Series:
Files relating to the Administration of Intestate Estates
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1827
End Date:
31 Dec 1948
Creating Agency:
| Public Trustee (Public Trust Office) (TA38) | 01 Jan 1912 |
| Curator of Intestate Estates (Office) (TA37) | 01 Jan 1853 | 31 Dec 1912 |
Related Series:
| SC131 Index to Copies of Orders issued on Application of the Curator of Intestate Estates or Public Trustee | 01 Jan 1854 | 31 Dec 1919 |
| SC130 Copies of Orders issued on the Application of the Curator of Intestate Estates, or Public Trustee | 01 Sep 1854 | 21 Nov 1919 |
Series notes:
This is a series of records created in the course of administering the estates of deceased persons who did not have a will and, in a small number of cases, people who did die with a will.
The files contain a wide variety of material. This can include: affidavits, statements of assets and liabilities, legal correspondence, family information, occasional photographs and personal belongings of individuals such as diaries and personal correspondence.
Where the files contain photographs, this is mentioned in descriptive information at the item/file level.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Alphabetical although the files do have registration numbers. The numbers are those used for the Orders which will be found in SC130
Items: