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Nelson Supreme Court adoption case files
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- textual record
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1920-1947 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Nelson)
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Originals, 40 cm
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Effective February 15, 1899, the British Columbia government approved that a registry of the Supreme Court be established at Nelson, to be known as the Nelson Registry, for that portion of the West Kootenay Judicial District which had previously been included in the sub-registry at Nelson. (Order from the Provincial Secretary's Office, 2 Feb 1899).
Currently (May 17, 2022) the Nelson Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.
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Adoption case files.
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Transferred from Ministry of Attorney General, 1989.
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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): G89-110
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- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Nelson) (Subject)