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Online Probate Resources

To search for online probate records by county:

  • USGenWeb Archives' virtual courthouse - search by state and then county for online wills and probate records:
    www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/

    For links to multiple probate and wills sites:

  • Cyndi's List of sites pertaining to wills and probate:
    www.CyndisList.com/wills.htm
  • About.com's host, Kimberly Powell's list of wills and probate sites:
    genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/
    msubwills.htm?rnk=r&terms=wills

    To learn more about probate records and how to use them in your research:

  • Wills and Testaments by Donna Przecha:
    www.genealogy.com/46_donna.html
  • Where There's A Will, There's A Way by George G. Morgan:
    www.ancestry.com/columns/george/12%2D25%2D98.htm
  • Striking Paydirt with Estate Papers by George G. Morgan:
    www.ancestry.com/columns/george/06-25-99.htm
  • Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL for the Board for Certification of Genealogists' OnBoard newsletter:
    http://www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/skbld955.html