Ontario Government Record Series RG 22-370

Cochrane District Surrogate Court estate files

About these records

Title
Cochrane District Surrogate Court estate files
Dates of Creation
1923-1976
Physical Description

29.4 metres of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of estate files containing the original documentation filed with the court in proceedings leading to a grant of probate or administration. Typically, an estate file includes the original will in cases of probate, administration bonds in cases of administration, petitions for probate or administration and supporting affidavits, and the order for probate or administration.

While some inventories of estates exist for the early period, the occurrence of these in the files becomes more frequent after 1892 when the Succession Duty Act required detailed inventories and lists of heirs to be included in the files of taxable estates. When the value of taxable estates was lowered by an amendment to the act in 1907, the presence of these inventories and lists becomes even more common.

If the will or the grant of probate or administration was contested, the estate file should also include the caveat filed against the estate, relevant citations and affidavits, and the final judgment issued by the court.

Files are arranged numerically by grant number.

Administrative History or Biographical Sketch

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Ontario. Surrogate Courts
Restrictions on Access
Researchers must use the microfilm version whenever it is available.
Terms For Use and Reproduction
Copyright is primarily held by the Crown. There are no restrictions on reproduction. Permission of the Archives of Ontario is required for publication; submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast Form.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records were transferred to the Archives of Ontario from the Cochrane Courthouse.
Availability of Other Formats

The pre-1932 estate files are available on microfilm.
Accruals

The Archives of Ontario receives annual accruals to this series.

Finding Aid
A microfilm listing for the pre-1932 Cochrane District estate files is available online as part of the Microfilm Interloan Catalogue and in the User's Guide to Surrogate Courts and Surrogate Clerk Microfilm Reels in the Archives' Reading Room.

Agency or agencies that created these records

These records were created by the following Ontario government agency or agencies. Click on the agency reference code for information about this agency and other records it created.

1923-1976 :

Surrogate Courts (BA44)

How to order these records

From our Reading Rooms

For the years 1921-1927, consult RG 22-1457 (Cochrane District Surrogate Court index) on MS 887, Reel 58. For those years after 1927 where the Archives does not hold an index, consult the Court of Justice, 149 Fourth Avenue, Box 638, Cochrane, Ontario, P0L 1C0 for a file number and year.

A microfilm listing for the pre-1932 Cochrane District estate files is available online as part of the Microfilm Interloan Catalogue and in the User's Guide to Surrogate Courts and Surrogate Clerk Microfilm Reels in the Archives' Reading Room.

The post-1931 files have not been microfilmed so the original records must be requested from offsite storage. A minimum of 1 business day is required to retrieve the material onsite. Please contact a Reference archivist for more information on how to order these records.

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By Microfilm Interloan
Some of this material is available through the Archives of Ontario's Microfilm Interloan Service, which allows you to borrow microfilmed archival records through a library or other institution that participates in the interlibrary loan system.

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/surrogate_court_cochrane_t.aspx