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LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Series
No.: GR0023.002SF.0001
TITLE: Coroner files series
DATE RANGE: 1885-1926
EXTENT: 7.90 m of textual records
ADMINISTRATIVE
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The series consists of files and related indices pertaining to the appointment and activities of coroners in Alberta, including those coroners working in the Northwest Territories prior to the formation of the province in 1905. The files contain correspondence and orders regarding the appointment of individual coroners as well as their annual returns, correspondence, and reports documenting their investigations into suspicious deaths that did not result in an inquest.
RELATED RECORDS: Files pertaining to deaths that resulted in an inquest are located in the Inquests series (GR0023.002SF.0002).
GENERAL NOTE: There are several finding aids to these files. GR1973.0111 is an alphabetical card index of coroners by last name of the individual coroner. Part of GR1972.0026 is an alphabetical card index by last name of the deceased individual whose death was investigated by a coroner. A list of all coroners files is available for GR1968.0261.
RELATED SOUS-FONDS: GR0023.002SF (Office of the Chief Medical Examiner sous-fonds)
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