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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 331
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit : Wakulla County)
	Title, Dates:	Probate records, 1892-1952.
	Amount:	2.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Wakulla County was created by the Legislative Council of Florida on March 11, 1843 (Chap. 25, Laws). It was formed from the southern portion of Leon County. In 1892, a fire destroyed the Wakulla County courthouse. 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 a microfilm copy of the probate records for Wakulla County, Florida from 1892 to 1952. The series contains letters of guardianship (1892-1950), miscellaneous probate records (1892-1950) and letters testamentary (1895-1952). Probate is the transfer of property title and rights and of legal responsibility for payment of taxes or of custody from the deceased to another party, from a person judged incompetent or insane, or from a minor to an appointed guardian. Probate records document the administration and distribution of an individual's estate after death. The need for a guardian usually occurs when a decedent is survived by minor children who by law are not considered capable of managing their own life. Thus the court appoints a guardian. The guardianship records include letters of guardianship, orders appointing guardians, guardianship oaths and bonds, and annual returns. Letters testamentary are the formal instruments of authority and appointment given to a person by the probate court, giving him the powers of executor of a decedent's will. The executor carries out the directions and requests of the will and disposes of the decedent's property.
	Finding Aids:	Microfilm listing available.
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	Reproduction Note:	Microfilm.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Wakulla County. Office of the Clerk. Crawfordville, Florida.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Probate records Florida --Wakulla County Guardianship Probate records. aat Wills. aat Letters of administration. aat Wakulla County (Fla.)
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