Series 26049

District Court (First District : Box Elder County) Probate registers of actions, 1886-1987.

6 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil, criminal or probate action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series.

Scope and Content

Records and documents pertaining to a particular civil, criminal or probate action are filed together by the court clerk and collectively these documents constitute the case file. As these records or actions are filed, the clerk enters them in the registers which comprise this series.
A probate register of actions may contain the following entries for each case: the name or names of the individuals involved; the type of case being heard; the name of the petitioner's attorney; a list of each action taken in the case and the date that action was taken.

Research Note

The earliest book in this series is labeled "Book A" and includes material from the territorial period. Subsequently the first book created by the District Court is labeled "Book 6" with all book numbers following chronologically after that. There are no known books created by the court with a book number preceding 6.

Arrangement

Chronologically by date until 1915 and thereafter numerically by case number.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

Utah law, enacted in 1941, sealed all adoption records with the exception that they can be released upon a court order expressly permitting inspection (Laws of Utah, 1941, chapter 17, 14-1-15). This restriction has subsequently been amended (1999) to allow public access one hundred years after the date of final decree or access as provided for in a mutual consent registry (Utah Code 78-30-15, 18). The probate division's jurisdiction over adoptions preceded the enactment of these laws and therefore many adoption records were cited in record books kept by the court. Utah State Archives staff supervises access to this series in order to provide access to probate records, but not to adoption records.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

This series was archivally processed by Jim Kichas and Emily Gurr in June 2008.

Related Material

Probate case files from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 11796, contains the case files cited throughout these record books.
Index to probate registers from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26051, is comprised of an index book to the probate registers of action which can be used to locate specific probate index numbers between 1896 and 1966.
Probate minute books from the District Court (First District : Box Elder County), Series 26052, describe the daily proceedings of the court related to probate cases.

Container List

ReelVolumeDateDescription
1A1886-1902N/A
161899-1915N/A
271915-19231-640
281923-1934641-1279
391934-19421280-1908
3101942-19501909-2546
4111950-19582547-3146
4121958-19643147-3746
5131964-19703747-4346
5141971-19774347-4946
6151976-19814947-5544
6161981-19875545-6089