Queensland Probate Records

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Queensland Probate Records

Online Resources

• Queensland Intestacies & Wills at FindMyPast, Index ($)
• 1857-1940 - Wills 1857-1940, index.
• 1857-1940 - Queensland Wills Index 1857-1940 at FindMyPast, Index ($)
• 1859-1900 - Queensland Intestacies, Insolvencies & Wills, 1859 - 1900 at MyHeritage Index ($)
• 1889-1929 - Queensland, Trustee Files 1889-1929 at FindMyPast, Index ($)
• 1896-1916 - Queensland Intestacy Returns Index 1896-1916 at FindMyPast, Index ($)

New South Wales Records Including Queensland Until 1859

• 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.

Contacting an Office

Three district courts—records begin as early as 1857; prior to 1859, probate was under the jurisdiction of New South Wales

The Registrar
Southern District
Supreme Court of Queensland
George Street
Brisbane
Queensland 4000
AUSTRALIA
Internet: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Pages/Default.aspx

The Registrar
Northern District
Supreme Court of Queensland
Walker Street
Townsville
Queensland 4810
AUSTRALIA
Internet: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Pages/Default.aspx

The Registrar
Central District
Supreme Court of Queensland
East Street
Rockhampton
Queensland 4700
AUSTRALIA
Internet: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Pages/Default.aspx

The Queensland State Archives (see the "Archives and Libraries" article in this wiki for address) holds early records as well as some indexes.