Archives of Manitoba

Dauphin Surrogate Court probate books

J 0289

1917-1978

33 volumes

Regional Surrogate Court probate books

Series consists of instruments issued by the Dauphin Surrogate Court authorizing the administration of the estate of a deceased person. Instruments included: 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 purporting 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).

Chronological; bound by type of instrument.

There are no restrictions on access to these records.

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.

Records transferred to Archives under records schedule.

For corresponding estate files, see ATG 0064A.

For Winnipeg probate books, see ATG 0022A.

For application registers and central index, see A 0117.

For application books, see A 0067.

For judicial district indexes, see ATG 0068.

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

Further accruals are not expected.