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.

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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

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Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122