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Indexes - Wills 1857-1910

This index was compiled from the original Supreme Court files:

Background

This Index has a number of advantages over the indexes previously in use.

Indexing errors, and errors in interpreting old handwriting, have been corrected in this new index. This index includes files from all districts, 1857-1900. From 1901 onwards each District will have a separate Index.

This index does NOT include the Public Curator files (commonly referred to as "intestacies") in which many other wills can be found. Wills are not only for those who died in Queensland.

Each ecclesiastical file relates to the Estate of a Deceased Person administered by the Executors appointed in the will or, where no will exists, by an appointed Administrator (other than the Public Curator) where this was approved by the Supreme Court.

The files contain documents which include information such as name, address and occupation of the deceased, date and place of death, next of kin, an inventory of property and its value and disposition.

Documents in each file may include: Petition or Request for Probate, Affidavit of the administrator or executor appointed, Certificate of Death, Stamp Commissioner's Certificate, copy of the Probate Notice, Inventory, Affidavit as to the publication and search of the death notice, Bill of Costs, Certificate of Taxation, Last Will & Testament of the deceased.

The left image below (click for larger image) depicts the title page of an affidavit of value in the name of Margaret Low. On the right is the first page of the will of William Reeves.

title page of an affidavit of value in the name of Margaret Low first page of the will of William Reeves

See also - Brief Guide to Will and Intestacy Records.

Explanatory Notes

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Wills 1857-1900 (All Districts)

Aaroe to Colley (PDF 274KB)
Collier to Graham E. (PDF 281KB)
Graham E. to Learmounth (PDF 276KB)
Learmouth to North J. (PDF 278KB)
North J. to Smith H. (PDF 276KB)
Smith H. to Zwiszler (PDF 257KB)

Southern District Wills 1900-1910

A'Beckett to Zwoener (PDF 290KB)


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Last Updated: Monday, 18 February 2008
Wills 1857 - 1910

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Send $12 for each item requested. For this fee you will receive a copy of the entire file. Please note that sometimes there is no Will or inventory included in the file and that death certificates were only included from about the mid 1890s onwards.

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