Series 26049
District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Probate registers of actions
Dates: 1886-1987.
6 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Original records are held by District Court (First District : Box Elder County).
Scope and Content
Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil, criminal or probate action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series.
A probate register of actions may contain the following entries for each case: the name or names of the individuals involved; the type of case being heard; the name of the petitioner's attorney; a list of each action taken in the case and the date that action was taken.
Research Note
The earliest book in this series is labeled "Book A" and includes material from the territorial period. Subsequently the first book created by the District Court is labeled "Book 6" with all book numbers following chronologically after that. There are no known books created by the court with a book number preceding 6.
Research Note
The earliest book in this series is labeled "Book A" and includes material from the territorial period. Subsequently the first book created by the District Court is labeled "Book 6" with all book numbers following chronologically after that. There are no known books created by the court with a book number preceding 6.
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 cited in record books kept by the court. 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
Probate case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11796, contains the case files cited throughout these record books.
Index to probate registers from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26051, is comprised of an index book to the probate registers of action which can be used to locate specific probate index numbers between 1896 and 1966.
Probate minute books from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26052, describe the daily proceedings of the court related to probate cases.
Indexing Terms
Court records--Utah--Box Elder County
Probate records--Utah--Box Elder County
| REEL | VOLUME | DATE | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | A | 1886 - 1902 | N/A |
| 1 | 6 | 1899 - 1915 | N/A |
| 2 | 7 | 1915 - 1923 | 1-640 |
| 2 | 8 | 1923 - 1934 | 641-1279 |
| 3 | 9 | 1934 - 1942 | 1280-1908 |
| 3 | 10 | 1942 - 1950 | 1909-2546 |
| 4 | 11 | 1950 - 1958 | 2547-3146 |
| 4 | 12 | 1958 - 1964 | 3147-3746 |
| 5 | 13 | 1964 - 1970 | 3747-4346 |
| 5 | 14 | 1971 - 1977 | 4347-4946 |
| 6 | 15 | 1976 - 1981 | 4947-5544 |
| 6 | 16 | 1981 - 1987 | 5545-6089 |