Deceased estate files
Deceased estate files, 1880–1958 are the companion to our probate packets.
The Stamp Duties Office created a deceased estate file for every individual who died leaving property or other assets ('estates'), which were subject to death duties. The files are a financial record of the person’s estate when they die and frequently have very detailed information about a person’s possessions.
This webinar examines deceased estate files in the State Archives Collection and the techniques you can use to find them.
Probate packets webinar
![A last will and testament from 1863](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/80389cff63391a1b19b9ac77a528ac457025af6b-1576x892.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Probate packets
This webinar focuses on the sources for probate in the State Archives Collection and how to find them
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![List of possessions from a deceased estate file From the deceased estate file of Ralph Greig. State Archives Collection AF00190047 INX-15-155710](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/7461e0b92eb1a48f88d567285315f55717b465c2-816x845.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Deceased estates guide
Deceased estate files are a financial record of the person's estate when they die and frequently have very detailed information about a person's possessions
![Deceased estate file listing contents in the house](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/1554f82914528f0fc87cfce2e13fca3588d6fdd1-618x717.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Deceased estates: what the files can tell you
We hold over 570,000 deceased estate files for the years 1880 to 1958. The Stamp Duties Office created a file for every person who died leaving property or other assets ('estates'), which were subject to death duties
![Page from the Probate file of George Barr](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/54661ae1d431467338cf7e14c93738c5e32e3b2e-1419x879.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Probate packets & wills guide
These records include the last will & testament. A grant of probate is the authority given by the Supreme Court of NSW to the executor(s) to deal with a deceased person's estate