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Victoria Probate Records

Online Resources

• Victoria Wills & Probate at FindMyPast ($), index.
• 1841-2016 - Wills and Probates PRO Victoria, index and images.
• 1841-2009 - Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009 at Ancestry, index and images ($)
• 1841-1926 - Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1841-1989 - Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1850–2009 - Australia, Victoria, Will and Probate Index 1850-2009 at MyHeritage, index ($)
• 1840-1925 - Australia, Victoria, Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1853-1959 - Index to probate applications, 1853-1959, Victoria. Probate Office at FamilySearch, images of index.

New South Wales Online Records Including Victoria Prior to 1851

• 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.

All Australia

• Australia Wills & Probate at FindMyPast - index ($)

Contact an Office or Archive

Records begin in 1841.

Registrar of Probates

Registrar of Probates
Probate and Administration Office
471 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
AUSTRALIA
Web site: www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au

Directory Listing: http://www.archivists.org.au/directory/data/326.htm

Public Record Office of Victoria

• The records prior to 2004 are also held by the Public Record Office of Victoria (see the "Archives and Libraries" article in this wiki for address).
• See the online guide to PROV probate records, or search the 1841-1925 index.
• A variety of search and copying services are explained at Copying services for public users.

For Further Reading

FamilySearch Library

Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

• Australia, Victoria - Probate records
• {{FHL|593648|subject_id|disp=Australia, Victoria - Probate records - Indexes (

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