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Journals - Probate Court

Creator: Barton County. Probate Court

Date: 1901-1977

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 192598

Restrictions: Restricted: KSA 59-2122

Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm

Title (Main title): Journals - Probate Court

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Contains microfilmed probate court journals recording the proceedings of the court showing term of court, case number, title and cause, names of attorneys and parties involved, dates of motions, dates and nature of pleadings filed, court orders and decrees, and judgment for a given case. Arranged chronologically and index by surname of plaintiff. Serves as a synopsis of the case and useful when no case files exist. Volumes begin with A-Z and continue 1-59 with no interruption in dates.

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:

  • MF 3911: Journals, Vol. G 1901-1905
  • MF 3911 no. 2: Journals, Vol. H 1905-1907
  • MF 3912: Journals, Vol. H 1907-1909
  • MF 3912 no. 2: Journals, Vol. I 1909-1912
  • MF 3912 no. 3: Journals, Vol. J 1912-1912
  • MF 3913: Journals, Vol. J 1912-1919
  • MF 3913 no. 2: Journals, Vol. K 1919-1923
  • MF 3914: Journals, Vol. K 1923-1924
  • MF 3914 no. 2: Journals, Vol. L 1924-1929
  • MF 3914 no. 3: Journals, Vol. M 1929-1930
  • MF 3915: Journals, Vol. M 1930-1931
  • MF 3915 no. 2: Journals, Vol. N 1931-1933
  • MF 3915 no. 3: Journals, Vol. O 1933-1933
  • MF 3916: Journals, Vol. O 1933-1935
  • MF 3916 no. 2: Journals, Vol. P 1935-1936
  • MF 3917: Journals, Vol. P 1936-1936
  • MF 3917 no. 2: Journals, Vol. Q 1936-1937
  • MF 3917 no. 3: Journals, Vol. R 1937-1938
  • MF 3918: Journals, Vol. R 1938-1939
  • MF 3918 no. 2: Journals, Vol. S 1939-1940
Complete microfilm list

Index Terms

Subjects

    Administration of estates -- Kansas -- Barton County
    Adoption -- Kansas -- Barton County
    Estates (Law) -- Kansas -- Barton County
    Guardian and ward -- Kansas -- Barton County
    Probate courts -- Kansas -- Barton County
    Probate law and practice -- Kansas -- Barton County

Agency Classification:

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

Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions: Restricted: KSA 59-2122