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Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series consists of documents relating to the administration of estates that were filed with or issued by the provincial
Prerogative Court or the State Court of Probates. Each file may contain letters of administration; performance bonds of administrators
and executors; renunciations of executorships; accounts of administrators and executors; caveats preventing the probating
of a will or appointment of an administrator; wills; property inventories; testimony; affidavits; depositions; appeals from
county Surrogate's Courts; petitions; quietuses removing executors; and other court orders.
Creator:
Title:
Court of Probates administration papers
Quantity:
12.5 cubic feet
17 microfilm rolls 35mm
Inclusive Dates:
1700-1823
Series Number:
J0033
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