Department of Education - Archives Office of Tasmania

Brief Guide 12: records relating to the administration of probate

Copies of these documents can be provided by the Archives Office as part of our usual research service and our standard research fees will apply. For those able to visit the search room our normal copying charges will apply. 

AD906 Index to records relating to the granting of Probate (For later index see AD910)
 
1824 – 1989
AD960 Copies of Wills recording the granting of probate
 
1824 – 1999
AE241 Documents relating to the granting of probate
(Access to Wills contained in these documents will usually be provided via the copies AD960. These documents will only be accessed under exceptional circumstances)
 
1824 – 1950
AD907  Index to records relating to Letters of Administration (For later index see AD910)
 
1825 – 1989
AD961 Copies of Letters of Administration authorising the administration of intestate estates, and recording the granting of probate
 
1825 – 1997
AE242 Documents relating to the granting of Letters of Administration authorising the administration of intestate estates, and recording the granting of probate
 
1825 – 1950
AD908 Index to records relating to Reseals (For later index see AD910)
 
1951 – 1989
AD962 Copies of Wills or Letters of Administration where Probate was filed outside Tasmania certifying Probate was sealed for a second time in Tasmania (Reseals)
 
1950 – 1992
AD909  Index to records relating to “Elections to Administer” (For later index see AD910)
 1913 – 1989
AD963 Copies of “Elections to Administer” for small intestate estates
 
1913 – 1962
AE243 Documents relating to the issue of “Elections to Administer” for small intestate estates
 
1913 – 1950
AD910 Index to records relating to the granting of Probate, Letters of Administration, Reseals, and "Elections to Administer"
1966 - 1994