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Grand Forks Supreme Court adoption case files
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- textual record
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1922-1935 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Grand Forks)
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Originals, 6 cm
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The British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Grand Forks, known as the Grand Forks Registry, by Order-in-Council #0198-1900, dated April 10, 1900.
On 31 May 2002, Grand Forks court ceased full-time operation and operated as a temporary circuit court of Rossland between June and August 2002. It closed again, but re-opened as a permanent circuit court of Rossland on 5 February 2003. The successor to the Grand Forks Registry is the Rossland Court Registry.
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Adoption case files.
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Transferred from Ministry of Attorney General, 1984.
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Access to adoption records cannot be provided by the BC Archives. Adoption records must be requested from the BC Vital Statistics Agency as a Freedom of Information request or by submitting an ‘Application for Service Pertaining to an Adopted Person or Birth Parent’.
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Accession number(s): G84-129