Wills and Probate Records in Australia
National
Graham Jaunay's How to Locate Australian Wills with details on indexes, addresses and access conditions.
New South Wales
State Records New South Wales Indexes Online, Deceased Estates and Probate include:
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Deceased Estate Files 1880-1923. This index, to the records covering death duties, contains 28,200+ entries from the index to registers of deceased estates. This ongoing project currently covers 1887-1907 with entries being added as they become available.
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Index to Intestate Estate Case Papers. These records relate to those individuals who did not leave a will. The index currently covers the years 1823-1861.
- Probate Packets for 1817-May 1873 (Series 1), 1873-1876 (Series 2), 1876-c1890 (Series 3) and 1928-1932, 1941-1942 from Series 4. These can be name searched using Archives Investigator. Click on Simple Search, enter the name in the Keyword box, then select Using 'all words' . The series number, item, name, exact death date and date probate was granted are returned. This information can be used to order Probate Packets from SRNSW (fee applies). For further death information such as registration place and parental details use the online NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Historical Death Index Search available to 1978. See Archives in Brief 84 - Probate Packets for further information.
- Probate – Early Records . This index is for supplementary probate records that are not part of the main probate series. It records the name, date, item number and page number. The index to the main probate series is available on microfiche 1800-1985. See Archives in Brief 84 - Probate Packets for further information.
Queensland
Queensland
State Archives Index
to Wills 1857-1910 compiled
from original Supreme Court files. It lists names, district,
will
number and QSA references. Copies of the documents are available from
QSA for a fee. The Instruments
of Renunciation
Index 1915-1983 lists names, death date, date filed and
QSA reference. Renunciations are where the Executor/Executrix no longer
wishes to administer the will. Copies of the register page are
available from QSA for a fee.
Tasmania
Index to
Tasmanian Wills and Letters of Administration (1824-1989).
Victoria
Public
Record Office of Victoria, Index
to Wills and Probate Records
1841-1925. PROVguide
29 Wills and Probate Records 1841-1925
outlines how to
use this online index and how to access digitised copies of wills and
probate records for free via the online catalogue. Records
from 1926-1992 are currently being indexed and will be available
online in late 2009. See PROV guide 68 Wills
and Probate Records from 1926 for
further details.
Western
Australia
State Records Office of
Western Australia. Click
on The Collection
then Birth, Deaths and
Marriages then Probate
and Administration Records for details of the Western Australian Records.
References to probate records can be located by surname searching AEON
the online database.
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