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

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