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A last will and testament from 1863

Probate packets

This webinar focuses on probate sources in the State Archives Collection and how to find them

  • Family history
  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • State Archives Collection
  • Webinar
Screenshot from the probate file of Ewen John Powell

Archives behind the scenes - probate packets

In this episode of Archives Behind the Scenes, Coleen shows us the very popular Probate Packets which include the last will and testament of the deceased

  • Behind the scenes
  • State Archives Collection
  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • Video
 John Lamb Date of death 17 January 1862, Granted on 5 February 1862

Webinar: Probate packets revisited

This webinar focused on the sources for probate in the State Archives Collection and the techniques you can use to find them

Page from the Probate file of George Barr

Probate packets & wills guide

These records include the last will & testament. A grant of probate is the authority given by the Supreme Court of NSW to the executor(s) to deal with a deceased person's estate

  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • State Archives Collection
  • Collections
  • Family history
Directions for making a will, from a 1929 probate file

Probate packets: what the files can tell you

Probate packets hold the last will and testament, codicils, an inventory of assets of the estate, affidavits of death and other papers

  • Births, deaths & marriages
  • Family history
  • State Archives Collection
  • Regional NSW
  • First Nations

Probate records - supplementary index 1790-1875

This index is for supplementary (early) probate records that are not part of the main probate series and covers the period 1790 to 1875.

Last flight of Charles Kingsford Smith

On 6 November 1935, Charles Kingsford Smith and his co-pilot, JT Pethybridge, departed Britain in the 'Lady Southern Cross' on a record-breaking flight to Australia. Tragically, they and the aircraft disappeared and were never seen again

  • On this day
  • Aviation & airports
  • State Archives Collection
  • Collections
  • Births, deaths & marriages
Screenshot of the front page of a deceased estate file

Deceased estate files

This webinar examines deceased estate files in the State Archives Collection and the techniques you can use to find them

  • Webinar
  • Video
  • State Archives Collection
Oval shaped painting of Mary Reibey in what looks like her later years

Mary Reibey - convict and businesswoman

Mary Reibey is one of the most famous early convict women in the colony of New South Wales

  • Convicts
  • Crime
  • Women's stories
  • State Archives Collection

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