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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.

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

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.

Caveats in probate #1 - #358.

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.

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 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.

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.

The series consists of civil cause books from the Vernon Supreme court covering 1901-1916 and 1954-1958. Cause books provide details such as the name of parties involved, the names of their solicitors, nature of the claim and a listing of proceedings in the case. Subjects include a variety of financial matters, divorces, probates and estate administration, adoption orders, and other civil cases.

Volume one does not include an index, and several files are noted to be “from Vancouver registry.” Volumes two and three have indexes. Volume two has two separate indexes: a large index at the front of the volume and a smaller separate index tucked in the front cover of the volume. These two indexes have overlapping information, but some information may be unique to each index.

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.

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.

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

Series consists of several volumes of letters of administration and letters probate from the Ashcroft Supreme Court. The records were created between 1909 and 1959. In many cases, wills are annexed to records in container 830496-0001 of this series.

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

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.

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

The series consists of probate files created by the Supreme and County Courts in Merritt from 1911-2002. Many of the earlier files were created and managed by County Court in Merritt, while later files were created in the Supreme Court. Probate files often contain copies of the individual's will and were created during the course of administering the deceased's estate. Files are primarily 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.

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.

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

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.

Series consists of volume 2 of Ashcroft Supreme Court’s cause books. The volume covers cases 5/1917 to 3/1934 and includes information on divorces, probates and estate administration, adoption orders, and other civil cases. The volume also includes an alphabetical index.

Series consists of original civil orders and judgements created between 1923 and 1986 by the Kelowna Supreme Court. 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 divorce, estates, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and some adoptions. In later years, divorce, adoption, and probate orders may also be located within their own series.

Orders and judgements are interfiled. From 1923-1961, records were arranged by entered date and assigned a sequential folio number by the court registry (nos. 1-1305). From 1962-1973, the assigned folio numbering sequence was re-set each year, starting with 1/1962. Beginning in 1974, all orders and judgements for a case are filed together by case file number. This means that records of varying dates are interfiled. Box 6, folder 12 includes orders for cases initiated but not finalized before 1974. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

This series consists of civil cause books from the Kelowna Supreme Court, from 1951-1977. Only indexes are available for the years 1923-1946. The books includes cases related to adoption, divorce, estate administration, probates and other civil matters. Some files are noted as Penticton files.

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.

This series consist of probate/estate files from Salmon Arm County and Supreme Courts.

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

Succession duty/probate fees index cards. These records were created by the Income Taxation Branch to track location of probates and payment of succession duties and constitute the only centralized probate index for British Columbia prior to 1980. The index cards are arranged by the name of the deceased and provide the name of the registry where the estate was probated, or, if not probated, settled by letters of administration or other means. They supplement GR-1417, which only indexes probated wills for the province and Victoria probates.

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.