District Court (Eighth District : Uintah County) Probate index

Dates: 1888-1990.

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

Scope and Content

This series contains two name indexes to probate cases handled by the court. The first volume appears to have been created in the 1970's based on older records, such as the indexes in the probate registers of action. It indexes the registers of action, providing case numbers, as well as the register and page numbers. The second volume was created in the mid-1980's based on the first volume and records only case numbers. The court continued to add to this second index until 1990.

Arrangement

Alphabetical by first letter of surname, thereunder chronological.

Related Records

Probate case files from the District Court (Eighth District : Uintah County), Series 14198, are indexed by this series.

Probate registers of action from the District Court (Fourth District : Uintah County), Series 27216, contain individual volume indexes that were used in compiling this comprehensive index.

Custody History

The District Court transferred these volumes to the State Archives in June 2011.

Access Restrictions

This series is primarily classified as Public. The secondary classification is Exempt: This series contains information about adoptions, which is considered private for 100 years. (UCA 78-30-15).

Preferred Citation

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

Processing Note

This series was archivally processed by Alan Barnett in November 2011.

Indexing Terms

Container List

REEL	BOX	DESCRIPTION
pending	1	Probate index; 1888-1976
pending	1	Probate Index; 1888-1990