NRS-13340 | Deceased estate files

Full description

A deceased estate file is created for every individual who dies leaving property or other assets and on whose estate therefore death duties have to be paid. The files contain the following: affidavit required to be lodged with application for administration of estate, inventory of assets, statement showing basis of assessment of death duties, valuation statements, information on additional assets discovered in the estate subsequent to the granting of probate, correspondence and other papers relating to the assessment of death duty. Some files contain copies of wills lodged with the Probate Office. The files are maintained in sequential "series" (Z to B) and include a series of Duty Paid files (1887-1923).

(20/1-7089, 10/9243-54). 7,101 boxes.

Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.