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Vernon Supreme and County Court grants of letters probate
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1892-1997 (Creation)
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90 cm textual records
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Biographical history
In 1901, the British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Vernon, in the Cariboo Judicial District, by Order-in-Council #0084-1901, (March 6, 1901) and effective April 1, 1901.
Currently (to March 31, 2016) the Vernon Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.
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The series consists of volumes of grants of letters probate created in both the Supreme and County Courts of Vernon between 1892 and 1997. Records typically include the name of the execut-or/rix and to whom administration of the estate was granted, and are similar in content and form to grants of letters of administration. 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 majority of the records were filled out on Court forms 161 and 162. Wills are not annexed. The records are arranged chronologically by grant date.
There are no indexes to the grants specifically, but the grants themselves could be used as an index to probate records if no other index was available. The number of the probate to which the grant applies has been written at the top of each form.
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Early volumes are extremely fragile.
Immediate source of acquisition
Records transferred from the Vernon Court registry in January 2016.
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There are no access restrictions
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Associated materials
For Vernon Supreme Court grants of letters of administration, see GR-3586
For Vernon County Court grants of letters of administration, see GR-3590
For Vernon Supreme Court probate cause books, see GR-3723
For Vernon Supreme Court probates, see GR-1578
For Vernon Supreme Court wills, see GR-3464
For Vernon County Court probate cause books, see GR-3722
*For Vernon County Court probate records, see GR-1472.
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Accession number(s) : 83-1156