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.