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PROBATE genealogy
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Irish wills and probate records
asked
Mar 11
in
The Tree House
by
Alan Watson
G2G6 Mach 2
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24.7k
points)
ireland
irish_roots
probate
wills
sources
+8
votes
1
answer
167
views
Pennsylvania probate records
asked
Feb 21
in
The Tree House
by
Alan Watson
G2G6 Mach 2
(
24.7k
points)
pennsylvania
probate
sources
+5
votes
2
answers
157
views
Scottish probate in 1700s
asked
Nov 14, 2023
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
scotland
england
probate
+3
votes
1
answer
174
views
Trying to Make Sense of Property Stipulations in a 1557 English Will
asked
Oct 28, 2023
in
Genealogy Help
by
Thomas B
G2G6
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8.7k
points)
pre-1700
england
probate
+1
vote
0
answers
79
views
Looking for New York County, New York Letters of Administration Vol. 110
asked
Aug 11, 2023
in
Genealogy Help
by
Davian Pfeiff
G2G6
(
8.2k
points)
andries
probate
lookup
andariese
new_york
+3
votes
1
answer
151
views
Need help obtaining a Will from Derbyshire Record Office
asked
Jan 18, 2023
in
Genealogy Help
by
Megan Woodward
G2G6 Mach 4
(
41.7k
points)
england
derbyshire
probate
+2
votes
1
answer
232
views
Abbreviation "Do" used in Orphans Court documentation early 1800's
asked
Dec 11, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
Jennifer Corcoran
G2G2
(
2.6k
points)
baker
probate
virginia
abbreviations
transcription
+4
votes
1
answer
174
views
Need help citing administration account from 1840s Vermont probate file
asked
Aug 27, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
Miranda Bailey
G2G6 Mach 2
(
23.2k
points)
probate
hammond
vermont
+5
votes
2
answers
244
views
FamilySearch - How to find actual probate record when index is found?
asked
Aug 2, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
Gary Theisen
G2G5
(
5.4k
points)
probate
new_york
family_search
wilson
+6
votes
2
answers
412
views
Where are pre-1700 wills or other probate records for Amsterdam or Noord-Holland?
asked
Jul 28, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
Christopher John
G2G4
(
4.4k
points)
dutch_roots
netherlands
amsterdam
wills
estate_records
probate
+2
votes
1
answer
260
views
What is the best place to find the will or probabte record of a man who died in Kansas in 1942?
asked
Jul 12, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
David McNicol
G2G6 Mach 5
(
53.1k
points)
kansas
probate
records
+7
votes
1
answer
183
views
How Much Data Can a One Name Study Store
asked
Jun 22, 2022
in
WikiTree Help
by
Paul Ballard
G2G3
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3.4k
points)
one_name_studies
ballard
probate
state_papers
+3
votes
2
answers
240
views
What do these probate record index abbreviations stand for?
asked
Jun 8, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
Gary Theisen
G2G5
(
5.4k
points)
senter
new_hampshire
abbreviations
probate
+8
votes
2
answers
494
views
Probate before death?
asked
May 16, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
Christopher Kenney
G2G6
(
9.5k
points)
will
probate
massachusetts
fall_river
death
+4
votes
2
answers
359
views
Identify this item: Dial & Dial garden post
asked
Apr 12, 2022
in
The Tree House
by
Jo Gill
G2G6 Pilot
(
167k
points)
ireland
virginia
wills
probate
garden
+3
votes
1
answer
374
views
Does anyone know what sort of (live) horse would be described as a "Davy Crockett horse"?
asked
Feb 13, 2022
in
Genealogy Help
by
Vicki Stroeher
G2G4
(
4.8k
points)
research_assistance
texas
probate
crockett
+11
votes
4
answers
241
views
In praise of reading Will books.
asked
Feb 8, 2022
in
WikiTree Help
by
Jane Peppler
G2G6 Mach 4
(
43.3k
points)
one_place_studies
wills
probate
maryland
+4
votes
2
answers
173
views
Marriage and Divorce in the Antebellum South
asked
Nov 9, 2021
in
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by
Paul Schmehl
G2G6 Pilot
(
149k
points)
stedman
givhan
alabama
north_carolina
probate
marriage_customs
+6
votes
2
answers
209
views
Help with Bedford PA land patent? Where do I go from here?
asked
Oct 3, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Jane Peppler
G2G6 Mach 4
(
43.3k
points)
fuhrman
foreman
forman
pennsylvania
probate
land_records
+4
votes
3
answers
143
views
Will created in Georgia, but probated in Alabama
asked
Oct 1, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Betty Tindle
G2G6 Mach 8
(
87.1k
points)
will
probate
law
alabama
georgia
+5
votes
1
answer
85
views
Help with early New York estate of Henry Pierson, 1680.
asked
Aug 31, 2021
in
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by
GeneJ X
G2G6 Pilot
(
119k
points)
pierson
pgm
new_york
probate
+2
votes
0
answers
112
views
Which one of Arthur Howland’s children was really Mrs. Margaret Howland's?
asked
Aug 1, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Anonymous Howland
G2G2
(
2.0k
points)
unknown
howland
probate
wills
+2
votes
1
answer
75
views
Looking for a probate or death notice for Diederik Johannes Hattingh
asked
Jul 8, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Shaun Wallace
G2G6
(
6.7k
points)
hattingh
probate
+4
votes
1
answer
158
views
Translation help with Norwegian Probate
asked
Jun 29, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Sarah Sterling
G2G3
(
3.7k
points)
norway
translation
norwegian
christensdatter
probate
+3
votes
0
answers
95
views
A record from the decedant's (adoptive) grandfather in her father's estate file
asked
Jun 12, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Porter Fann
G2G6 Mach 9
(
95.5k
points)
gould
boland
probate
north_carolina
carteret
adoption
+7
votes
0
answers
144
views
Large Norwegian probate after childless bachelor
asked
Apr 30, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Leif Biberg Kristensen
G2G6 Pilot
(
209k
points)
norway
probate
translation
+5
votes
0
answers
126
views
What determines if a probate record exists for an individual?
asked
Apr 5, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Brian Lamothe
G2G6 Mach 4
(
43.4k
points)
probate
+3
votes
1
answer
101
views
Who was the Common law wife of Bud Davis who petitioned SC around 1835 so his children by her could inherit?
asked
Mar 28, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Judy Emerick
G2G Crew
(
580
points)
davis
south_carolina
probate
+5
votes
1
answer
149
views
Who was chosen to inventory estates in colonial New England?
asked
Dec 30, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
probate
law
new_england
massachusetts
connecticut
rhode_island
+2
votes
1
answer
207
views
Worchestershire will or probate available based on Fry's reference number?
asked
Nov 4, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Brad Stauf
G2G6 Mach 3
(
33.8k
points)
england
probate
cottrell
+2
votes
1
answer
152
views
Norwegian Probate Abstract - Vikna
asked
Aug 23, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Robyn Adair
G2G6 Mach 1
(
18.9k
points)
norway
probate
+2
votes
2
answers
147
views
English and Welsh probate: what/who is a suretee of a letter of administration
asked
Aug 23, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Pat Reynolds
G2G6 Mach 1
(
12.9k
points)
england
probate
+1
vote
1
answer
240
views
Probate being granted twice to different people
asked
Jun 30, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Valerie Crowley
G2G6 Mach 1
(
17.5k
points)
probate
united_kingdom
pearse
+4
votes
1
answer
161
views
Question about wills: when spouse is given what they brought to the marriage
asked
May 8, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
wills
coverture
probate
legal
+3
votes
3
answers
157
views
Are there probate records to be found in Åbo, Finland?
asked
May 3, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Maria Lundholm
G2G6 Pilot
(
228k
points)
finland
finnish
records
probate
+2
votes
1
answer
78
views
Did some municipalities record widow's thirds separately from land divisions among heirs?
asked
Apr 19, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
new_jersey
probate
sources
+4
votes
0
answers
100
views
American Ancestors extends Suffolk Co., Mass. Probate File Papers through 1847
asked
Mar 4, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
sources
massachusetts
probate
+3
votes
0
answers
163
views
Help with legal term abbreviation
asked
Feb 16, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Beth Golden
G2G6 Mach 2
(
26.5k
points)
bell
probate
translation
+3
votes
2
answers
144
views
Do Files for Seneca County, New York Probate Courts still exist?
asked
Dec 16, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Terri Swift
G2G6 Mach 2
(
24.0k
points)
clawson
new_york
sources
probate
+6
votes
1
answer
194
views
How to find New York State Wills
asked
Dec 5, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kay Knight
G2G6 Pilot
(
602k
points)
new
new_york
probate
wills
+3
votes
2
answers
142
views
Many years delay before division of estate
asked
Nov 20, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
probate
wheaton
massachusetts
+1
vote
1
answer
143
views
Help with a 1795 North Carolina probate record?
asked
Nov 15, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Lisa Hazard
G2G6 Pilot
(
264k
points)
north_carolina
savage
harper
probate
+7
votes
2
answers
194
views
Abbreviation "cur." in 1906 Missouri probate court?
asked
Oct 14, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kerry Larson
G2G6 Pilot
(
235k
points)
probate
missouri
+2
votes
0
answers
149
views
Child omitted from a land division
asked
Sep 3, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
cole
probate
sources
+5
votes
2
answers
130
views
Missing will for John Luther d. 1756(?)
asked
Aug 8, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
293k
points)
luther
massachusetts
probate
+19
votes
3
answers
223
views
Please when speaking of ancestors that die without a will, the legal expression is intestate not interstate
asked
Jul 7, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Gail Smith
G2G6 Mach 1
(
10.9k
points)
terminology
probate
+2
votes
1
answer
134
views
Anyone with experience ordering documents from District of Columbia Probate Court?
asked
May 26, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Richard Delahanty
G2G Crew
(
490
points)
washington_dc
probate
documents
+6
votes
2
answers
275
views
Like father, like son - probate file appears to have some excellent data, but needs a cursive reader
asked
May 22, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Porter Fann
G2G6 Mach 9
(
95.5k
points)
barnes
north_carolina
probate
cursive
+6
votes
3
answers
218
views
two Ancestry links that migh have some relevant probate data for Britton/Brittain/Briton
asked
May 22, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Porter Fann
G2G6 Mach 9
(
95.5k
points)
barnes
cursive
probate
ancestry
north_carolina
+4
votes
5
answers
419
views
a possible breakthrough if only the probate settlement documents could be legibly written
asked
May 4, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Porter Fann
G2G6 Mach 9
(
95.5k
points)
gainey
probate
cursive
documents
north_carolina
slavery
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