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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

    Decedents' estates -- Kansas
    Guardian and ward -- Kansas
    Probate courts -- Kansas
    Probate records -- Kansas -- Riley County -- Indexes

Agency Classification:

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