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Probate Case Files

Creator: Wabaunsee County. District/Probate Court

Date: 1857-1917

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: AR5470, AR5524-AR5534, AR5537-AR5544 (1857-1917.)

Unit ID: 59739

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122

Space Required/Quantity:

  • 20.00 Microfilm roll(s) (16mm)

Title (Main title): Probate Case Files

Scope and Content

Scope and content: These can include inventories, pleadings, summonses, subpoenas, motions, affidavits, court orders, journal entries, 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. Organized numerically by case number; includes sub-series organized by type of case (estates, guardianship, etc).

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 5470: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5524: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5525: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5526: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5527: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5528: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5529: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5530: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5531: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5532: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5533: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5534: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5537: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5538: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5539: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5540: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5541: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5542: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5543: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 5544: 1857-1917 1857-1917

Index Terms

Subjects

    Wabaunsee County (Kan.) -- History
    Estates (Law) -- Kansas -- Wabaunsee County
    Genealogy -- Kansas -- Wabaunsee County -- Sources
    Guardian and ward -- Kansas -- Wabaunsee County
    Probate courts -- Kansas -- Wabaunsee County
    Probate law and practice -- Kansas -- Wabaunsee County
    Probate records -- Kansas -- Wabaunsee County

Agency Classification:

    Local Government Agencies. Wabaunsee County. Courts. District/Probate Court.

Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122