Series 26052
District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Probate minute books
Dates: 1886-1904.
2 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
In court minute books the clerk summarized or described the daily proceedings of the court. All entries in these minute books relate to probate, which includes the distribution of the estates of diseased persons, guardianships for minors and incompetent adults, and adoptions. Prior to statehood (1896) Box Elder County Probate Court clerk kept these minutes. Thereafter, they were maintained by the clerk of First District Court (Box Elder County). After 1904 probate matters were included in the general minute books and were not maintained in separate books.
Images Available
This series is available online as part of the Utah State Archives Digital Archives.
Access Restrictions
This series is primarily designated as Public. The secondary designation is Exempt: Disclosure of adoption information is prohibited for 100 years. Data on incorporations/dissolutions, estates of deceased persons, guardianships, and name changes are normally public.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Indexes: There is a seperate index on reel 1 that can be used to access specific entries in the probate minute books.
Related Records
Probate case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11796, can be used to identify individual case files that appear in this series.
Probate registers of actions from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26049, describe the daily proceedings of the court related to probate cases.
Indexing Terms
Court administration--Box Elder County (Utah)
Probate records--Box Elder County (Utah)
| REEL | VOLUME | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | Index | 1886 - 1904 |
| 2 | 1 | 1886 - 1903 |
| 2 | 2 | 1903 - 1904 |