Winnipeg Surrogate Court probate books Help

 

Title 

 

Winnipeg Surrogate Court probate books

 

Schedule 

 

ATG 0022A

 

Dates of Creation 

 

1873-1973

 

Physical Description 

 

276 volumes

 

Scope and Content 

 

Series consists of instruments issued by the Surrogate Court in Winnipeg authorizing the administration of the estate of a deceased person. Instruments include: the grant of probate (issued to register the will of the deceased and the executor named in the will. A copy of the will is sometimes included with the grant of probate); letters of administration (issued to appoint someone to administer the estate of the deceased, when an individual dies without leaving a will (intestate)); letters of administration with will annexed (are issued to appoint someone to administer the estate of the deceased, when an individual dies leaving an informal document proporting to express his/her wishes); and special grants (issued by the court for a variety of reasons including when the estate is very small; when ancillary orders are made subsequent to the original orders of the court; or in matters of guardianship).

Chronologically; bound by type of instrument.

 

Restrictions on Access 

 

There are no restrictions on access to these records.

 

Terms For Use and Reproduction 

 

Researchers are responsible for observing copyright legislation. Permission may be required for any form of publication or exhibition where records are not in the public domain.

 

Custodial History 

 

Records transferred to Archives under records schedule.

 

Related Material 

 

For corresponding estate files, see ATG 0025A.

For regional probate books, see J 0289.

For application registers and central index see A 0117.

For application books see A 0067.

 

Notes 

 

This series was discontinued in 1974, when the practice of filing instruments on the estate files began.

 

Accruals 

 

Further accruals are not expected.

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Entity or entities that created these records

These records were created by the following Manitoba government entity or entities. Click on the name of the entity for information about this entity and other records it created.

1873-1880 :

Court of Queen's Bench in Probate

1881-1973 :

Surrogate Court

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How to proceed

These records may be consulted in the Archives Research Room. Consult the listings database to find location codes.

This material is not available for microfilm loan.

Click on the relevant accession below to view an online list of these records.

Accession NumberExtentDatesMore Info.
GR0549 188 volumes 1873-1959
GR3744 84 volumes 1953-1973
GR9440 4 volumes 1899-1913

 

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