Upper Canada Ontario Surrogate Court Estate Files and Will Database

These records include stand-alone wills and more detailed estate files that include will probates and letters of administration...a will may be the final statement of your ancestor's life, and may give some sort of an idea of the personality of your ancestors....as well as giving us an indication of what was going on in the family...who was favoured/disfavoured, who were the 'black sheep', locations of far-away sons or daughters, married names of daughters, and names of grandchildren....also important information on the family property and sometimes the distribution of family 'heirlooms'. Letters of administration usually indicate that a person died intestate, without a will. This was a very common situation in the pioneer years, when our many of our ancestors made their wills on their deathbeds! Early, accidental or unexpected deaths usually meant that the surrogate court issued letters of administration, containing applications from the widow and/or children/relatives for disbursement of the property/belongings of the deceased. These documents often contain interesting and informative information for your family genealogy.
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More records will be added to the database as time permits. Don't see an ancestor listed, email me ancestor name, approximate date and location of death, and I will check my research databases.

Brant County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated February 11, 2020
Bruce County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated Feb 12, 2020
Carleton County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated October 8, 2019
Durham County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated September 14, 2019
Elgin County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated December 22, 2019
Essex County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated December 29, 2019
Frontenac County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated November 19, 2021
Grey County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated February 25, 2019
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Huron County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated August 31, 2019
Kent County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated September 1, 2019
Lambton County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated January 3, 2020
Lanark County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated May 20, 2022
Leeds and Grenville Counties Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated May 18, 2022
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Lincoln County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated January 4, 2020
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Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry Counties Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated April 8, 2022
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Waterloo County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated April 9, 2022
Welland County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated April 1, 2022
Wellington County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated May 18, 2022
Wentworth County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated December 20, 2019
York County Surrogate Court Records and Wills  Updated December 19, 2019

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