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INTESTACIES, INSOLVENCIES AND WILLS 1859-1900 with QFHSdatasearch Version 1.5.

An index to all Queensland Government Gazette notices relating to intestacies, insolvencies and wills 1859-1916. The CD also includes, where found, other associated notices, an index to intestacy returns 1896-1910, scanned images of Gazetted source pages, and an index to Supreme Court Brisbane Originating Summonses 1901-1906. Searching the indexes by name, year and other details is made easy using the popular searching and sorting capabilities of our very own developed QFHSdatasearch interface. Features include field oriented and keyword searches, Boolean selection, sorting, wildcard searches and, when applicable, links to the source images for intestacy returns. These three indexes provide a valuable guide to death related and other legal information for the period.

Highlights of the main index: approx. 87,000 entries listing name, residence, occupation, type of notice, court, date and Gazette reference. All persons in each notice have been indexed, including executors, administrators and trustees, to provide as complete a coverage as possible of those involved. Gazette notices may contain further information, eg relationships to others mentioned in the notice and, for insolvencies, the dividends declared. The intestacy index of approx. 31,000 entries lists name, where died, where born, court, and Gazette reference. The notices also indicate the total amount received, paid and invested for the estates of the listed persons. The Supreme Court index of approx. 4,000 entries includes residence, occupation and notes on the nature of the summons. View the images in Acrobat Reader (free and downloadable).