Malaysia Probate Records
Inheritance records and wills (Akte warisan)
Research use: Provides linking information for family relationships.
Record type: Wills, inventories, distribution of estates.
Time Period: 1642-present.
Content: Names of individuals, their parents, children and grandchildren, dates, relationships, sometimes places of events, race, civil status.
Location: National Archives, local courts.
Population coverage: 10%.
Reliability: Good.[1]
References
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.