Wills, Administrations, Probate and Inventories
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FIBIS resources
The following information is available on the FIBIS Search database.
- Bengal Wills in the India Office Records 1780 to 1866 Complete, 1867-1909 surnames beginning ‘A’ only.
- Officers Wills in the India Office Records an index and extract from the IOR series L/AG/34/30/30. The wills of only 37 officers are included. They cover all three presidencies over the years 1831 to 1875
- Administration Act Books Administrations relating to India 1830 to 1857
- Limited Administration Act Books relating to India 1830 to 1839
External Links
British Library webpage Wills and Administration with sources from the India Office Records
Note that if you are searching for a person who lived out of Calcutta and the other capitals, up-country, in the mofussil, they will probably be found in the records of the District Courts, not the Supreme Courts
The LDS (Mormon) Family History Library Catalogue contains many films of records which originated in the India Office. This link, obtained by a keyword search for : Probate, India lists them out
