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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 87
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (8th Circuit : Alachua County)
Title, Dates: Probate records, 1828-1948.
Amount: 8.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Arranged by record type, then chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     Alachua County was created by an act of the Legislative Council on December 29, 1824.  Created out of St. Johns and Duval counties, its boundaries underwent several changes until 1925.  The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
Summary:     The series consists of a microfilm copy of probate records of Alachua County, Florida from 1848 to 1948.  The materials include a record of wills, bonds and letters, administrator's bonds, inventories, appraisements, settlements, an index of estates, and an index to adjudicated cases.  It should be noted that only some of the materials are indexed.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Circuit, Alachua County.  Office of the Clerk.  Gainesville, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Probate records Florida --Alachua County
Probate records. aat
Wills. aat
Estate inventories. aat
Alachua County (Fla.)
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