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==== Wills and Estates | ==Online Resources== | ||
*[https://ani.edmontongenealogy.ca ANI database] - The Alberta Name Index (ANI) offers a simple unified search for Alberta residents named in various sources including Probates, Local Histories, Obituaries, Coroner records, Land Records (''not early homesteads''), etc., recorded by the Edmonton Branch of Alberta Genealogical Society | |||
== Wills and Estates == | |||
There is no central registry for wills in Alberta; wills are kept at the Court House in the judicial district where probate was granted. The information held is Grants of Probate, Letters of Administration, and Wills. To determine in which judicial district an ancestor died, write to: | There is no central registry for wills in Alberta; wills are kept at the Court House in the judicial district where probate was granted. The information held is Grants of Probate, Letters of Administration, and Wills. To determine in which judicial district an ancestor died, write to: | ||
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:'''Succession Duties Department <br>'''Public Trustees’ Office <br>10365 - 97 Street <br>Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3Z8 <br>Telephone: (780) 427-2744 <br>Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-12:00 pm, 1:00 pm-4:30 pm <br>There is a search fee. | :'''Succession Duties Department <br>'''Public Trustees’ Office <br>10365 - 97 Street <br>Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3Z8 <br>Telephone: (780) 427-2744 <br>Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-12:00 pm, 1:00 pm-4:30 pm <br>There is a search fee. | ||
=== For Wills Probated in Edmonton === | |||
:'''The Clerk of the Surrogate Court '''<br>Main Floor, Law Courts Building <br>1A Sir Winston Churchill Square <br>Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0R2 <br>Telephone: (780) 422-2434 <br>Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-4:30 pm | :'''The Clerk of the Surrogate Court '''<br>Main Floor, Law Courts Building <br>1A Sir Winston Churchill Square <br>Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0R2 <br>Telephone: (780) 422-2434 <br>Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 am-4:30 pm | ||
=== For Wills Probated in Calgary === | |||
:'''Calgary Court Centre '''<br>601 - 5th Street South West <br>Calgary, Alberta T2P 5P7 | :'''Calgary Court Centre '''<br>601 - 5th Street South West <br>Calgary, Alberta T2P 5P7 | ||
=== Other Judicials Districts === | |||
Other Judicials Districts and their Court Houses in the province are: | Other Judicials Districts and their Court Houses in the province are: | ||
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*Athabasca (1909-1969) | *Athabasca (1909-1969) | ||
*Northwest Territories (1922-1969) | *Northwest Territories (1922-1969) | ||
*Files include probates, affidavits, oaths of Executers, copies of wills, applications for Letters of Administration<ref>Borgstede, Arlene. "Alberta Vital Records | *Files include probates, affidavits, oaths of Executers, copies of wills, applications for Letters of Administration<ref>Borgstede, Arlene. "Alberta Vital Records - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Alberta_Vital_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
Wills and probate records are kept by the surrogate registrar. | Wills and probate records are kept by the surrogate registrar. | ||
The registrar’s records, as well as those of the clerk of court, are housed in the courthouses of the various judicial districts (see [[Alberta Court Records]]). | The registrar’s records, as well as those of the clerk of court, are housed in the courthouses of the various judicial districts (see [[Alberta Court Records]]). | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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