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Probate records are court records that describe the distribution of an individual’s estate after he or she dies.

Inheritance records and wills (Akte warisan)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Provides linking information for family relationships.

Record type: Wills, inventories, distribution of estates.

Time Period: 1700-present.

Content: Names of individuals, their parents, children and grandchildren, dates, relationships, sometimes places of events, race, civil status.

Location: National Archives, local courts and civil registry offices.

Population coverage: 10%.

Reliability: Good.

Accessibility: By personal visit or hiring a researcher.^[1]

Guardianship records (Akte Wali)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Valuable in cases of death or divorce of parents with minor children.

Record type: Orphan’s chamber records of guardianship dispositions, orphans, adoption records, legitimations and decisions.

Time Period: 1650-present.

Content: Names of children, guardians, parents, ages, dates of birth, residence, legal acknowlegements.

Location: National Archives, municipal archives.

Population coverage: 5%.

Reliability: Good.

Accessibility: By personal visit or by hiring a researcher.^[1]

Family History Library Collection[edit | edit source]

The Family History Library has a collection of probate records from Indonesia. Probate records are listed in the Keyword Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

INDONESIA PROBATE RECORDS

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Indonesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1989-1999.

[profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Indonesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1989-1999.

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 Probate records are court records that describe the distribution of an individual’s estate after he or she dies.
 == Inheritance records and wills (''Akte warisan'')  ==
-This record type includes wills, inventories, distribution of estates. They can be used to provide linking information for family relationships. Generally they contain names of individuals, their parents, children and grandchildren, dates, relationships, sometimes places of events, race, and civil status. They are available from the 1700s during the Dutch colonial period to the present. Records can be found at the National Archives, local courts and civil registry offices.
+Research use: Provides linking information for family relationships.
+Record type: Wills, inventories, distribution of estates.
+Time Period: 1700-present.
+Content: Names of individuals, their parents, children and grandchildren, dates, relationships, sometimes places of events, race, civil status.
+Location: National Archives, local courts and civil registry offices.
+Population coverage: 10%.
+Reliability: Good.
+Accessibility: By personal visit or hiring a researcher.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Indonesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1989-1999.</ref>
 == Guardianship records (''Akte Wali'') ==
-This record type includes Orphan’s chamber (Orphan's court) records of guardianship dispositions, orphans, adoption records, legitimations and decisions. These records are especially valuable in cases of death or divorce of parents with minor children. Generally these records contain the names of children, guardians, parents, ages, dates of birth, residence, legal acknowlegements. They are available from the 1650s to the present. Records are housed at the National Archives and municipal archives.
-== FamilySearch Library Collection  ==
+Research use: Valuable in cases of death or divorce of parents with minor children.
+Record type: Orphan’s chamber records of guardianship dispositions, orphans, adoption records, legitimations and decisions.
+Time Period:  1650-present.
-The FamilySearch Library has a collection of probate records from Indonesia. Probate records are listed in the Keyword Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
+Content: Names of children, guardians, parents, ages, dates of birth, residence, legal acknowlegements.
+Location: National Archives, municipal archives.
+Population coverage: 5%.
+Reliability:  Good.
+Accessibility:  By personal visit or by hiring a researcher.<ref name="profile" />
+== Family History Library Collection  ==
+The Family History Library has a collection of probate records from Indonesia. Probate records are listed in the Keyword Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
 INDONESIA PROBATE RECORDS
+== References  ==
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