La Porte County, Indiana, Early Probate Records, 1833-1850 - Paperback

This book contains the following information from the earliest probate records for La Porte County: (a) Probate Order Book A, which tracks the daily activities of the probate court as recorded by its clerk--these cases begin in 1833 and end in 1842; (b) Probate Complete Record [Book] A, which gives full accounts of some of the completed probate cases, including clerks' copies of some of the material submitted to the court in the process--these cases begin in 1833 and end in 1848; and (c) the first roll of microfilmed "loose papers" or "probate packets" that were submitted to the court during the probate process, including administrator's reports, receipts, bills, inventories, sales, bonds, letters, and more--these are usually original papers with the original signatures, and the cases begin in 1836 and end in 1850.