We also use cookies to show you the best of New Zealand on other platforms. See our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy to understand how you can manage cookies. Travel Guide. Find about our weather and seasons. How much time do I need? Recommended Experiences. Total trip distance: KM MI. To help you book. However, not everyone who left a will has a probate record. A will was probated if its value was above a certain level set by the government from time to time. As well, Public Trust administered wills go through the courts.
If a person died intestate without making a will there may be Letters of Administration for the estate in the Probate records. Occasionally a will was probated in more than one court. Up to about the old style District Courts also administered Probates, so their records and those of Supreme Courts may need to be searched.
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Up to about , all Public Trust wills from throughout the country were probated in the Wellington Supreme Court. Most probate records contain a variety of documents concerning: establishing the identity of the deceased, executors, and the processing of probate. Name of testator the person who made the will or intestate person, place of residence, occupation, exact date of death, death certificate.
Dates probate was filed and authorised, executors named in the will and confirmed by the court. If for some reason there was no executor to the will, then the court could appoint an administrator. Our probate files have been digitised as part of a joint project between Archives New Zealand and FamilySearch. All probate files over 50 years old can be accessed online, free of charge, for searching, viewing, and printing, via the FamilySearch website.
You do not need a FamilySearch account to access these. Financial details of some early Intestate Estates were published in the New Zealand Gazettes, in the s for example. Some information on property and the settlement of an estate may be obtained from Inland Revenue Department registers which record various duties payable after death.
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Under the Stamp Duties Act , and later acts, the estates of deceased persons had to bear three types of duty: succession, legacy and residuary. The registers record the duty paid and provide detailed information about deceased persons, including the exact date of death and details of the beneficiaries. However, access to all records from onward is restricted.
Prior to all probates for the greater Auckland region went through the Auckland Supreme Court. Gradually other courts were established. Probates from other areas then went through the local Supreme Courts, though for a few years after establishment a probate could be processed in either the Auckland or the local Supreme Court. Records for more than one court may need to be checked.
The probate record you are seeking could be in any one of our four archives depending on the court it went through. Probate files 1st sequence [ AAOF ]. Probate files 2nd sequence [ AAOF ]. Probate files 3rd sequence [ AAOF ]. Probate files 4th sequence [ AAOF ].
Probate files 1st sequence [ AAOW ]. Probate files 2nd sequence [ AAOW ]. Probate files 3rd sequence [ AAOW ]. Probate files 4th sequence [ AAOW ]. Probate files 5th sequence [ AAOW ].
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Please note that this series includes Oamaru probate files from onwards, and Ashburton probate files from to Our Christchurch archive holds the following registers from the Stamp Duties Department and its successor, the Inland Revenue Department. Please note that access to Testamentary Registers and Native Succession Order Registers dated after is restricted. Written permission to view restricted registers must be obtained from Inland Revenue. The following links are to the first volume in each sequence only. Subsequent volumes must be searched separately.
Access to adoption records is restricted. Furthermore, the adoption records held by us see Child Welfare are only a small proportion of all adoption records. We hold many records of aliens in New Zealand. Alien index cards and files can give basic life data. See Research Guide: Citizenship. Many people have changed their names in New Zealand, possibly to hide their past, perhaps to merge into the largely British community. In the 19th century taking on a new name, perhaps just simplified spelling, was common, often without any formal or legal change.
A Deed Poll is a formal record of change of name. Up to 31 March a deed poll to change a name was entered in a Supreme Court register, usually a Miscellaneous Register or sometimes, earlier, an Agency Register, which may be held by us. A researcher needs to identify the court where the change of name was made, and look for an entry and file number in the appropriate registers.
The file might still exist in court records. Court records are held regionally in our four archives.
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A few changes of name before are listed in Archway. There is also one incomplete alphabetical list, of changes both to and from, in the Internal Affairs Index Most of the files to which these registers refer are held in our Wellington archive. Researchers are advised to consult that record. We do not hold a full set of Electoral Rolls. Some are held in hard copy and some on Microfilm, but not all are available to researchers. The available holdings are:. Our Wellington archive holds Microfilms of Electoral Rolls for the period These are available in the reading room.
We hold many records of naturalisation in New Zealand. Later naturalisation files in particular may give life data. Our Auckland archive holds telephone directories from around the country for a range of dates between In Wellington we hold a considerable number of telephone books from throughout New Zealand. In some places the telephone books begin as early as and they all continue through to The early books do not usually list exact street addresses.
See address under the "Births, deaths and marriages" heading. Local bodies have responsibility for cemeteries. Military Service personnel files can provide much life data. They exist from the Anglo-Boer War Our Wellington archive holds files which were closed before the end of These include most First World War files. Contact details are:. What we have. What's been digitised. How to do research. Create a Christmas Wreath - Workshop. Share Create a Christmas Wreath - Workshop with your friends.
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