Summary Information

Title: Waupaca County, Wisconsin, County Court Certificates of Descent of Real Estate
Inclusive Dates: 1885-1938

Creator:

• Wisconsin. County Court (Waupaca County)

Call Number: Waupaca Series 26

Quantity: 5.0 cubic feet (5 records center cartons)

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: See the catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Case files, under the name of the decedent, in which persons interested in the estate petitioned the court to determine the heirs entitled to the property and then issue a certificate of descent giving the court's decision. Files contain the petition, showing the time and place of death and the residence of the decedent, the names, addresses and relationship to the decedent of all heirs entitled to any interest in the property, and a description of all property for which a determination of descent is sought. The certificate of descent contains roughly the same information plus the courts determination. Petitions were made by the heirs or grantee of heirs in cases where a person died without a will. Case files #1-957. Cases 471-486 and 623-632 were missing when transferred.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-waup0026

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