VPRS 8747 Index to Insolvency Registers

In accordance with the provisions of section 21 of the Insolvency Statute 1871 (No.379) and the subsequent insolvency acts, the Chief Clerks of the Insolvency Districts in which the proceedings were prosecuted were required to send a copy of every order of sequestration or adjudication of sequestration to the Registrar-General. The orders were registered in VPRS 8748 Insolvency Register maintained by the Registrar-General.VPRS 8747 Index to Insolvency Registers was created by the Office of the Registrar-General and the Office of Titles (VA 862) as part of a recordkeeping system which included Insolvency Registers created to register persons declared insolvent by various district courts.Two separate registers were created, one for Geelong and country areas, see VPRS 8749; and another for the Melbourne and metropolitan region, see VPRS 8748.The information recorded in the index includes:- the name of the insolvent- date of sequestration- date of discharge certificates granted (entries made later)- Insolvent District- the case registration number allocated by the Melbourne or district court.This series appears to have commenced in 1875 when the extant volume was compiled by a single compiler. The contents date range however, extends back to 1842. If similar indexes were created for the period 1876-1883, they were not extant at the time of transfer.The series ended in 1883 when it was replaced by a Self Indexed Insolvency Register for the whole of Victoria, see VPRS 8750.Related Court RecordsEven though it was not created as part of the recordkeeping systems for insolvency court records, this series can be used to access files relating to insolvents created by the Court of Insolvency at Melbourne (VPRS 759 Proceedings in Insolvent Estates; VPRS 762 Deeds Under 1871 Insolvency Statute and for Geelong insolvencies, VPRS 815 Court of Insolvency Records, Geelong Courts.