Wisconsin. County Court (Outagamie County): Probate Record Volumes, 1853-1956


Summary Information
Title: Wisconsin. County Court (Outagamie County): Probate Record Volumes
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1956

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. County Court (Outagamie County)
Call Number: C1989/022; C1996/021; C2013/020

Quantity: 15.4 c.f.

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Documents filed in the probate of estates, including orders appointing administrators and executors, inventories of estates, determinations of inheritance tax, and wills.

Language: English

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Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 3 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C1989/022, C1996/021, C2013/020


Contents List
C1989/022
Part 1 (C1989/022): Original Collection, 1872-1954
Physical Description: 12.0 c.f. (30 volumes) 
Scope and Content Note: Volumes 16-225 incomplete (1872-1954). Includes final decrees, will books, inventories, and administration volumes.
Final decrees
Volume   48
1903-1911
Volume   63
1911-1917
Volume   78
1917-1924
Volume   108
1926-1929
Volume   169
1940-1944
Volume   174
1943-1944
Volume   178
1945-1946
Volume   195
1946-1948
Volume   204
1948-1949
Volume   225
1952-1954
Volume   39
Final decrees and order for appointment of administrators, 1895-1903
Note: Includes index.
Final decree deeds
Volume   93
1925-1926
Volume   136
1927-1936
Volume   146
1936-1938
Volume   152
1924-1939
Volume   160
1939-1941
Volume   73
General inventory, 1916-1923
Inheritance tax
Volume   135
1933-1939
Volume   150
1938-1943
Note: Includes index.
Volume   170
1942-1946
Volume   189
1945-1948
Volume   212
1949-1952
Volume   221
1952-1953
Volume   34
Probate and administration: order final decree, 1891-1895
Note: Includes index.
Wills
Volume   16
1875-1899
Note: Includes index.
Volume   42
1893-1914
Note: Includes index.
Volume   69
1909-1922
Note: Includes index.
Volume   115
circa 1931-circa 1940
Note: Includes index.
Volume   191
1943-1952
Note: Includes index.
Volume   29
Wills in probate: notice to creditors, circa 1887-circa 1897
Note: Includes index.
C1996/021
Part 2 (C1996/021): Additions, 1922-1956
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (6 volumes) 
Scope and Content Note: Probate record volumes, 1922-1956.
Volume   89
General inventory, 1922-1923
Note: Contains inventory and appraisal of all real estate, goods, chattels, rights, credit and estate of deceased.
Volume   123
Order appointing administrator, bond and letters testamentary, 1931-1940
Note: First section contains order appointing administrator and order for bond. Second section contains Letters Testamentary or of Administration with Will, appointing executor.
Volume   205
Inheritance tax, 1947-1951
Note: First section contains Determination of Inheritance Tax giving appraised value of estate, names of heirs, their relationship, share of estate, and tax. Second section contains Determinations in which no inheritance tax was due.
Wills
Volume   90
1923-1932
Note: Includes name index.
Volume   156
1937-1947
Note: Includes name index.
Volume   216
1948-1956
Note: No index.
C2013/020
Part 3 (C2013/020): Additions, 1853-1937
Physical Description: 1.4 c.f. (5 volumes) 
Scope and Content Note: Probate record volumes, 1853-1937.
Volume   1
Journal, 1853-1867
Note: Petitions and orders in guardianship and estate cases. Included is an index to “Court Record, Vol. 1, 1879-.” It has no relationship to the volume.
Volume   2
Wills and releases, wards and heirs, 1853-1879
Note: Mostly wills.
Volume   14
Estate of Anson Ballard deceased and guardianship of minor heirs, 1873-1895
Note: Proceedings regarding Ballard estate and estate of E.C. George W. Gerry
Volume   104
Orders for hearing proof of wills and administration and appointing administrator, 1926-1937
Volume   121
Final decrees, deeds, 1930-1934
Note: Judgments allowing final account and assigned estate.