Guide to the WI Taylor County Court Probate Case Files,​ 1878-​1946

Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. County Court (Taylor County): Probate Case Files

Inclusive Dates: 1878-1946

Creator: Wisconsin. County Court (Taylor County)

Call Number: Taylor Series 9

Quantity: 21.2 c.f. (21 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 24 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division

Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. 

Abstract: Case files pertaining to probate of estates, descent of real estate, determination of heirships, and some criminal cases heard before the County Court in Eau Claire County. Included are depositions, motions, inventories, and other documents filed with the court. Records from 1878-circa 1919 are available only on microfilm.

Note: The microfilm consists of service copies of film produced in 1987 and 1999 by the Genealogical Society of Utah which holds the master negative.

Language: English

Arrangement of the Materials

By case file number, which is roughly chronological.

Other Finding Aids

'Probate Index” (Taylor Series 14) and “County Court Index and Record“ (Taylor Series 10) index these records.

Search Terms/Subject Terms

• Probate law and practice—Wisconsin—Taylor County--Cases

Contents List

Reel 1Case Files #1-36 Note: Case File #12 is filed in Box 23.Reel 2Case Files #36 continued -103Reel 3Case Files #105-215 Note: Case Files #216 and #217 are filed in Box 23Reel 4Case Files #218-344 Reel 5Case Files #345-379Reel 6Case Files #382-447 Note: Case File #422 is filed in Box 23.Reel 7Case Files #448-499Reel 8Case Files #499 continued -547 Reel 9Case Files #547 continued -739Reel 10Case Files #740-781Reel 11Case Files #781 continued -806Reel 12Case Files #807-854Reel 13Case Files #858-931Reel 14Case Files #932-984 Reel 15Case Files #986-1055 Reel 16Case Files #1055 continued -1096 Reel 17Case Files #1099-1131 Reel 18Case Files #1132-1192 Reel 19Case Files #1194-1228Reel 20Case Files #1228 continued -1270Reel 21Case Files #1272-1324 Reel 22Case Files #1325-1364Reel 23Case Files #1365-1422 Reel 24Case Files #1423-1532Box 1Case Files #1533-1547Box 2Case Files #1557-1670Box 3Case Files #1672-1766Box 4Case Files #1767-1857 Box 5Case Files #1858-1968Box 6Case Files #1972-2101Box 7Case Files #2109-2170 Box 8Case Files #2171-2248Box 9Case Files #2250-2362Box 10Case Files #2367-2496Box 11Case Files #2505-2607 Box 12Case Files #2610-2694 Box 13Case Files #2696-2774Box 14Case Files #2778-2941Box 15Case Files #2945-3024Box 16Case Files #3025-3131Box 17Case Files #3136-3257Box 18Case Files #3261-3384Box 19Case Files #3386-3500Box 20Case Files #3502-3631 Box 21Case Files #3634-3782Box 22Case Files #3785-3852 Box 23Case Files #12, 216-217, 422