Old Legal Notices:
Genealogy Clues from Old Probate, Estate, Divorce, Guardianship, Orphans' Court Notices & More

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You'll find notices regarding estates, probate, partnerships, divorces, guardianship, and many other clues along the paper trail of our ancestors! Many of these (especially the estate notices) will describe property at length, name other family members, or even mention neighbors' names in property descriptions!  

Legal notices appear in the order that they're added, with the newest items at the top of the list. 

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Stanislaus County, CA Summons Defendants, 1880

Lost Promissory Note, California, 1880  RHODES, THOMPSON

LUCAS Estate Notice, California, 1880  LUCAS, WHITBY

BOLTON Chancery, TN, 1877

BROOKS Estate, TN, 1877

HOFFMAN Trust, PA, 1842

MUSCHAL, Bexar County, TX, 1867

TRENT, RUTHERFORD, WATKINS, VA, 1823

VAUGHAN Chancery, TN, 1884

REDDITT Estate, TN, 1887 REDDITT, WHITSETT, MILLER, QUIGLEY, CRENSHAW, BARTEAU, KIMBROUGH

Dissolution of Partnership, 1876 WARNER, BOOTH

HUBER Estate is Insolvent, TN, 1879

MOSELEY Non-Resident notice, 1823

LOWNDES Estate, 1828

Boston shipwright Robert WRIGHT has guardian because of drinking, 1817.

BELT Estate Slaves to be Sold, 1828, Maryland

ASHLEY vs. LEWIS & PHELPS, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1873

CHAPPEL Probate, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1873

McCAFFERTY Estate, Philadelphia, PA, 1828

SINK Estate, Philadelphia, PA, 1828.

SOUDER Estate, Philadelphia, PA, 1828

SMITH Divorce, Indiana, 1858

Margaret HAMILTON Estate, 1828

William C. BECK Estate Notice, 1828

LEEDS - CAMPBELL Partnership Dissolution Notice, 1828

Information wanted about the descendants of Patrick LITHGOW, 1828 Philadelphia, PA.

1897 Daniel WEAVER Estate Notice

Orphans' Court: Estate of Chas. KIRKLAND, 1897, Philadelphia, PA

DOYLE Estate, 1897, Philadelphia, PA

FRENCH Estate, 1868

Probate Court News, Galveston, TX April 10, 1909 genealogy

MIFFLIN Notice, 1792.

CARTER & CHRISTIAN Chancery, VA, 1872

Sale of JONES Property, Virginia, 1823

Sale of CUTTING Property, New York, 1822

STEWART, GWYNNE & Co. vs. F. W. DUNTON, et. al., TN, 1888

GILLETT Estate, Auburn, New York, 1881

CUNNINGHAM Estate, VA, 1823

STREET Legal Notice, VA, 1823

BURTON Estate, VA, 1823

Sheriff's Sale, New York, 1822 CARR, DICKERMAN, GOERICK, GRIM, TAYLOR, RANDALL, NOAH

MANN Trust Sale, VA, 1823

ANDERSON Trust Sale, VA, 1823

SHANNON Probate Court News, Galveston, TX, 1909

DUFFY Probate Court News, Galveston, TX, 1909

LUCAS Probate Court News, Galveston, TX 1909

Essex County Chancery News, VA, 1823

Wood County Chancery, Virginia, 1823

Chancery Court, DIXON vs. PHELPS, etc.,  TN, 1887

STEDECORN notice, 1792

BUCK Property at Sheriff's Sale, 1897 Philadelphia

FALCONER Estate, Philadelphia, 1792

FLEMING Estate, Philadelphia 1897  

FENWICK Divorce, Philadelphia 1897

GOBRECHT Estate, Philadelphia, 1897

HUGHES Estate, Philadelphia, 1897

SHOEMAKER Estate, Philadelphia, 1897

STROUSE Estate, Philadelphia, 1897  

BAKER Tavern at Bacon Branch to be Rented, Bacon Branch, Virginia, 1823

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