court.

Letters of Administration, 1905-1922, 1930-1962. The first 3 volumes have some Succession duties attached.

Letters of Administration with the Will annexed, 1911-1921; 1929 - Jul 1941, Apr 1951; Apr 1954. Volume 1 has some Succession duties attached.

Letters probate.

Letters probate from East Crossing of the Columbia River, 1895; Donald, 1896; and from Golden, 1903-1915.

Probate/estate files maintained by the Official Administrator.

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.

The series consists of Letters of administration with will annexed (Form B) from the Creston Supreme Court.

Rossland probate/estate files. For additional files from this time period see GR-2254.

The series includes probate files from Greenwood Supreme Court and County Court from 1897 to 1949. There is a file list for individual probate files covering 1927-1949. Various filing methods were used by the creator from 1897-1926. These earlier files were grouped together in Shannon files by the creator. Some files are arranged alphabetically and the rest by file number. This order has been maintained. Earlier files are divided into groups of probate files, intestate probate files, and probate files with will annexed. Some files may contain Supreme Court and County Court files mixed together.

The series also includes grants of letters probate and grants of letters of administration from 1899-1949 from the Supreme Court and County Court, including letters for intestate files and letters of administration from the Official Administrator. Some letters are labelled with file numbers that correspond to a probate file.

Letters of Administration.

Cash books for estates managed by the Official Administrator.