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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 300
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (5th Circuit : Hernando County)
	Title, Dates:	Administration records, 1878-1936.
	Amount:	1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Alphabetical.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Hernando County was created on January 22, 1850 by an act of the Legislature (No. 104, Laws) which changed the name of Benton County to Hernando County. Citrus and Pasco counties were created from portions of Hernando County on June 2, 1887 (No. 22, Laws). The Hernando County Courthouse was destroyed by fire in September of 1877. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
	Summary:	This series consists of the records of adminstrators from Hernando County, Florida from 1878 to 1936. The series contains letters of administration (1884-1929), administrators bond records (1884-1929), and records of administrators accounts (1878-1936). Adminstration records concern people who died intestate--having no valid will and thus no provisions for their estate. These records document the appointment by the court of an adminstrator for such an estate. Administrators were required to submit accounts of the estate to the court. Those accounts detail the holdings of the estate, funds expended to date, and the current value of the estate. The volumes are indexed.
	Finding Aids:	Microfilm listing available.
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	Reproduction Note:	Microfilm.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Hernando County. Office of the Clerk. Brooksville, Florida.
	Associated Materials:	Other Hernando County probate records may be found in series L268-L270.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Probate records Florida --Hernando County Estate inventories. aat Letters of administration. aat Probate records. aat Hernando County (Fla.)
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