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Series
Foreign Office: Supreme Court, Shanghai, China: Probate Records
Catalogue reference: FO 917
What's it about?
FO 917
This series contains probate records from the Supreme Consular Court in Shanghai, China. Comprises files of administration and probates of estates and wills of individuals.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 917
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Supreme Court, Shanghai, China: Probate Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains probate records from the Supreme Consular Court in Shanghai, China. Comprises files of administration and probates of estates and wills of individuals.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and, for each year, in alphabetical order of surnames.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign Office, Supreme Consular Court, China, 1858-1941
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3998 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Asia
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8216/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Foreign Office: Supreme Court, Shanghai, China: Probate Records
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