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Probate Case Files

Creator: Rice County. Probate Court

Date: 1898-1955

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: AR5340-AR5366, AR5783-AR5798, AR6703-AR6723 (1898-1955.)

Unit ID: 59671

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122

Space Required/Quantity:

  • 64.00 Microfilm roll(s) (16mm)

Title (Main title): Probate Case Files

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Case files can include inventories and appraisements, letters of guardians, administrators and executors, bonds, affidavits, court orders, journal entries, wills, and other original instruments. All of these documents were usually filed in a large cardboard enclosure known as a “jacket,” which was labeled on the spine or front with the case number and plaintiff/defendant, then filed in sequential order. Includes records for decedents' estates, estates of minors and others declared incompetent by the court, and adoption cases.

The probate court had jurisdiction over marriages, town incorporations, estates, wills, adoptions, mental illness, delinquent and dependent children, and similar matters within the county.

Locators:

No Locators Identified

Microfilm:

  • AR 5340: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5341: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5342: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5343: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5344: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5345: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5346: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5347: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5348: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5349: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5350: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5351: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5352: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5353: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5354: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5355: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5356: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5357: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5358: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
  • AR 5359: 1898-1928; 1941-55 1898-1955
Complete microfilm list

Index Terms

Subjects

    Rice County (Kan.) -- History -- Sources
    Estates (Law) -- Kansas -- Rice County
    Probate courts -- Kansas -- Rice County
    Probate law and practice -- Kansas -- Rice County
    Probate records -- Kansas -- Rice County

Agency Classification:

    Local Government Agencies. Rice County. Courts. Probate Court.

Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122