Department of Accounting and General Services

PROBATE RECORDS OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT. 1847-1900.  67.3 cubic feet in 61 cubic foot and 2 5-inch boxes, and 24 oversize volumes.  Arranged in the following order: case files and minute books.  Case files are arranged numerically.  Contains cases 1 through 3274.  The minute books are arranged starting with probate minute books followed by inheritance tax record books in chronological order.  In order to divide the estate of a deceased person, probate proceedings were initiated and the division of property and wealth were adjudicated in the circuit courts and the Supreme Court.  Case files have been microfilmed and cataloged as MFL 52.   The minute books generally contain holographic copies of wills, petitions, inventories, orders, and judgments.  Record books of inheritance tax are arranged chronologically and provide the date and amount of inheritance tax paid.  The Archives has physical possession of case files 3589, 3905, 4064, 4319, 5322, 5323, 5324, and 5363 as artifacts.  The record copy of these records is in the custody of the First Circuit Court.

WILLS.  1852-1916.  4 cubic feet in 4 cubic foot boxes.  Arranged in the following order: Wills of the First Circuit and Wills of Other Circuits.  Wills of the First Circuit are arranged numerically and contains will numbers 1 through 615.  The Wills of Other Circuits are arranged numerically and contains will numbers 1 through 678.  The Wills of the First Circuit date from 1893 to 1916 and total two cubic feet.  The Wills of Other Circuits date from 1852 to 1916 and total two cubic feet.  The wills have been microfilmed and cataloged as MFL 53.

PROBATE RECORDS OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT.  1849-1917.  23.2 cubic feet in 21 cubic foot and 2 5-inch boxes, and 15 oversize volumes.  36 microfilm reels:  33 16 mm and 3 35 mm reels.  Arranged in the following order: case files, index, and minute books.  Case files are arranged in two numerical systems: 1849-1916 contains case numbers 1 through 1761; and 1851-1917 contains A1 through A149.  Files for case numbers 533, 1425, 1672, and 1745 were not transferred the Archives.  The index to case files is arranged alphabetically.  Minute books are arranged chronologically.  Microfilmed case files are arranged in two numerical systems; case numbers 1 through 1761 and A1 through A149.  Probate minute books, volumes A through J, 1860-1902 are on microfilm and arranged in alphabetical order.  All probate case files have been microfilmed and cataloged as MFL 55.  The minute books may contain holographic copies of wills, petitions, inventories, orders, and judgments.  Probate minute books, volumes A through J, 1860-1902 have been microfilmed and cataloged asMFL 80.

PROBATE RECORDS OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT.  1854-1897.  7.7 cubic feet in 6 cubic foot and 1 5-inch boxes, and 9 oversize volumes.  Arranged in the following order: case files and minute books.  Case files are arranged numerically.  Contains cases 1 through 679.  Minute books are arranged chronologically.  Case files have been microfilmed and cataloged as MFL 57.  The minute books generally contain holographic copies of wills, petitions, inventories, orders and judgments.  Case files from 1881 to 1904 for the districts of Hamakua, Hilo and Puna on the island of Hawaii are filed in Probate Case Files of the Fourth Circuit Court (Series 020).

PROBATE CASE FILES OF THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT.  1881-1904.  7.8 cubic feet in 7 cubic foot and 2 5-inch boxes.Arranged numerically in two numbering systems.  Contains cases 1 through 273 (Old Series) and A1 through A28 (A Series).  Files for cases 7, 69, 142, 165, 172, 211, 228, and 263 (Old Series) were not transferred to the Archives.  File numbering systems were established by the Archives in conjunction with the creation of an index to these case files.  Case files have been microfilmed and cataloged as MFL 59.

PROBATE RECORDS OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT.  1851-1914.  13.3 cubic feet in 11 cubic foot and 2 5-inch boxes, and 13 oversize volumes.  Arranged in the following order: case files and minute books.  Case files are arranged numerically.  Contains cases 1 through 700.  Minute books are arranged chronologically.  Case files have been microfilmed and cataloged as MFL 61.  The minute books may contain holographic copies of wills, petitions, inventories, orders, and judgments.  Records in this series dated before 1892 may be identified as Fourth Circuit Court documents.  Kauai and Niihau were designated as the Fourth Circuit prior to 1892.