Ontario Government Record Series RG 22-369

Timiskaming District Surrogate Court estate files

About these records

Title
Timiskaming District Surrogate Court estate files
Dates of Creation
1913-1976
Physical Description

30 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.

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

Click on the link(s) below for more information.

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. Series also contains material owned by various other copyright owners. To find out more about the copyright status of the particular material you wish to use, consult a Reference Archivist. There are no restrictions on reproduction for research and private study. If you wish to use otehr than for research and private study any of this material, submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast Form.
Availability of Other Formats

The pre-1931 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-1931 Timiskaming 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.

1913-1976 :

Surrogate Courts (BA44)

How to order these records

From our Reading Rooms

For the years 1913-1948, consult RG 22-5161 (Timiskaming District Surrogate Court index) on MS 887, Reel 81. For those years after 1948 where the Archives does not hold an index, consult the Superior Court of Justice, 393 Main Street, Haileybury, Ontario, P0J 1K0 for a file number and year.

For 1913-1930 files, consult the self-service microfilm listing for Timiskaming District available online in the Microfilm Interloan Catalogue or in the User's Guide to Surrogate Courts and Surrogate Clerk Microfilm Reels in the Archives' Reading Room.

The post-1930 files have not been microfilmed so the original records must be requested from off-site storage. A minimum of 1 business day is required to retrieve off-site material from storage. Please contact a Reference \capsA\caps0rchivist 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_timmins_t.aspx