Sonoma County Probate Court Records, 1854-1952 | Sonoma County Archives

By Mark Cooper

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Collection Overview

Title: Sonoma County Probate Court Records, 1854-1952

Creator: Sonoma County (Calif.). Probate Court

Extent: 47.0 Volumes

Arrangement: Chronological

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Records including index to surety bonds, bond on sale of real estate, bond of guardian upon qualifying, bond of administrator and executor.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be learned by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To see these materials, please call staff (707/545-0831, ext. 562) to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Use Restrictions: No restrictions

Preferred Citation: Sonoma County Probate Court Records, 1854-1952. Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Santa Rosa, CA.

Processing Information: Data extracted from SCL marc records.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Item:

[Item: General index to bonds, 1912-1921],
[Series: Surety bonds, 1917-1921],
[Series: Record of wills, 1854-1936],
[Series: Letters of guardianship, 1870-1884],
[Series: Minutes of the Probate Court, 1854-1857],
[Series: Miscellaneous bonds, 1901-1919],
[Item: Probate Court calendar, 1862-1880],
[Series: Public Administrator's Register, 1924-1925],
[Series 9: Letters of administration and bonds, 1861-1952],
[Series: Collateral inheritance tax record, 1905-1935],
[Series: Bond of sale of real estate, 1884-1921],
[Item: Letters testamentary, 1872-1884],
[Item: Probate Court index, 1857-1859],
[Series: Fee Book - County Court, 1857-1859],
[Item: Ledger, 1915-1923],
[Item: Letters, 1855-1860],
[Item: Index (to wills Book B), 1872-1898],
[All]

Series: Letters of administration and bonds, 1861-1952

For later years see Sonoma County Superior Court

Note: Series content list:

1861-1871 : Cabinet 8 : Volume A : Accession 1323

1861-1871 : Cabinet 9 : Volume [???] : Accession 1376

1941-1952 : Cabinet 14 : Volume 2 : Accession 1583

1951-1952 : Cabinet 15 : Volume 10 : Accession 1668