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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001084 Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001], images/no index

Probate cases include the proving of wills and the administering of estates for individuals who have died. They also include such matters as guardianship and insanity proceedings.They are a good source for locating relatives, death dates, and property. Families with property are more likely to be found in probate records than poorer families.  

Probate records in Utah have been kept by several courts. During the territorial period probate records were kept by both the county probate court and the federal district court.  

At statehood in '''1896''', the probate courts were abolished, and the powers of the federal district courts were transferred to the state district courts. The state district courts have maintained jurisdiction of probate matters since 1896. Probate divisions of the state district courts in each county handle probate matters.  

Probate records from the territorial period to the present may be found in either the county clerk's office or the [[Utah State Archives]]. You may also find some probate records from the territorial probate courts in the personal journals of early probate judges.  

*'''1848-2001''' - Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001. free, courtesy: FamilySearch. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2001084 Description]. '''Includes county probate case files for Carbon, Emery, Piute, Salt Lake, San Juan, and Sevier counties.<br>'''

''' FamilySearch Catalog - Probate Case Files '''

Additional records are available on '''microfilm''' or in '''print'''. For example, the Library has microfilm copies of the following Salt Lake County probate records:  

*'''1876-1966''' - Utah. District Court. (Salt Lake County). ''Register of Estates or Abstracts of Probate Filed 1876–1966, Index 1876–1964''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966. {{FHL|295276|item|disp=FHL Films 425623–66}}. Includes guardianships and adoptions.

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