- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5C6S9W4E8
- Category:
- Ontario
- Creator:
- Upper Canada. Surrogate Court (Wentworth County).
- Material Description:
- 6 microfilm textual records 35 mm
- Background:
The first Prerogative Court in the Province was established in 1788. In 1793 the Prerogative Court was replaced by two new Courts, the Probate Court and the Surrogate Court.
- Contents:
The Estate Files include both testate and intestate estates. They consist of Wills and Codicils; Letters of Probate and Administration; petitions for Letters of Administration and Guardianship; bonds; inventories of estates; subpoenas; and many other related documents. The material is arranged by estate number on the microfilm. Only the first 325 files are available in the Loyalist Collection.
- Originals:
- The original documents are held by the Archives of Ontario.
- Archival Ref. No.:
- Finding Aids:
A nominal index is included at the beginning of the first reel of microfilm and includes the whole collection.
The index is available in print and as a PDF in the electronic finding aid section.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Index_Estate-Files_UC-Surrogate-Court-Wentworth.pdf