This is a list of California Probate Records online and may include estates, wills, guardianships, lists of assets, death dates, names of heirs and other family members, and more. Probate records are one place to search for substitute death records because they record how a deceased person’s estate was handled and will usually include a death date or possibly a death certificate.

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California Probate Records online at the state level

US – Probate Records – United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955, at FS

US – Probate Records – United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874, at FS

US – Probate Records – United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932, at FS

US – Probate Records – United States, Homestead Final Certificates, 1863-1909, at FS

US – Probate Records – United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, at FS

California – Probate Records – California, probate estate files, 1833-1991, at FS

California – Probate Records – California Great Registers, 1866-1910, index, at FS

California – Probate Records – California, Collections of the California Genealogical Society, 1700-1942, at FS

California Probate Records online at the County level

Alameda County – Probate Records – Probate Files, 1880-1961, at FS

Alameda County – Probate Records – Probate Records of Alameda County, 1857-1920, and Wills Received by County Clerk, 1880-1970, at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Administrator’s Sales, 1865-1890, at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1864-1963, at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Estate Records, 1879-1888, at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Records and Decrees of Distribution (in Probate Causes), Ca. 1867-1931 ; Indexes, 1867, 1880-1931, at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Probate Court Estate Files, 1864-1879 (Alpine County, California), at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Probate Estate Case Files, 1924-1991, Estate Index, 1907-1992, Index to Probate Orders, Ca. 1867, at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Register of Actions, Superior Court, Probate Proceedings, 1907-1976, at FS

Alpine County – Probate Records – Superior Court Probate Estate Files, 1880-1926 (Alpine County, California), at FS

Amador County – Probate Records – Decrees of Distribution and Final Settlement of Estates, 1902-1923; Index, 1878-1935, at FS

Amador County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1858-1921, at FS

Amador County – Probate Records – Wills, Letters, Bonds, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Butte County Probate Index, A-Z, 1850-1879, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Deed Records, 1856-1910, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Deeds, 1850-1901, Index 1850-1904, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Genealogical Goldmine Exerpts of Indexes to Births, Assessor’s Records, Pre-emption Claims, Deeds, and Probates, Ca. 1850-1915, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Letters Testamentary, 1859-1861, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Probate Court Case Files, 1850-1879, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1856-1937, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Superior Court Probate Case Files, 1880-1938, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Will Records, 1850-1925, at FS

Butte County – Probate Records – Wills, 1850-1908, at FS

Calaveras County – Probate Records – Calaveras County, California Bonds, Letters and Wills, 1866-1922; Indexes 1866-1922, at FS

Calaveras County – Probate Records – Calaveras County, California, Probate Estate Files, 1850-1950; Indexes, 1850-1820, 1954-1956, at FS

Calaveras County – Probate Records – Probate Minutes 1857-1920, Superior Court, and Register of Actions 1859-1895, Calaveras County, California, at FS

Colusa County – Probate Records – Lis Pendens, 1870-1914, at FS

Colusa County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1851-1922, at FS

Colusa County – Probate Records – Wills, 1858-1948, at FS

El Dorado County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1850-1920, Probate Index, 1850-1919, at FS

Fresno County – Probate Records – Decrees of Distribution, 1891-1916, at FS

Fresno County – Probate Records – Fresno County Probate Files, 1880-1920, at FS

Fresno County – Probate Records – Wills, 1819-1920, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Bonds, 1891-1927, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Letters of Administration, 1891-1921; Letters of Administration with Will Annexed, Ca. 1904-1936, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Letters Testamentary, 1892-1929, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1891-1936; Indexes, 1891-1927, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Public Administrator’s Records, 1920-1932, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Register and Fee Book, 1891-1927, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Superior Court Minute Books, 1891-1923, at FS

Glenn County – Probate Records – Wills, 1874-1916, at FS

Humboldt County – Probate Records – Humboldt County Probate Case Files, 1853-1972, at FS

Kern County – Probate Records – Abstract of Wills, Probate Court of Kern County, California, Book No. , August 8, 1876 to 1899, Marriages, 1850-1900, at FS

Lake County – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1884-1929, at FS

Lake County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1867-1922, at FS

Lake County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1867-1940, at FS

Lake County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1967-1930, at FS

Lassen County – Probate Records – Guardianship Records, 1894-1964, at FS

Lassen County – Probate Records – Index to Decrees of Distribution, V.1 1900-1925, at FS

Lassen County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1864-1920; Indexes, 1864-1968, at FS

Lassen County – Probate Records – Wills, 1891-1955; Index, 1891-1950, at FS

Kings County – Probate Records – Probate Records, Years 1893-1910, Kings County, California, at FS

Los Angeles County – Probate Records – Early California Wills, Los Angeles County, 1850-1890, at FS

Los Angeles County – Probate Records – Los Angeles County, California, Index to Decrees of Distribution, 1891-1907, at FS

Los Angeles County – Probate Records – Los Angeles County, California, Miscellaneous Records 1854-1904, at FS

Los Angeles County – Probate Records – Wills and Abstracts of Wills from California Counties, at FS

Madera County – Probate Records – Wills, 1893-1919, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Bonds and Letters of Administrators and Executors, 1866-1893, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1853-1879, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Judgement Book, 1850-1853, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Marin County Probate Case Files, 1850-1924, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1853-1919, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Probate Proceedings, 1880-1905, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Probate Register, V. A-C, 1851-1879, at FS

Marin County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1853-1908, at FS

Mendocino County – Probate Records – Bonds and Letters of Probate, 1872-1879, at FS

Mendocino County – Probate Records – Letters of Administration and Guardianship, 1896-1923 [Mendocino County, California], at FS

Mendocino County – Probate Records – Mendocino County Probate Case Files, 1854-1917, at FS

Mendocino County – Probate Records – Minutes and Orders, 1859-1921[Mendocino County, California], at FS

Mendocino County – Probate Records – Probate Records 1859-1915 (Mendocino County, California), at FS

Mendocino County – Probate Records – Probate Records of Real Estate, 1870-1977 (Mendocino County, California), at FS

Mendocino County – Probate Records – Wills 1858-1937 (Mendocino County, California), at FS

Monterey County – Probate Records – San Benito County Records Transcribed from Monterey County Court Records of Miscellaneous Causes and Actions, Ca. 1850-1900 : from Superior, District and County Courts, at FS

Napa County – Probate Records – Napa County, California Probate Case Files, 1851-1880; Indexes, 1851-1900, at FS

Napa County – Probate Records – Napa County, California, Probate Records, 1851-1935, at FS

Napa County – Probate Records – Probate Estate Case Files, 1864-1920, at FS

Nevada County – Probate Records – Probate Case Files, 1880-1924, at FS

Nevada County – Probate Records – Will Books, 1856-1937, at FS

Orange County – Probate Records – Declarations of Homesteads in Orange County, 1889-1926, at FS

Orange County – Probate Records – Index to Decrees of Distribution, 1889-1915, at FS

Orange County – Probate Records – Index to Wills, 1900-1925, at FS

Placer County – Probate Records – Early California Wills, Placer, Shasta and Yuba Counties, 1849-1900, Vital Statistics, Placer and Shasta Counties, at FS

Placer County – Probate Records – Probate Court Case Files, 1850-1920, at FS

Placer County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1851-1923, at FS

Placer County – Probate Records – Wills and Abstracts of Wills from California Counties, at FS

Plumas County – Probate Records – Wills, 1880-1919, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – California, Sacramento County, Probate Records, 1875-1981, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Estates of Deceased Persons, 1860-1864, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Probate Court Records, 1849-1879, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Probate Records 1849-1979 (Sacramento, California), 1849-1979, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1850-1879; General Index to Probate Records, 1849-1928, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Record of Estates of Deceased Persons, 1860-1864, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Register of Estates, 1850-1906, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Sacramento Superior Court Records, 1881-1893, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Sacramento, California, Estate Files, 1850-1900, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Sacramento, California, Probate Bond Records, 1850-1902, at FS

Sacramento County – Probate Records – Wills, 1857-1920, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Appraisements, 1880-1930, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Decrees of the District and Superior Courts, 1874-1908, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Index to Decrees of Distribution, 1892-1906, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Letters Testamentary, Letters of Administration, Bonds, and Letters of Guardianship, 1874-1922, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Probate Estate Files, 1880-1930, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1874-1879, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1880-1921, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – San Benito County Records Transcribed from Monterey County Court Records of Miscellaneous Causes and Actions, Ca. 1850-1900 : from Superior, District and County Courts, at FS

San Benito County – Probate Records – Wills, 1874-1915, at FS

San Diego County – Probate Records – Abstracts of Wills, 1848 to 1900, San Diego County, California on Film, Office of the County Clerk, at FS

San Diego County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1880-1920, at FS

San Francisco County – Probate Records – Collateral Inheritance Tax Receipt Books, 1893-1921, at FS

San Francisco County – Probate Records – Index of All Estates in Probate in the City and County of San Francisco, Calif. from 1850, at FS

San Francisco County – Probate Records – Probate Court Receipt Books, 1871-1904, at FS

San Francisco County – Probate Records – Wills, 1906-1922, at FS

San Joaquin County – Probate Records – Index to Decrees of Distribution, 1892-1935, at FS

San Joaquin County – Probate Records – Indexed Probate Records of San Joaquin County, California, 1850-1900, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Probate Records – Minute Book, Probate Court, Vols. B-E, 1864-1879, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Probate Records – Minutes of Superior Court, 1883-1924 and Register of Actions and Proceedings, 1880-1919, Index, 1880-1922, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Probate Records – Wills, 1854-1897, Index, 1854-1937, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Probate Records – Wills, Probate Records and Related Cases, 1877-1954, at FS

Santa Clara County – Probate Records – Early California Wills, Santa Clara County, 1850-1864, at FS

Santa Clara County – Probate Records – Probate Court Register of Actions, 1850-1920, at FS

Santa Clara County – Probate Records – Will Books and Probate Records, Ca. 1850-1912, with Index, at FS

Santa Clara County – Probate Records – Wills and Abstracts of Wills from California Counties, at FS

Santa Cruz County – Probate Records – Will Records, 1851-1890, at FS

Shasta County – Probate Records – California, Shasta County, Probate Records : Probate Case Files, Orders and Decrees, 1851-1989, at FS

Shasta County – Probate Records – California, Shasta County, Probate Records : Wills, 1854-1950, at FS

Shasta County – Probate Records – Early California Wills, Placer, Shasta and Yuba Counties, 1849-1900, Vital Statistics, Placer and Shasta Counties, at FS

Shasta County – Probate Records – Probate Index 1850-1918 : Shasta County, California, at FS

Shasta County – Probate Records – Wills and Abstracts of Wills from California Counties, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Bonds and Letters of Administration, Solano County, 1860-1969, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Early California Wills, Solano County, 1856-1873, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Probate Card Index, Solano County, California, Ca. 1850-1998, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Probate Minutes, 1833-1920 ; Index, 1887-1927 ; Miscellaneous Probate Records, 1850-1928, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1850-1927; Indexes, 1850-1968, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Solano County Deaths/probates/wills, Ca. 1857-1910, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Solano County Probate Records, 1853-1921, at FS

Solano County – Probate Records – Wills and Abstracts of Wills from California Counties, at FS

Sonoma County – Probate Records – Index and Abstract of Wills, Sonoma County, California, 1850-1900, at FS

Sonoma County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1854-1931; Index to Wills, 1852-1955, at FS

Stanislaus County – Probate Records – Courthouse Records, Stanislaus County, California Marriages, 1854-1906 and Wills, 1872-1908, at FS

Stanislaus County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1854-1921, with Indexes, 1854-1956, at FS

Sutter County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1872-1963, at FS

Sutter County – Probate Records – Sutter County Probate Case Files, 1872-1930, at FS

Tehama County – Probate Records – Tehama Probate Extractions, 1918-1960, at FS

Trinity County – Probate Records – Wills and Abstracts of Wills from California Counties, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Bonds, 1862-1922, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Fee Register Books : 1870-1927, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Inventory, 1910-1928, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Letters of Administration : 1870-1926, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Letters Testamentary : 1884-1931, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Probate Case Files, 1850-1980, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Probate Minutes, 1855-1935, at FS

Yolo County – Probate Records – Wills, 1859-1926, at FS

Yuba County – Probate Records – Early California Wills, Placer, Shasta and Yuba Counties, 1849-1900, Vital Statistics, Placer and Shasta Counties, at FS

Yuba County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1850-1920, at FS

Yuba County – Probate Records – Wills, 1855-1919, at FS

Yuba County – Probate Records – Wills, 1855-1919, at FS

California Probate Records online at the City level

Oakland – Probate Records – California, Collections of the California Genealogical Society : COLLECTION RECORD, 1700-1942, at FS

San Francisco – Probate Records – California, City and County of San Francisco, Probate Index, 1906-1977, at FS

San Francisco – Probate Records – California, San Francisco City and County, Register of Actions, Probate, 1806-1942, at FS

San Francisco – Probate Records – California, San Francisco County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1824-1997, at FS

San Francisco – Probate Records – California, San Francisco County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1824-1997, at FS

San Francisco – Probate Records – Index of All Estates in Probate in the City and County of San Francisco, Calif. from 1850, at FS