Sonoma County Probate Court records, 1854-1952

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Summary

Creators:
California. Probate Court (Sonoma County)
Abstract:
This collection contains records of the Probate Court concerning wills and other matters of probate. Records include index to surety bonds, bond on sale of real estate, bond of guardian upon qualifying, bond of administrator and executor.
Extent:
47 volumes
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Official records of the Sonoma County Probate Court.

Arrangement of the collection

Organized into two series and eighteen subseries:

  1. Probate Court records, 1854-1979
    • 1.01. General index to bonds, 1912-1921
    • 1.00. Surety bonds, 1917-1921
    • 1.03. Record of wills, 1854-1936
    • 1.04. Letters of guardianship, 1870-1884
    • 1.05. Minutes of the Probate Court, 1854-1857
    • 1.06. Miscellaneous bonds, 1901-1919
    • 1.07. Probate Court calendar, 1862-1880
    • 1.08. Public Administrator's register, 1924-1925
    • 1.09. Letters of administration and bonds, 1861-1952
    • 1.10. Collateral inheritance tax record, 1905-1935
    • 1.11. Bond of sale of real estate, 1884-1921
    • 1.12. Letters testamentary, 1872-1884
    • 1.13. Probate Court index, 1857-1859
    • 1.14. Fee Book--County Court, 1857-1859
    • 1.15. Ledger, 1915-1923
    • 1.16. Letters, 1855-1860
    • 1.17. Index (to Wills Book B), 1857-1898
  2. Probate Court Department One records, 1904-1913
    • 2.01. Minutes of probate cases, 1904-1913

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition DACS

Access and use

Location of this collection:
6135 State Farm Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
Contact:
(707) 545-0831
digital@sonomalibrary.org
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