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Probate/estate files.

Wills probated in British Columbia, numbers 46,022 - 236,339.

This series consists of probate or estate files from the Supreme Court of Campbell River from 1975-2007. 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.

This series consists of probate or estate files from the Supreme Court of Courtenay from 1949-2007. 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.

The series consists of original wills created in the Courtenay Supreme Court registry between 1986 and 1987. The wills are arranged by probate number, which can be found by using the index associated with GR-2994. The wills would have been sent to the Central Probate Registry in Victoria when the letter of probate was issued.

Container 831717-0004 contains a handwritten list of the wills and corresponding numbers.

The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51460-30.

This series contains probate/estate files from Cumberland Supreme and County Courts.

This series contains probate/estate files from Cumberland County Court.

Caveats in probate.

This series consists of probate cause books from the Supreme Court of Duncan, 1940-1979.

Probate/estate files.

The series consists of indexes to Victoria probate files and to probated wills in the Central registry.

The index serves two purposes because the Victoria court registry was responsible for maintaining the Victoria probate files and - until the late 1980s - kept the Central Will Registry for the Department of the Attorney General. The Victoria probate numbers (for files which are in GR-1304, GR-2083 and GR-3016) appear in the left-hand column under "papers". The will numbers (for wills found in GR-1052, GR-1574 and GR-2009) appear in the right-hand column of the indexes under remarks.

Users should note that index cards for the period 1982 to 1988 cover estates probated across the province, and provide the probate number, the registry where the estate was probated, and the central will registry number.

Notes regarding the Central Will Registry :

Until July 1986, all wills in BC were kept in a separate, central location, maintained by the Victoria Court Registry. When a person died, leaving a will, the will was submitted to a court registry for probate. Staff in that registry forwarded the original will to Victoria, where it was assigned a number in a sequence that included wills from all registries in the province. Copies of the wills were often kept in the probate files for working purposes. In some cases, however, wills were sometimes returned to the custody of the respective court registries. Researchers should keep this in mind if searching for an original will.

In July 1986, Vancouver, New Westminster, Nanaimo, Chilliwack, Penticton, Vernon, Kamloops, Prince George and Kelowna began to track their own original probated wills. All other registries continued to send their original probated wills to the Central Wills Registry in Victoria.

As of August 1998 each registry is responsible for their own wills.

This series contains Letters of Administration granted to the Official Administrator for estates probated in the Victoria Court Registry in cases where the deceased died intestate or did not name an executor who was able to act, and the Official Administrator handled the probate process. Indexes to Victoria probate records are found in GR-1417.

This series contains letters of administration with will annexed (Form B) from the Supreme Court of Victoria, from 1915-1989.

Letters of administration.

Letters of Administration with Will annexed, 1890-1940, 1948, 1951, 1961.

Letters probate.

Case files documenting estate administration by Nanaimo Official Administrators. Files typically contain court orders, letters probate, letters of administration and other documents and correspondence pertaining to estate administration, curatorships or trusts.

These case files document the administration by Nanaimo Official Administrators of the estates of deceased individuals who died intestate or who died testate but without executors who were competent or willing to administer the estate. Files typically contain court orders, letters probate, letters of administration, and all documents and correspondence pertaining to the administration of estates, curatorships or trusts.

Letters of administration.

Letters of Administration and Letters of Administration with Will annexed for estates handled by the Official Administrator at both the Supreme and County Court levels, 1895-1955.

Letters of administration with will annexed.

Letters probate.

Probate cause books (indexed) from Supreme and County courts.

Consent to issue Letters of Administration where estates not subject to Succession Duty; includes the Auditor-General's statement regarding the net value of the estate, the probate duty owing and Succession Duty owing on estates (nil).

Probate/estate files handled by the Official Administrator.

The series consists of original probated wills from the Victoria court registry. The wills appear to have been deliberately removed from the original probate file and refiled in a second accession. Records in this series are arranged by probate number, an index to which is found in GR-3016. After the wills were removed from the original probate file, they were replaced with a photocopy.

For wills predating 1986, see GR-1052, GR-1574, and GR-2009, with an index in GR-1417.

Letters probate and letters of administration (indexed) from the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of Vancouver Island, 1861-1869 and from the British Columbia Supreme Court (Victoria) 1870-1875.

The series consists of both bound and loose grants of letters probate created by the Victoria Supreme Court between 1946 and 1989. Grants of letters probate were issued by the court system to grant authority to an estate’s executor/trix to administer the estate in question.

Grants of letters probate provide the name of the deceased, the date and place of death, the usual residence of the deceased, and the name of the executor.

The series is arranged by volume and folio, a system which is also broadly chronological. Grants are stamped with the volume and folio number, but also with the probate number of the deceased. An index to probate numbers can be found in GR-3016 (1950-2000) or GR-2083 (1941-1950).

This series consists of letters of administration (Form C) from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, from 1876-1989.

This series contains letters probate from the Victoria Supreme Court.

Probates/estate files (nos. 411/1941 - 66/1950).