District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Probate record books

Dates: 1876-1966.

34 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Scope and Content

This series contains probate record books that were maintained by both the Territorial 1st and 3rd District Court and the current 1st District Court of Box Elder County. Probate record books are a daily record of what documents were filed in court on a particular day. No longer produced, probate record books provide useful information both for researchers seeking socioeconomic data on households and those seeking biographical or family history data such as information about the estate, the deceased, and the heirs. As with the minutes, access to the record books is easiest when done in conjunction with the register of actions, which provides the date of each action.

Arrangement

Chronological by date.

Related Records

Probate case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11796, contains copies of compiled judgments and orders from this series.

Index to probate registers from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26051, contains further record of the probate proceedings indexed by this series.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

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.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Processing Note

The finding aid for this series was created by Jim Kichas in June 2006. Inventorying of individual microfilm reels and creation of the associated container list was completed by Allen Clark in January 2006.

Indexing Terms

Container List

REEL	VOLUME	DESCRIPTION
1	C	1876-1887
1	3	1882-1893
1	4	1893-1899
2	4	1893-1899
2	5	1898-1902
2	6	1902-1904
3	6	1902-1904
3	7	1904-1906
3	8	1906-1907
4	8	1906-1907
4	9	1907-1908
4	10	1908-1910
5	10	1908-1910
5	11	1910-1911
5	12	1911-1915
6	12	1911-1915
6	13	1913-1915
6	14	1915-1916
7	15	1915-1916
7	16	1918-1919
7	17	1919-1920
8	17	1919-1920
8	18	1920-1921
8	19	1921-1922
9	19	1921-1922
9	20	1922-1924
9	21	1924-1926
10	21	1924-1926
10	22	1925-1927
10	23	1927-1928
11	23	1927-1928
11	24	1928-1930
11	25	1930-1931
12	26	1931-1933
12	27	1933-1935
12	28	1935-1936
13	28	1935-1936
13	29	1936-1937
13	30	1937-1939
14	30	1937-1939
14	31	1939-1940
14	32	1940-1941
15	32	1940-1941
15	33	1941-1942
15	34	1942-1944
16	34	1942-1944
16	35	1944-1945
16	36	1945-1946
17	36	1945-1946
17	37	1946-1948
17	38	1948-1949
18	39	1949-1950
18	40	1950-1952
18	41	1952-1953
19	41	1952-1953
19	42	1953-1955
19	43	1955-1956
20	43	1955-1956
20	44	1956-1957
20	45	1957-1959
21	45	1957-1959
21	46	1959-1960
21	47	1960-1962
22	47	1960-1962
22	48	1962-1963
22	49	1963-1964
23	49	1963-1964
23	50	1964-1965
24	51	1965-1966
25	52	1966-1967
26	52	1966-1967
26	53	1967-1968
26	54	1968-1969
27	54	1968-1969
27	55	1969-1970
27	56	1970-1971
28	56	1970-1971
28	57	1971-1972
29	58	1972-1973
29	59	1973
30	59	1973