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Probate Case Files

Creator: Atchison County. Probate Court

Date: 1857-1917

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 59046

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122

Space Required/Quantity:

  • 38.00 Microfilm roll(s) (16mm)

Title (Main title): Probate Case Files

Scope and Content

Scope and content: These 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. Case files form the foundation of information that was later entered into dockets and journals. The probate court had jurisdiction over marriages, town incorporations, estates, wills, adoptions, insanities, delinquent and dependent children, and similar matters within the 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.

Locators:

No Locators Identified

Microfilm:

  • AR 6801: A1 - A49 1857-1917
  • AR 6802: C171 - C240 1857-1917
  • AR 6802: B161 - B170 1857-1917
  • AR 6802: B62 - B160 1857-1917
  • AR 6803: C241 - C248 1857-1917
  • AR 6803: F331 - F345 1857-1917
  • AR 6803: E307 - E330 1857-1917
  • AR 6803: D249 - D306 1857-1917
  • AR 6804: G355 - G430 1857-1917
  • AR 6804: F346 - F354 1857-1917
  • AR 6805: H431 - H482 1857-1917
  • AR 7048: B50 - B61 1857-1917
  • AR 7049: H483 - H532 1857-1917
  • AR 7050: J587 - J605 1857-1917
  • AR 7050: I582 - I583 1857-1917
  • AR 7050: H533 - H586 1857-1917
  • AR 7051: L664 - L706 1857-1917
  • AR 7051: K606 - K663 1857-1917
  • AR 7052: M713 - M822 1857-1917
  • AR 7052: L707 - L711 1857-1917
Complete microfilm list

Index Terms

Subjects

    Atchison County (Kan.)
    Probate courts -- Kansas -- Atchison County
    Probate law and practice -- Kansas -- Atchison County
    Probate records -- Kansas -- Atchison County

Agency Classification:

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

Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122