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[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Utah Probate Records | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah Probate Records|Probate Records]]'' | ||
== Background Information == | == Background Information == | ||
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== Availability == | == Availability == | ||
Probate records from the territorial period to the present may be found in either the county clerk's office or the [ | 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. | ||
The Family History Library has copies of probate records for many Utah counties. Usually the Library only has part of the files created during the probate process. Contact county clerks for additional records. | The [[Family History Library]] has copies of probate records for many Utah counties. Usually the Library only has part of the files created during the probate process. Contact county clerks for additional records. | ||
FamilySearch has begun to '''digitize''' Utah probate records: | |||
Probate | *'''1851-1961''' - {{RecordSearch|1916182|Utah, Probate Records, 1851-1961}} - free, courtesy: FamilySearch. [[Utah County Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Description]]. Currently includes Summit County. | ||
*'''1856-1960''' - {{RecordSearch|1935517|Utah, Box Elder County Records, 1856-1960}} - free, courtesy: FamilySearch. [[Utah, Box Elder County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Description]]. | |||
Additional records are available on '''microfilm''' or in '''print'''. For example, the Library has microfilm copies of the following Salt Lake County probate records: | |||
= | *'''1852-1910''' - Utah. District Court (Salt Lake County). ''Probate Records''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966. {{FHL|295317|item|disp=FHL Films 425667 (1st of 43 films)}}. These records include an index and records from 1852 to 1910. Includes estates records and guardianship cases. | ||
''' | *'''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. | ||
Probate records are listed in the '''Place Search''' of the '''Family History Library Catalog''' under the following headings | |||
<br> | UTAH, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS<br>UTAH, [COUNTY] - GUARDIANSHIP | ||
== References == | |||
{{Utah|Utah}} | |||
[[Category:Utah|Probate]] | [[Category:Utah|Probate]] | ||