Sauk County Probate Records

Searchable Probate Record Indices

Directions for Use: Click a button below for the year of interest. Click the center of a book to expand to full screen. Click the magnifying glass (FIND) in the lower right hand corner to search the book by name.

 

Probate Research Fees

 

SCHS Members         

$20 initial request                   

$20/hour after that                   

Photocopying:

$1.00 first page and $.50 for each additional page                              

Non-members

$25 initial request

$30 / hour after that

Photocopying:

$2.00 first page and $1.00 for each additional page

Probate records consist of the documents that settle an estate after someone’s death, whether they died with a will (testate) or without one (intestate). Probate records are important to genealogists because they can provide important information about other family members and the estate of the deceased.

Probate records may include but are not limited to:

  • A will, if there was one

  • A petition for an executor or administrator

  • Amendments or codicils to the will

  • Probate of the will

  • A list of heirs

  • An inventory of the deceased’s estate at time of death

  • A report of the committee for partition when heirs cannot agree amongst themselves about how to divide the estate

  • Receipts from heirs

  • A closing statement by the court

Probate records may also contain information about guardianships and custody matters.