Series 11796
District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Probate case files
Dates: 1906-
209 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
Probate case files primarily involve the probate of estates for deceased persons and guardianship for minors and incompetent persons. Probate is judicial oversight of property in transition. Probate of estates is the process by which a deceased person's property is identified and maintained, his debts and taxes paid, and then remaining property distributed to beneficiaries as specified in a will or as required by law for persons who die intestate (without a will). In guardianship cases probate is the establishment of a guardian for minors or incompetent adults who hold property that needs management. In addition to probate these case files also include name changes and some adoptions. Most adoption records in this series are closed to public access (see access restrictions note).
The probate process includes three parts. First, a petitioner must file with the court the documents necessary to have the court appoint a representative. Documents relating to this process include wills, petitions, letters of administration, bonds, etc., and a court order appointing an administrator, executor, or guardian. Second, the appointed representative does all that is necessary to manage the property through the period of transition. Documents filed here might include a court order appointing appraisers, notices to creditors, estate inventories, various kinds of financial statements, receipts, bills, and the court-appointed representative's final report. Finally, when all requirements have been met, such as all bills paid or a minor has become of age, the court mandates a final settlement and releases the representative from any further responsibility.
Research Note
Filming of this series took place in the late 1970's and was done by the 1st District Court in Box Elder County. These microfilm copies were provided to the Utah State Archives by the court. Original paper files were presumably destroyed after filming. Archival processing of the records did not take place prior to filming. This should be noted as cases on the first 25 reels frequently appear out of order and are not easily searchable.
Research Note
Filming of this series took place in the late 1970's and was done by the 1st District Court in Box Elder County. These microfilm copies were provided to the Utah State Archives by the court. Original paper files were presumably destroyed after filming. Archival processing of the records did not take place prior to filming. This should be noted as cases on the first 25 reels frequently appear out of order and are not easily searchable.
Images Available
Access Restrictions
Utah law, enacted in 1941, sealed all adoption records with the exception that they can be released upon a court order expressly permitting inspection (Laws of Utah, 1941, chapter 17, 14-1-15). This restriction has subsequently been amended (1999) to allow public access one hundred years after the date of final decree or access as provided for in a mutual consent registry (Utah Code 78-30-15, 18). The probate division's jurisdiction over adoptions preceded the enactment of these laws and therefore many adoption records were filed and microfilmed among probate cases. Utah State Archives staff supervises access to this series in order to provide access to probate records, but not to adoption records.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Related Records
Minute books from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 3688, contains civil case files cited in these minute books.
Probate record books from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 17456, contains copies of compiled judgments and orders from this series.
Probate registers of actions from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26049, can be used to trace the history of individual actions from these case files.
Index to probate registers from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26051, contains the complete case files indexed by the book in this series.
Probate minute books from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26052, can be used to identify individual case files that appear in this series.
Indexing Terms
Court records--Utah--Box Elder County
Probate records--Utah--Box Elder County
REEL | DATE | DESCRIPTION |
1 | 1879 - 1886 | A-R |
2 | 1885 - 1899 | R-Z |
2 | 1885 - 1899 | 1-4 |
3 | 1899 - 1904 | 4-15 |
4 | 1900 - 1905 | 15-21 |
5 | 1888 - 1892 | 22-27 |
6 | 1888 - 1889 | 28-35 |
7 | 1889 - 1892 | 35-45 |
8 | 1892 | 45-52 |
9 | 1890 - 1892 | 52-60 |
10 | 1890 | 60-70 |
11 | 1891 - 1901 | 70-76 |
12 | 1893 - 1901 | 77-84 |
13 | 1893 - 1895 | 84-91 |
14 | 1895 - 1902 | 91-100 |
15 | 1902 - 1903 | 100-111 |
16 | 1902 - 1903 | 111-118 |
17 | 1903 | 118-131 |
18 | 1903 | 131-143 |
19 | 1897 - 1904 | 144-157 |
20 | 1897 | 157-167 |
21 | 1897 - 1898 | 167-184 |
22 | 1898 - 1905 | 184-194 |
23 | 1898 - 1905 | 194-201 |
24 | 1898 - 1905 | 201-215 |
25 | 1905 - 1906 | 216-232 |
26 | 1906 | 233-252 |
27 | 1906 - 1907 | 252-275 |
28 | 1907 | 276-296 |
29 | 1907 | 296-312 |
30 | 1907 - 1908 | 312-328 |
31 | 1908 | 328-336 |
32 | 1908 | 336-357 |
33 | 1908 - 1909 | 358-375 |
34 | 1909 | 375-409 |
35 | 1909 - 1911 | 409-437 |
36 | 1911 | 437-452 |
37 | 1911 | 453-478 |
38 | 1911 - 1912 | 478-501 |
39 | 1912 | 501-516 |
40 | 1912 - 1913 | 517-534 |
41 | 1913 | 535-555 |
42 | 1913 - 1914 | 556-582 |
43 | 1914 | 583-604 |
44 | 1914 | 605-624 |
45 | 1914 - 1915 | 625-638 |
45 | 1914 - 1915 | 1-10 |
46 | 1915 | 10-30 |
47 | 1915 - 1916 | 31-50 |
48 | 1916 | 50-65 |
49 | 1916 | 65-81 |
50 | 1916 | 81-93 |
51 | 1916 - 1917 | 94-108 |
52 | 1917 | 109-111 |
53 | 1917 | 111-114 |
54 | 1917 | 114-119 |
55 | 1917 | 119 |
51 | 1916 - 1917 | 120-121 |
55 | 1917 | 122-127 |
51 | 1916 - 1917 | 128 |
55 | 1917 | 129-135 |
56 | 1917 - 1918 | 135-137 |
51 | 1916 - 1917 | 138-147 |
57 | 1917 | 148-169 |
56 | 1917 - 1918 | 171 |
57 | 1917 | 172 |
58 | 1917 - 1918 | 172-173 |
56 | 1917 - 1918 | 174 |
58 | 1917 - 1918 | 175-183 |
56 | 1917 - 1918 | 184 |
58 | 1917 - 1918 | 185-193 |
56 | 1917 - 1918 | 194 |
58 | 1917 - 1918 | 195-199 |
59 | 1918 | 200 |
56 | 1917 - 1918 | 201 |
59 | 1918 | 202-204 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 205 |
59 | 1918 | 206 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 207-209 |
59 | 1918 | 210-218 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 219 |
59 | 1918 | 220-224 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 236 |
61 | 1918 | 237-253 |
62 | 1918 | 253-265 |
63 | 1918 - 1919 | 265-283 |
64 | 1919 | 284-291 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 292 |
64 | 1919 | 293-313 |
65 | 1919 | 314-327 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 328 |
65 | 1919 | 329-343 |
66 | 1919 - 1920 | 344-348 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 349 |
66 | 1919 - 1920 | 350-354 |
60 | 1918 - 1919 | 355 |
66 | 1919 - 1920 | 356-372 |
67 | 1920 | 373-393 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 394 |
67 | 1920 | 395-398 |
69 | 1920 | 399-416 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 417 |
69 | 1920 | 418-419 |
70 | 1920 | 419-425 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 426 |
70 | 1920 | 427-438 |
71 | 1920 - 1921 | 438-464 |
72 | 1921 | 464-481 |
73 | 1921 | 482-487 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 488-489 |
73 | 1921 | 490-500 |
74 | 1921 - 1922 | 501-520 |
75 | 1922 | 521-524 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 525 |
75 | 1922 | 526-543 |
76 | 1922 | 543-561 |
77 | 1922 - 1923 | 562-581 |
78 | 1923 | 582-603 |
79 | 1923 | 603-626 |
80 | 1923 | 627-648 |
81 | 1923 - 1924 | 648-679 |
82 | 1924 | 679-700 |
83 | 1924 - 1925 | 700-733 |
84 | 1925 - 1926 | 734-758 |
85 | 1926 | 759-780 |
86 | 1926 | 781-810 |
87 | 1926 - 1927 | 811-828 |
88 | 1927 | 828-858 |
89 | 1927 - 1928 | 859-883 |
90 | 1928 | 884-912 |
91 | 1928 | 913-926 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 927 |
91 | 1928 | 928 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 929 |
91 | 1928 | 930-941 |
92 | 1928 - 1929 | 941-966 |
93 | 1929 | 966-991 |
94 | 1929 | 991-1000 |
95 | 1929 - 1930 | 1000-1032 |
96 | 1930 | 1033-1057 |
97 | 1930 | 1057-1093 |
98 | 1930 - 1931 | 1094-1109 |
68 | 1919 - 1931 | 1110 |
98 | 1930 - 1931 | 1111-1113 |
99 | 1931 | 1114-1130 |
100 | 1931 | 1131-1148 |
101 | 1931 - 1932 | 1149-1173 |
102 | 1932 | 1173-1199 |
103 | 1932 | 1199-1209 |
104 | 1932 - 1933 | 1209-1236 |
105 | 1933 | 1236-1262 |
106 | 1933 - 1934 | 1263-1290 |
107 | 1934 | 1290-1319 |
108 | 1934 | 1320-1342 |
109 | 1934 - 1935 | 1342-1369 |
110 | 1935 | 1370-1397 |
111 | 1935 - 1936 | 1398-1422 |
112 | 1936 | 1422-1448 |
113 | 1936 | 1449-1478 |
114 | 1936 - 1937 | 1478-1507 |
115 | 1937 | 1508-1537 |
116 | 1937 - 1938 | 1538-1569 |
117 | 1938 | 1569-1596 |
118 | 1938 | 1597-1621 |
119 | 1938 - 1939 | 1621-1651 |
120 | 1939 | 1652-1670 |
121 | 1939 | 1671-1703 |
122 | 1939 - 1940 | 1704-1730 |
123 | 1940 | 1731-1763 |
124 | 1940 | 1764-1800 |
125 | 1940 - 1941 | 1800-1828 |
126 | 1941 | 1828-1865 |
127 | 1941 - 1942 | 1866-1894 |
128 | 1942 | 1895-1919 |
129 | 1942 - 1943 | 1919-1950 |
130 | 1943 | 1950-1971 |
131 | 1943 | 1972-2002 |
132 | 1943 - 1944 | 2003-2034 |
133 | 1944 | 2035-2062 |
134 | 1944 - 1945 | 2062-2088 |
135 | 1945 | 2089-2123 |
136 | 1945 | 2124-2142 |
137 | 1945 - 1946 | 2142-2169 |
138 | 1946 | 2170-2209 |
139 | 1946 - 1947 | 2210-2240 |
140 | 1947 | 2240-2269 |
141 | 1947 | 2269-2295 |
142 | 1947 - 1948 | 2297-2333 |
143 | 1948 | 2334-2370 |
144 | 1948 - 1949 | 2370-2396 |
145 | 1949 | 2396-2427 |
146 | 1949 | 2428-2458 |
147 | 1949 | 2458-2482 |
148 | 1949 - 1950 | 2482-2515 |
149 | 1950 | 2516-2552 |
150 | 1950 - 1951 | 2553-2586 |
151 | 1951 | 2587-2624 |
152 | 1951 - 1952 | 2625-2644 |
153 | 1952 | 2645-2677 |
154 | 1952 | 2678-2708 |
155 | 1952 | 2708-2732 |
156 | 1952 - 1953 | 2732-2765 |
157 | 1953 | 2766-2795 |
158 | 1953 - 1954 | 2795-2818 |
159 | 1954 | 2818-2853 |
160 | 1954 | 2854-2891 |
161 | 1954 - 1955 | 2892-2919 |
162 | 1955 - 1956 | 2920-2942 |
163 | 1956 | 2943-2991 |
164 | 1956 - 1958 | 2992-3021 |
165 | 1956 - 1959 | 3022-3061 |
166 | 1957 | 3062-3085 |
167 | 1957 | 3086-3127 |
168 | 1958 | 3127-3162 |
169 | 1958 - 1959 | 3163-3195 |
170 | 1959 | 3196-3225 |
171 | 1959 | 3225-3253 |
172 | 1959 | 3254-3281 |
173 | 1959 - 1960 | 3281-3318 |
174 | 1960 | 3318-3364 |
175 | 1960 - 1961 | 3364-3400 |
176 | 1961 | 3401-3424 |
177 | 1961 - 1962 | 3424-3459 |
178 | 1962 | 3459-3497 |
179 | 1962 | 3498-3537 |
180 | 1962 - 1963 | 3537-3575 |
181 | 1963 | 3575-3606 |
182 | 1963 | 3606-3642 |
183 | 1963 - 1964 | 3643-3672 |
184 | 1964 | 3672-3709 |
185 | 1964 | 3709-3744 |
186 | 1964 | 3744-3786 |
187 | 1965 | 3787-3821 |
188 | 1965 | 3821-3852 |
189 | 1965 - 1966 | 3852-3885 |
190 | 1966 | 3885-3936 |
191 | 1966 | 3937-3983 |
192 | 1966 - 1967 | 3983-4034 |
193 | 1967 - 1968 | 4034-4072 |
194 | 1967 - 1968 | 4072-4112 |
195 | 1967 - 1968 | 4113-4159 |
196 | 1968 | 4160-4193 |
197 | 1968 - 1969 | 4193-4228 |
198 | 1969 | 4228-4255 |
199 | 1969 | 4256-4303 |
200 | 1969 - 1970 | 4304-4350 |
201 | 1970 | 4350-4389 |
202 | 1970 - 1971 | 4389-4440 |
203 | 1971 | 4441-4479 |
204 | 1972 | 4480-4510 |
205 | 1972 | 4514-4539 |
206 | 1972 | 4541-4566 |
207 | 1972 - 1973 | 4567-4598 |
208 | 1973 | 4599-4635 |
209 | 1973 - 1974 | 4636-4675 |
210 | 1974 | 4676-4710 |