Wills and Probate Records in
Australia
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Sites for Genealogists - An
Australian gateway site for tracing your family history by Cora Num
National
Graham Jaunay's site has a
How to Locate Australian Wills
section that explains what indexes are available, lists relevant addresses and
access conditions.
New South
Wales
State
Records New South Wales Indexes Online, Deceased Estates and Probate include:
• Deceased Estate Files 1880-1923. This index, to
the records covering death duties, contains 118,000+ entries from the index to
registers of deceased estates. This ongoing project currently covers 1887-1923
with entries being added as they become available.
• Index to
Intestate Estate Case Papers. These records relate to those individuals who
did not leave a will. The index currently covers the years
1823-1902.
• Probate Packets for 1817-May 1873 (Series 1), 1873-1876 (Series 2), 1876-c1890 (Series 3) and 1928-1932
and 1941-1942 from Series 4. These can be name searched using
Archives Investigator. Click on
Simple Search, enter the name (add the
word death after the
name) in the
Keyword box, then select
Using 'all words' . The series number, item, name,
exact death date and date probate was granted are returned. This information can
be used to order Probate Packets from SRNSW (fee
applies). See
Archives
in Brief 84 - Probate Packets for further
information.
• Probate – Early Records . This index is for supplementary probate records that are not
part of the main probate series. It records the name, date, item number and
page number. The index to the main probate series is available on microfiche
1800-1985. See
Archives in Brief 84 - Probate Packets for further information.
Queensland
Queensland
State Archives Wills and
Probate indexes include:
•
Equity Files
1857-1895•
Instruments of
Renunciation Index 1915-1983 lists names, death date, date filed and QSA
reference. Renunciations are where the Executor/Executrix no longer wishes to
administer the will.
•
Trustees Files Index
1889-1929
• Wills Index 1857-1935 compiled from original Supreme Court
files. It lists names, district, will number and QSA references.
Copies of the documents are
available from QSA for a fee.
TasmaniaLINC
Tasmania. LINC (Learning and Information Network
Centre) brings together the services of the State Library of Tasmania, the
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO) and others. TAHO online name
indexes include:
• Wills - index of wills and
letters of administration of estates registered for probate (1824-1989). Copies
of Wills and Letters of Administration to 1989 have been
digitised and are freely available online. To view a digitised record,
search the index by name and then click on the 'will number' link in the 'search
results' screen.
Victoria
Public Record Office of
Victoria's Digitised Records and Online Indexes include
Victorian
Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925. There is an index
and digitised records available online.
PROV
Guide
29 Wills and Probate Records 1841-1925
outlines how to use this online index and how to access digitised
copies of wills and probate records for free.
PROV Guide 68 Wills and Probate Records from 1926 explains how to
access these records from 1926.
Western
Australia
State Records Office of
Western Australia. Click
on The Collection
then Birth, Deaths and
Marriages then Probate
and Administration Records for details of the Western Australian Records. References to probate
records can be located by surname searching AEON the online database. See the
online Information Sheet - Grants of Probate (Wills) and Letters of
Administration.
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