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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 142
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (13th Circuit : Hillsborough County)
	Title, Dates:	Probate records, 1845-1930.
	Amount:	76.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Subdivided into (1) Indexes, arranged alphabetically; (2) Record books, arranged chronologically; and (3) Probate case files, arranged numerically by case number.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Hillsborough County was created by an act (No. 25, Laws) of the Legislative Council on January 25, 1834. Originally a part of Alachua and Monroe counties, Hillsborough county underwent several boundary changes. During the 1850s and 1860s Hillsborough and Orange counties were adjoined. How they were adjoined and subsequently separated is unresolved due to confused statutes. Several counties were created from Hillsborough; Manatee on January 9, 1855 (No. 19, Laws), Polk on December 13, 1861 (No. 50, Laws) and Pinellas on May 23, 1911 (No. 128, Laws). The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
	Summary:	This series contains a microfilm copy of probate records from 1845 to 1930 for the County Court of Hillsborough County, Florida. The records document the administration of an estate after an individual's death. The records include an index to probate dockets, a register of estates, local and foreign wills, administration records, guardianship records, inventories, probate minutes, real estate sales books, and probate case files. There are indexes to probate cases on microfilm, but the Archives does not have the microfilm that the indexes reference. An Index to Estates for 1852 to 1924 can be found with the marriage records of Hillsborough County. Most of the records are indexed.
	Finding Aids:	Microfilm listing available.
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	Reproduction Note:	Microfilm.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Circuit Court, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County. Office of the Clerk. Tampa, Florida.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Probate records Florida --Hillsborough County Probate records. aat Wills. aat Estate inventories. aat Hillsborough County (Fla.)
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