New South Wales Probate Records

Online Resources

 * 1787-1976 New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 at Ancestry, contains some probate records, images ($)
 * 1790-1875 - Probate Records - Supplementary Index, 1790 to 1875 at New South Wales Archives, index. This index is for supplementary (early) probate records that are not part of the main probate series. It records the name, date, item number and page number.
 * 1790-1814 - Probate papers 1790-1814, New South Wales Supreme Court at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1800-1931 - Registers of copy wills in New South Wales, 1800-1931 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1821-1937 - New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images, ($).
 * 1834-1958O - Office copy of wills. New South Wales. Registrar-General. 1834-1958 at FamilySearch, images of index. Contains an index to the Registrar General's Office list of wills for 1834-1958. Each volume has an A-Z listing.
 * 1859-1958 - New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images, ($).
 * 1880-1939 - Australia, New South Wales Deceased Estates Index, 1880-1939 at MyHeritage, index only ($)
 * 1880-1958 - Card index to deceased estate files (probate), 1880-1958 at FamilySearch, images of index.

Archives
NSW Government State Records and Archives 161 O'Connell Street Kingswood NSW 2747 Australia
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 * Collection Search Engine
 * Family history guides and links
 * NSW Probate Records Guide Tips and techniques to find all the details of NSW probate records.

New South Wales Archives Guides

 * Probate Packets (wills) Guide


 * Deceased Estates Guide A brief overview of the administration of the collection of death duties - Deceased estate files - and how to find the records.
 * Intestate Estates Guide Intestate: A person who dies without leaving a will. This guide provides an overview of the Office of the Curator of Intestate Estates and a select list of related records series.

Supreme Court of New South Wales
Records begin in 1800.

Supreme Court of New South Wales Probate Division G.P.O. Box 3 Sydney New South Wales 2000 AUSTRALIA Website