Title: County Court, Ashland County, Wisconsin, Probate and Administration Records
Inclusive Dates: 1889-1921, 1937-1968

Creator:

• Wisconsin. County Court (Ashland County)

Call Number: Ashland Series 38

Quantity: 5.0 cubic feet (15 volumes)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTIONS MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry for additional information.

Abstract:

A record of court actions in probate cases giving names, residences, and sometimes ages of heirs, and orders and judgments. Volume D[1]-D11 (1889-1954): arranged chronologically by date of filing and consist of orders appointing appraisers and judgment allowing final account and assigning estate. Volume D12-D15 (1954-1968): arranged by type of document and thereunder chronologically. Types of documents include certificates of probate, letters testamentary, letters of administration, and judgment on claims. Documents usually give the value of the estate; names of the heirs, administrators, and the county judge; and the names of the newspapers in which notices of the probate hearings were published.

Note:

Complete case files are found in Probate Case Files, 1894-1940 (Ashland Series 36).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ashl0038

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Generally chronological.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C1999/058

Ashland Series 38 Volume   D[1]	1889-1897
Volume   D2	1896-1901
Volume   D3	1901-1909
Volume   D4	1909-1919
Volume   D5	1918-1921
Volume   D6	1934-1937
Volume   D7	1937-1942
Volume   D8	1941-1944
Volume   D9	1944-1948
Volume   D10	1948-1950
Volume   D11	1952-1954
Volume   D12	1954-1957
Volume   D13	1955-1958
Volume   D14	1959-1964
Volume   D15	1958-1968