New South Wales Probate Records

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New South Wales Probate Records

Online Resources

• 1787-1976 New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 at Ancestry, contains some probate records, images ($)
• 1790-1875 Probate Records - Supplementary Index, 1790 to 1875 at New South Wales Archives, index. This index is for supplementary (early) probate records that are not part of the main probate series. It records the name, date, item number and page number.
• 1790-1814 Probate papers 1790-1814, New South Wales Supreme Court at FamilySearch, images.
• 1800-1931 Registers of copy wills in New South Wales, 1800-1931 at FamilySearch, images.
• 1821-1937 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images($).
• 1834-1958 Office copy of wills. New South Wales. Registrar-General. 1834-1958 at FamilySearch, images of index. Contains an index to the Registrar General's Office list of wills for 1834-1958. Each volume has an A-Z listing.
• 1859-1958 New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images($).
• 1880-1939 Australia, New South Wales Deceased Estates Index, 1880-1939 at MyHeritage, index only ($)
• 1880-1958 Card index to deceased estate files (probate), 1880-1958 at FamilySearch, images of index.

Archives

NSW Government State Records and Archives
161 O'Connell Street
Kingswood NSW 2747
Australia

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• NSW Probate Records Guide Tips and techniques to find all the details of NSW probate records.

New South Wales Archives Guides

• Probate Packets (wills) Guide
• Deceased Estates Guide A brief overview of the administration of the collection of death duties - Deceased estate files - and how to find the records.
• Intestate Estates Guide Intestate: A person who dies without leaving a will. This guide provides an overview of the Office of the Curator of Intestate Estates and a select list of related records series.

Supreme Court of New South Wales

Records begin in 1800.

Supreme Court of New South Wales
Probate Division
G.P.O. Box 3
Sydney
New South Wales 2000
AUSTRALIA
Website

Record Contents

Probate records are court records that describe the distribution of an individual’s estate after he or she dies. Information in the records may include the death date, names of heirs and guardians, relationships, residences, an inventory of the estate, and names of witnesses.

An individual who left a will is said to have died "testate." Someone who did not leave a will (or a valid will) died "intestate." The probate process is essentially the same for both and may take many years to complete.

For Further Reading

FamilySearch Library

Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

• Australia, New South Wales - Probate records
• Australia, New South Wales - Probate records - Indexes