Utah, Probate Records, 1851-1961

What Is in This Collection?

This collection includes probate records for the years 1851 to 1961. Probate records were court documents and may have involved loose papers or bound volumes. These files included all documents related to estate settlement, including settlement papers, inventories, receipts, wills, and other records pertaining to the estates, including accounts, administrations, appraisals, minutes, bonds, petitions, guardianship, inventories and settlements.

Probate records in the state usually fall into two general categories: wills and estate papers. Most records mention the names of heirs and frequently specify how those heirs are related. Names of children may be given, as well as married names of daughters. Probate records may not give an exact death date, but a death most often occurred within a few months of the date of probate. The records may omit the names of deceased family members and those who have previously received an inheritance, or the spouse mentioned may not be the parent of the children mentioned.

This collection includes probate records from Cache, Davis, Juab, Salt Lake, Summit, Utah and Wasatch counties. Additional probate records will also be located in the Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001 collection.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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  1890 Probate Record Example 1

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  1891 Probate Record Example 2

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  1893 Probate Record Example 3

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  1891 Probate Record Example 4

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  1893 Probate Record Example 5

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  1892 Probate Record Example 6

Inventory

As of 5 April 2013 for the Utah,State Archives Records, 1848-2001 collection contained the following records.