Index to Probate Court Case Files
Creator: Riley County. Probate Court
Date: 1856-1939
Level of Description: Series
Material Type: Government record
Call Number:
Microfilm reel MF3360
Unit ID: 197442
Space Required/Quantity:
- 1.00 Microfilm roll(s) (35mm)
Title (Main title): Index to Probate Court Case Files
Scope and Content
Scope and content:
Indexed alphabetically by surname. Recorded information includes name, case number, type of case (mostly guardianship or deceased, though also some miscellaneous and foreign will cases), filing date, whether file is missing and/or confidential (rarely, if ever, applicable), and roll number on which the actual case file is located. See series 196572 for actual probate case files from Riley County.
The probate court had jurisdiction over marriages, town incorporations, estates, wills, adoptions, mental illness, delinquent and dependent children, and similar matters within the county.
Scope and content: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122
Locators:
No Locators Identified
Microfilm:
- MF 3360 no. 3: INDEX TO PROBATE COURT CASE FILES 1856-1939
Index Terms
Subjects
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Decedents' estates -- Kansas
Guardian and ward -- Kansas
Probate courts -- Kansas
Probate records -- Kansas -- Riley County -- Indexes
Agency Classification:
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Local Government Agencies. Riley County. Courts. Probate Court.