Probate Records

Probate records are very important to family history researchers by revealing familial relationships and patterns of wealth. All probate records are created witin the court system (probate or county courts) and the most useful of the records are probate records case files. The Wisconsin Historical Society holds many probate case files from the Oshkosh ARC juristiction on security microfilm which is not accessable. In these cases you must contact the county Registers in Probate (RIP) for access as they hold user thecopies. Therefore, with the exception of Marquette and Winnebago county, you must contact the RIP office for copies of probate case files from counties in this ARC jurisdiction.

There are many other probate records, however, that are very useful to genealogical research including summary books, guardianship books, books of wills, etc.. Check ArCat for listings of the various other probate materials held by the Oshkosh ARC.