Probate accounts
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Scope Note
: Accounts detailing the process of probate including inventories, final expenses, and the dispensation of property. Historical probate accounts were mostly filed by women and therefore these accounts provide unique information on women's experience in handling property and the history of property relations between men and women.
New York County Surrogate's Court estate inventories
Collection REC-0123
Abstract:
The collection consists of more than 11,000 estate inventories of individuals who died in New York County between 1786 and 1859. The collection was created by the Surrogate's Court, which was created by statute in 1787 and is responsible for the disposition of estate assets for each county in New York State. The collection consists primarily of concise descriptions and valuations of estate assets and debts, in the form of lists. The records, all of which are handwritten, were created by...
Dates:
1786-1859
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Subject Term Details
- Genre / Form
- Probate accounts