General Resource Sites

• Analyzing an 1804 Inventory 
  This 1804 inventory lists the possessions of Thomas Springer of New Castle County, Delaware.
  • Digital scan of the original handwritten inventory 
  • Typed version of the inventory 
• Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues 
  From the Board for Certification of Genealogists - Skill Building - May 1995.
• Ancestors at Rest - Find Free Death Records 
  Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
  • Wills 
• Ancestry.com - Learning Center - Learn More 
  Thousands of FREE, searchable how-to articles from Ancestry.com publications such as Ancestry Magazine, the Ancestry Weekly Discovery and the Ancestry Monthly Update.
  • Probate Records: An Underutilized Source 
    Article by Donn Devine, CG, CGI.
  • Probate Records, Part I  and Part II 
    Article by Donn Devine, CG, CGI.
  • The Probate Record Treasure Trove 
    Article by Marjorie Wagner.
  • Relationships in Probate Records 
    Article by George G. Morgan.
  • Striking Paydirt with Estate Papers 
    Article by George G. Morgan.
  • Where There's a Will, There's a Way 
    Article by George G. Morgan.
  • The Widow's Dower Interest 
    Article by Donn Devine, CG, CGI.
• Beyond the Index--Michael John Neill's Articles in the Ancestry Daily News 
  • 1856 Illinois Probate Manual 
    This article discusses an 1856 guide to the probate process in Illinois.
  • 1856 Illinois Probate Guide: The Dower 
  • A $31.44 Inheritance 
    This article explains how the author's grandmother inherited $31.44. Also included is a discussion of per stirpes and intestate probates.
  • Charlotte's Web on the Lake 
    This article discusses and analyzes records found in a Chariton County, Missouri probate from the early 1900s. Also included is a discussion of research procedures to use when conducting onsite research.
  • Fishing for Clues in John Lake's Estate 
  • The Oft-Married Sarah 
    This article is the first in a three part series analyzing a 1760s Orange County, Virginia will written by a widow. Dower, inheritance and other heirship issues are discussed.
  • Probate: An Introduction 
  • Probate: An Overview 
  • When there is No Probate 
    This article discusses some research methods that can be undertaken when an ancestor does not leave a probate, but the researcher reasonably believes the ancestor had property.
• Glossary of Legal Terms 
• Glossary of Unusual Words Found in Wills, Etc. 
• How to Read Probate Records 
  From DoHistory.
• Missing Heirs and Persons Locating Service - Harvey Morse, P.A. 
  Specialize in locating missing heirs to estates, unclaimed properties, insurance policies, trusts, stocks and bonds, etc.
• SAMPUBCO - Will Testator Indexes 
• SAMPUBCO - Guardianship Index 
• SAMPUBCO - Wills Index 
• WorldVitalRecords.com - Court, Land, and Probate 
  An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.

Locality Specific

• Ancestry.com - Search Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records 
  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
  • A calendar of wills proved in the Consistory Court (City and Deanery of Bristol Division) of the Bishop of Bristol, 1572-1792 : 
    Original source: A calendar of wills proved in the Consistory Court (City and Deanery of Bristol Division) of the Bishop of Bristol, 1572-1792 : and also a calendar of wills in the Great orphan books preserved in the Council House, Bristol, 1379-1674. London: British Record Society, 1897.
  • A calendar of wills proved in the Consistory Court of the bishop of Gloucester : with indices nominum et locorum 
    Original source: A calendar of wills proved in the Consistory Court of the bishop of Gloucester : with indices nominum et locorum. London: British Record Society, 1895-1907.
  • A calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland : proved in the court of the archdeacon of Northampton, 
    Original source: A calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland : proved in the court of the archdeacon of Northampton, 1510 to 1652. London Boston, Mass.: C.J. Clark ; Cupples & Hird sic, 1888.
  • A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills 
  • Abstract of Book 1 & Book A, probate record 1791-1826, Hamilton County, Ohio 
    Original source: Abstract of Book 1 & Book A, probate record 1791-1826, Hamilton County, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio: Hamilton County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, 1977.
  • Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories 
  • Abstract of North Carolina Wills [1663-1760] 
  • Abstract of North Carolina wills compiled from original and recorded wills in the office of the secretary of state 
    Original source: Abstract of North Carolina wills compiled from original and recorded wills in the office of the secretary of state. Raleigh: E.M. Uzzell, 1910.
  • Abstract of Probate Records, Washington County, Ohio 
    Original source: Graham, Bernice. Abstract of Probate Records, Washington County, Ohio. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield, 1995.
  • Abstract of wills of Greene County, New York 
    Original source: Sawyer, Ray C.. Abstract of wills of Greene County, New York. unknown, 1988.
  • Abstract of wills probated in the Common Pleas Court 
    Original source: Sawyer, Ray C.. Abstract of wills probated in the Common Pleas Court : also known as Mayor's Court, 1819-1892 : Supreme Court of Judicature, 1821-1829 : Supreme Court of Judicature, 1847-1856 : Supreme Court of Judicature, 1856-1870, all of New York County, New York City, N.Y.. unknown, 1989.
  • Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745 
  • Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762 
  • Abstracts of divisions of Warren and Sussex County estates filed at Sussex County courthouse, Newton, New Jersey, from 1789-191 
    Original source: Alleman, Frederick R.. Abstracts of divisions of Warren and Sussex County estates filed at Sussex County courthouse, Newton, New Jersey, from 1789-1918 : photocopy (typescript). 1978.
  • Abstracts of Early Wills 1763-1790 (1749-1790), Mecklenburg County North Carolina 
    Original source: Holcomb, Brent H. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Abstracts of Early Wills, 1763-1790 (1749-1790). Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.
  • Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800 
    Original source: Gott, John K. Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield, 1999.
  • Abstracts of probate acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 
    Original source: Abstracts of probate acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. London: unknown, 1902-1926.
  • Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-24 
    Original source: Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-24. London: unknown, 1911.
  • Abstracts of Ripley County, Indiana wills, December 1931 to November 1944 
    Original source: Hooton, Rosalie.. Abstracts of Ripley County, Indiana wills, December 1931 to November 1944. Indiana?: unknown, 1944.
  • Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia, 1791-1842 
    Original source: Bruns, Jean R. Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia, 1791-1842. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995.
  • Abstracts of wills and administrations of Clay County, Missouri 
    Original source: Hodges, Nadine.. [Abstracts of wills and administrations of Clay County, Missouri] : [will books A-B-C-D, 1825 to 1860, excluding the period, June 1839 to Jan. 1848. Kansas City, Mo.: N. Hodges, 1965.
  • Abstracts of wills and administrations of estates of Washington County, Ohio 
    Original source: Potts, Genevieve Mary.. Abstracts of wills and administrations of estates of Washington County, Ohio : with miscellaneous notes and references. Columbus, Ohio: unknown, 1946.
  • Abstracts of Wills and Inventories, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1742-1801 
    Original source: King, Junie Estelle Stewart. Abstracts of Wills And Inventories, Fairfax County, Virginia 1742-1801. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield, 1996.
  • Abstracts of Wills and Other Records, Currituck and Dare Counties, North Carolina (1663-1850) 
    Original source: Jones, Gordon C. Abstracts of Wills and Other Records, Currituck and Dare Counties, North Carolina (1663-1850). Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977.
  • Abstracts of wills of Chemung County, N.Y. : from 1836 to 1850 : typescript, 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Abstracts of wills of Chemung County, N.Y. : from 1836 to 1850 : typescript,. 1941.
  • Abstracts of wills of Delaware County, New York 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Abstracts of wills of Delaware County, New York. New York?,: unknown, 1989.
  • Abstracts of wills of Dutchess County, New York 
    Original source: Cowen, Minnie.. Abstracts of wills of Dutchess County, New York. New York: unknown, 1939-1944.
  • Abstracts of wills of Oneida County, N.Y. : copied from the original records at the Surrogate's Office, Utica, N.Y. 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Abstracts of wills of Oneida County, N.Y. : copied from the original records at the Surrogate's Office, Utica, N.Y.. unknown: unknown, 1939.
  • Abstracts of wills of Ontario County, New York, 1848-1849-1850 : Volume 12 (XII) (Liber D) 
    Original source: Wiles, Harriett M.. Abstracts of wills of Ontario County, New York, 1848-1849-1850 : Volume 12 (XII) (Liber D). unknown, 1949.
  • Abstracts of wills of Otsego County, N.Y. : copied from original wills at Surrogate's Office, Cooperstown, N.Y. 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Abstracts of wills of Otsego County, N.Y. : copied from original wills at Surrogate's Office, Cooperstown, N.Y.. unknown, 1941-1942.
  • Abstracts of wills of Rensselaer County, New York : in the office of the Surrogate at Troy, New York, 1791-1850 
    Original source: Phillips, Ralph David.. Abstracts of wills of Rensselaer County, New York : in the office of the Surrogate at Troy, New York, 1791-1850. Nassau, N.Y.,: unknown, 1938.
  • Abstracts of wills of Rockland County, New York : copied from the original records at the Surrogate's Office, New City, Rockla 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Abstracts of wills of Rockland County, New York : copied from the original records at the Surrogate's Office, New City, Rockland County, N.Y.. unknown, 1950-1953.
  • Abstracts of wills of Rockland County, New York, 1786-1845 
    Original source: Cowen, Minnie.. Abstracts of wills of Rockland County, New York, 1786-1845. New York,: unknown, 1937-1939.
  • Abstracts of wills of Schenectady County, N.Y. 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Abstracts of wills of Schenectady County, N.Y. : copied from the original records at the Surrogate's Office, Schenectady, N.Y.. unknown, 1989.
  • Abstracts of wills of Washington County, New York 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Abstracts of wills of Washington County, New York. unknown, 1937.
  • Abstracts of wills of Wayne County, N.Y. : Surrogate's Office, Lyons, N.Y. 
    Original source: Wiles, Harriet M.. Abstracts of wills of Wayne County, N.Y. : Surrogate's Office, Lyons, N.Y.. New York,: unknown, 193--1940.
  • Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 : and (202 marriages not shown in the Orange County mar 
    Original source: Shields, Ruth Herndon,. Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 : and (202 marriages not shown in the Orange County marriage bonds) and Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1972.
  • Abstracts of wills, Bible records 
    Original source: Abstracts of wills, Bible records. McKeesport, Pa.: Queen Alliquippa Chapter, 1955.
  • Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757-1800 
    Original source: King, Junie Estelle Stewart. Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Loudoun County, Virginia 1757-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996.
  • Abstracts of wills, Ripley County, Indiana, miscellaneous dates, Oct. 1857 to Sept. 1924 
    Original source: Abstracts of wills, Ripley County, Indiana, miscellaneous dates, Oct. 1857 to Sept. 1924. Indiana?: unknown, 1924.
  • Abstracts of wills, Wichita County, Texas 
    Original source: Hodges, Frances Beal Smith,. Abstracts of wills, Wichita County, Texas. Wichita Falls, Tex.: Buchanan Stationery Co., 1958.
  • American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857 
    Original source: Compiled by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775 
    Original source: Compiled by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • An Abstract of North Carolina Wills 
    From About 1760 to About 1800. Supplementing Grimes' Abstract of North Carolina Wills 1663 to 1760. Original source: Prepared from the originals and other data by Fred A. Olds.
  • Anson County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766, Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795 
    Original source: Holcomb, Brent H. Anson County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766, Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.
  • Barren County, Kentucky Wills, 1800-24 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp.. Will Records of Barren County, Kentucky 1800-24. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.
  • Bath County, Kentucky Wills, 1811-24 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp.. Will Records of Bath County, Kentucky 1811-24. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.
  • Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800 
    Original source: A Calendar of Delaware Wills New Castle County 1682-1800. New York, NY, USA: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1911.
  • Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800 
    Original source: De Valinger, Leon,. Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800. Dover, Del.: Public Archives Commission, State of Delaware, 1944.
  • Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 
    Original source: New Jersey Historical Society. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc.. Newark, NJ, USA: New Jersey Historical Society, 1901.
  • Calendar of wills and administrations in the Consistory Court of the bishop of Worcester : also marriage licenses and sequestra 
    Original source: Calendar of wills and administrations in the Consistory Court of the bishop of Worcester : also marriage licenses and sequestrations now deposited in the Probate Registry at Worcester. London: British Record Society, 1904-1910.
  • Calendar of wills and administrations in the court of the archdeacon of Taunton : (parts I and II, wills only) 1537-1799 
    Original source: Calendar of wills and administrations in the court of the archdeacon of Taunton : (parts I and II, wills only) 1537-1799. London: British Record Society, 1912.
  • Calendar of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall : proved in the Consistory Court of the Bi 
    Original source: Calendar of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall : proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, 1532-1800, now preserved in the Probate Registry at Exeter. London: British Record Society, 1914.
  • Calendar of wills of Columbia County, New York 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Calendar of wills of Columbia County, New York. New York: unknown, 1935.
  • Calendar of wills, administrations and accounts relating to the counties of Cornwall and Devon. 
    Original source: Calendar of wills, administrations and accounts relating to the counties of Cornwall and Devon in the Connotorial Archidiaconal Court of Cornwall : (with which are included the records of the royal peculiar of St. Burian) now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Bodmin. London: British Record Society, 1929.
  • Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills : 1479-1652 
    Original source: Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills : 1479-1652. London: British Record Society, 1911.
  • Calendars of Lincoln wills 
    Original source: Calendars of Lincoln wills. London: British Record Society, 1902-1930.
  • Calendars of wills & administrations in the Consistory Court of the bishop of Lichfield and Conventry, 1516 to 1652 
    Original source: Calendars of wills & administrations in the Consistory Court of the bishop of Lichfield and Conventry, 1516 to 1652 : also those in the "Peculiars" now deposited in the probate registries at Lichfield, Birmingham and Derby, 1529-1652, 1675-1790, 1753-1790. London: British Record Society, 1892.
  • Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall : proved in the Court of the Principal Re 
    Original source: Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall : proved in the Court of the Principal Registry of the bishop of Exeter, 1559-1799 : and of Devon only, proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Exeter, 1540-1799 : all now preserved in the Probate Registry at Exeter. London: British Record Society, 1908.
  • Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the county of Leicester : proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, 149 
    Original source: Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the county of Leicester : proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, 1495-1649, and in the peculiars of St. Margaret Leicester, Rothley, Groby, Evington, and the unproved wills etc., previous to 1801 : all now preserved in the probate registry at Leicester. London: British Record Society, 1902.
  • Carroll County, Missouri Wills and Administrations, 1834-70 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp.. Carroll County, Missouri: Wills and Administrations 1834 - 1870. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, [198?].
  • Chariton County, Missouri Wills and Administrations, 1861-75 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp.. Chariton County, Missouri Wills and Settlements. Books, I-II. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.
  • Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 
    Original source: Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.
  • Clark County, Kentucky Wills 1792-1826, Vol. 1-2 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Will Records of Clark County, Kentucky. Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, circa 1965.; Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Will Records of Clark County, Kentucky Volume II 28 August 1809-April 1826. Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, circa 1965.
  • Copies of wills taken from will book B, Gloucester County, New Jersey Surrogate's Office at Woodbury, New Jersey, 1952 
    Original source: Copies of wills taken from will book B, Gloucester County, New Jersey Surrogate's Office at Woodbury, New Jersey, 1952. United States: unknown, 1984.
  • Early California wills 
    Original source: Early California wills. California: California Society, D.A.R., 1952.
  • Early wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784 : a careful abstract of all wills (nearly 800) recorded in New 
    Original source: Pelletreau, William S.. Early wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784 : a careful abstract of all wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley families) : with genealogical and historical notes. New York: F.P. Harper, 1898.
  • Edgefield County, South Carolina Wills, Books 1-2 
    Original source: Edgefield County, South Carolina Wills, Book D, 1-2. For more information, see Family History Library microfilm #0023869.
  • Essex County wills and deeds, 1711-1714 
    Original source: Fleet, Beverley,. Essex County wills and deeds, 1711-1714. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961.
  • Essex County wills and deeds, 1714-1717 
    Original source: Fleet, Beverley,. Essex County wills and deeds, 1714-1717. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961.
  • Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1635-1681 
    Original source: George Francis Dow, ed. The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Vol. I-II. Salem, MA, USA: Essex Institute, 1916-1920.
  • Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Part 1 
    Original source: Sanborn, Melindi Lutz. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Part 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998.
  • Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Supplement 
    Original source: Sanborn, Melindi Lutz. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Supplement [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
  • Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1638-1840 
    Original source: Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1638-1840. Salem, MA, USA: Essex County.
  • Fayette County, Kentucky Wills 1794-1818 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp.. Will Records of Fayette County, Kentucky 1794-1818. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.
  • Frederick County, Virginia, Wills & Administrations, 1795-1816 
    Original source: Kangas, M. N. Frederick County, Virginia, Wills & Administrations, 1795-1816. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995.
  • General index of wills of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1777-1917 
    Original source: Hodges, Margaret Roberts.. General index of wills of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1777-1917. Baltimore, Md.: Carter Braxton Chapter, D.A.R., 1922.
  • General index of wills of St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1633-1900 
    Original source: Hodges, Margaret Roberts.. General index of wills of St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1633-1900. Baltimore: Carter Braxton Chapter, D.A.R., 192-?.
  • Green County, Kentucky Wills 1796-1824 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Will Records of Green County, Kentucky 1796-1824. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.
  • Greenup County, Kentucky Will Records: 1822-1843 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Will Records Greenup County, Kentucky. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.
  • Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1635-50 
    Original source: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District, 1635-1700. Vol. I. n.p., 1906.
  • Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1700-29 
    Original source: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District, 1700-1729. Vol. II. n.p., 1906.
  • Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1729-50 
    Original source: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District, 1729-1750. Vol. III. n.p., 1906.
  • Henry County, Kentucky Will Records for 1800 to July 1821 
    Original source: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Will Records of Henry County, Kentucky 1800-July, 1821. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965.
  • Huron County wills to 1852 
    Original source: Timman, Henry.. Huron County wills to 1852. Norwalk, Ohio: H. Timman, 1991.
  • Index of Berks County, Pennsylvania, wills and administration records, 1752-1850 
    Original source: Williams, Richard T.. Index of Berks County, Pennsylvania, wills and administration records, 1752-1850. Danboro, Pa.: R.T. & M.C. Williams, 1973.
  • Index of Book A, Minutes of Probate Court, Bibb County, Alabama 
    Original source: England, Flora D.. Index of Book A, Minutes of Probate Court, Bibb County, Alabama. Marion, Ala.: unknown, 1964.
  • Index of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, wills and administration records, 1684 to 1850 
    Original source: Williams, Richard T.. Index of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, wills and administration records, 1684 to 1850. Danboro, Pa.: R.T. & M.C. Williams, 1981.
  • Index of wills & estate settlements, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1784-1850 
    Original source: Williams, Richard T.. Index of wills & estate settlements, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1784-1850. Danboro, Pa.: R.T. and M.C. Williams, 1972.
  • Index of wills and administrations now preserved in the Probate Registry at Canterbury : 1396-1558 and 1640-1650 
    Original source: Index of wills and administrations now preserved in the Probate Registry at Canterbury : 1396-1558 and 1640-1650. London: British Record Society, 1920-1940.
  • Index of wills for New York County (New York City) from 1662-1850 
    Original source: Sawyer, Ray C.. Index of wills for New York County (New York City) from 1662-1850. New York,: unknown, 1990.
  • Index of wills for New York County, New York from 1851 to 1875, inclusive 
    Original source: Sawyer, Ray C.. Index of wills for New York County, New York from 1851 to 1875, inclusive. unknown, 1950-1951.
  • Index of wills of Chenango County, New York, from 1797-1850 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Index of wills of Chenango County, New York, from 1797-1850 : records are kept at Norwich, Chenango Co., N.Y.. New York,: unknown, 1989.
  • Index of wills of Otsego County, New York, from 1792-1850 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Index of wills of Otsego County, New York, from 1792-1850. unknown, 1933-1934.
  • Index of wills of Sullivan County, New York 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Index of wills of Sullivan County, New York : this index includes the records of all wills admitted to probate from April, 1876, to the date of the fire, August 10, 1909 : being Liber of Wills 8 to 16, inclusive : also the wills recorded pursuant to Chapter 219 of the Laws of 1910 in Book of Wills number one : will records one to seven, inclusive, were burned on August 10, 1909. 1990.
  • Index of wills of Washington County, N.Y. 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Index of wills of Washington County, N.Y. : from 1825-1850 : wills filed at Salem, Washington Co., N.Y.. unknown, 1989.
  • Index of wills probated in Kings County, New York 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Index of wills probated in Kings County, New York : from January 1, 1850 to December 31, 1890. unknown, 1990.
  • Index of wills, inventories, etc. in the Office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901 
    Original source: Index of wills, inventories, etc. in the Office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901. New Jersey?: State of New Jersey?, 1912-1913.
  • Index of wills, Office of Secretary of State, State of New Jersey, 1804-1830 
    Original source: Index of wills, Office of Secretary of State, State of New Jersey, 1804-1830. New Jersey?: Office of Secretary of State, 1901.
  • Index to Alabama Wills, 1808-1870 
  • Index to Chester County, Pennsylvania wills and intestate records, 1713-1850 
    Original source: Anderson, Bart.. Index to Chester County, Pennsylvania wills and intestate records, 1713-1850. Danboro, Pa.: R.T. and M.C. Williams, "The Pennsylvania traveler", 1970.
  • Index to Darke County, Ohio, wills 
    Original source: Short, Anita.. Index to Darke County, Ohio, wills : 1818-1900 inclusive. unknown: unknown, 1991.
  • Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810 
  • Index to the wills and administrations proved and granted in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, 1660-1750 : and in the peculi 
    Original source: Index to the wills and administrations proved and granted in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, 1660-1750 : and in the peculiars of St. Margaret, Leicester, and Rothley : and in the Rutland peculiars of Caldecott, Ketton and Tirover, and Liddington prior to 1821 : now preserved in the Probate Registry at Leicester. London: British Record Society, 1920.
  • Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina, 1671-1868 
  • Index to wills of Chenango County, N.Y. 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Index to wills of Chenango County, N.Y. : at Surrogate's Office, Norwich, N.Y., 1851-1875. New York,: unknown, 1989.
  • Index to wills of Dutchess County, N.Y. 
    Original source: Barber, Gertrude A.. Index to wills of Dutchess County, N.Y. : from 1812-1832. unknown, 1989.
  • Index to wills proved and administrations granted in the court of the archdeacon of Berks, 1508 to 1652 
    Original source: Index to wills proved and administrations granted in the court of the archdeacon of Berks, 1508 to 1652. London: Printed for the British Record Society, 1893.
  • Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich 
    Original source: Farrow, Margaret A.. Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich. London: British Record Society, 1945-1950.
  • Index to wills, Bedford County, Pennsylvania 
    Original source: Index to wills, Bedford County, Pennsylvania : books 1, 2, 3, etc.. unknown: unknown, 1900.
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  • Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. II 
  • Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. III 
  • Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. IV 
  • Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. V 
  • Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina 
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  • Irish Wills Indexes 
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  • Jefferson County, Mississippi Wills, 1800-33 
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  • Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 
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  • Lancaster, Pennsylvania Probate Index, 1729-1850 
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  • Lincoln County, Kentucky Wills and Administrations, Vol. 1 
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  • Lincoln County, Maine: Probates, 1760-1800 
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  • Linn County, Missouri Wills, 1820-78 
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  • Livingston County, Missouri Probate Records, Volumes I, III, V, and VII-XIII 
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  • Livingston County, Missouri Wills and Administrations 1837-1870 
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  • Macon County, Missouri, Will Records & Marriage Records: 1838-80 
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  • Maine Will Abstracts, 1640-1760 
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  • Maine Wills, 1640-1760 
  • Marion County, Missouri Wills: 1853-87 
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  • Maryland Calendar of Wills 
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  • Maury County, Tennessee wills and settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 census 
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  • Mercer County, Kentucky Wills 1818-1826 
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  • Miami Valley will abstracts 
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  • Monroe County, New York, abstracts of wills 
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  • New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800 
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  • New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc., Vol I 
  • New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc., Vol II 
  • New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc., Vol III 
  • New York City Wills, 1665-1707 
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  • New York City Wills, 1706-1790 
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  • New York City Wills, 1708-1728 
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  • New York City Wills, 1730-1744 
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  • New York City Wills, 1744-1753 
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  • New York City Wills, 1754-1760 
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  • New York City Wills, 1760-1766 
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  • New York City Wills, 1766-1771 
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  • New York City Wills, 1771-1776 
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  • New York City Wills, 1777-1783 
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  • New York City Wills, 1780-1782 
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  • New York Wills, 1626-1836 
    Original source: Berthold Fernow, comp. and ed. Calendar of Wills. New York, NY, USA: 1896.
  • Nodaway County, Missouri Wills and Administrations 1845-1880 
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  • Norfolk County, MA Probate Index 1793-1900 
    Original source: Probate Index, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Vol 2, L - Z, 1910. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910. Cat. #F/72/N8/M45/v.1.
  • Norfolk County, Virginia Will Abstracts, 1710-1753 
    Original source: McIntosh, Charles Fleming. Brief Abstracts of Norfolk County Wills, 1710-1753. Richmond, VA, USA: Colonial Dames of America, 1922.
  • North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790 
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  • North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1760-1800 
    Original source: Olds, Fred A. Abstracts of Wills in North Carolina. Oxford: Clearfield Co., 1925.
  • North Carolina Wills 
  • North Carolina Wills and Inventories 
  • North Carolina Wills and Inventories 
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  • North Carolina wills and inventories : copied near original and recorded wills and inventories in the office of the secretary 
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  • Old wills of New Rochelle 
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  • Old wills of New Rochelle 
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  • Pettis County, Missouri: Index to the General Probate Index, 1833-1875 
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  • Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819 
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  • Preble County, Ohio Wills Vol. I 1806-1836 Vol. II 1836-1854 
    Original source: Short, Anita. Prebel County, Ohio Wills. Vol. I: 1806-1836. Vol. II: 1836-1854. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995.
  • Prince William County, Virginia Wills, Part 1, 1734-1951 
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  • Ralls County, Missouri Wills, Volume I, 1824-1872 
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  • Randolph County, Missouri Administration and Wills: 1836-1858 
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  • Record of wills of Rhea County, Tenn. 
    Original source: Record of wills of Rhea County, Tenn. : for the period of years 1808-1851.. unknown: unknown, 1900.
  • Register of wills and inventories of the Diocese of Dublin in the time of Archbishops Tregury and Walton, 1457-1483 : from the 
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  • Registers of probate for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : 1639-1799 
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  • Registry of Deeds, Dublin : Abstracts of wills 
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  • Ripley County, Indiana abstracts of wills 1909-1922 
    Original source: Ripley County, Indiana abstracts of wills 1909-1922. Versailles, Ind.: The Chapter, 1922.
  • Salem County wills : recorded in the Office of the Surrogate at Salem, New Jersey : 1831-1860 
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  • Salt Lake County, Index to Probate Case Files, 1852-81 
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  • Saratoga County, New York Wills, 1796-1805 
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  • Scott County, Kentucky Wills: 1794-1820 
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  • Scottish-American Heirs, 1683-1883 
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  • Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900 
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  • Shelby County, Kentucky Wills: 1794-1817 
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  • Shenandoah County, Virginia Wills, 1771-91 
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  • Spotsylvania County records, 1721-1800 : being transcriptions, from the original files at the County Court House, of wills, dee 
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  • Suffolk County Wills 
  • Sullivan County, Missouri Wills, 1849-1880 
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  • Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 
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  • The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 
  • Ulster County, N.Y. probate records in the office of the surrogate, and in the county clerk's office at Kingston, N.Y. : a car 
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  • Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 
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  • Virginia Will Records 
  • Virginia wills before 1799 : a complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills ... copied 
    Original source: Clemens, William Montgomery,. Virginia wills before 1799 : a complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills ... copied from the court house records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William, and Rockbridge Counties. Pompton Lakes, N.J.: Biblio Co., 1924.
  • Weber County, Utah Probate Court Civil and Criminal Case Registers of Actions, 1868-1887 
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  • Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 
    Original source: Records transcribed from LDS Family History Library microfilm copies of wills for this locality.
  • Will records of Allen County, Indiana, 1831 to 1869 
    Original source: Will records of Allen County, Indiana, 1831 to 1869. Fort Wayne, Ind.: The Chapter, 1991.
  • Wills 
    Original source: Plasterer, Mayretha.. Wills : Huntington County, Indiana. Huntington, Ind.: The Chapter, 1954.
  • Wills & letters of administrations of Westmoreland County Court House, Greensburg, Pennsylvania 
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  • Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800 
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  • Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 
    Original source: Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
  • Wills and Administrations of Southampton County, Virginia, 1749-1800 
    Original source: Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Southampton County, Virginia, 1749-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.
  • Wills and family histories 
    Original source: Carlock, Mabel Riddle.. Wills and family histories. Illinois: Illinois Society, D.A.R., 1940.
  • Wills of Centre County, Pa., 1800-1853 
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  • Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800 
    Original source: Headley, Robert K., Jr. Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002.
  • Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1461 
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  • Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1624 
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  • Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881 
    Original source: Oliver B. Wood. Index to the Probate Records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1898.
  • York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819 
    Original source: York County Wills. Originals housed at the York County Archives.
• Abstracts from the Court of Probate Records for Annapolis County, Nova Scotia  ~ Canada
  We are indebted to Wayne W. Walker for making a copy of his Abstracts from the Court of Probate Records for Annapolis County, Nova Scotia available to us on the Internet. The Abstracts are available for download as a ZIP (compressed) file. The text is in ASCII text format which can be read by all word processors.
• Abstracts of Ellis County Wills  ~ Texas
• Adams County, Will Records 1903 - 1938  ~ Colorado
• Baltimore & Anne Arundel County Last Will and Testaments 
• Brassington Probate documents at the Joint Record Office, Lichfield 1535-1800  ~ Derbyshire, England
• Charleston, South Carolina Room by Room Inventories, 1787-1820 
• Cherokee County (TX) Probate Index 
  An index to probate minutes (1851-1853) from Volume C-2, Cherokee County, Texas.
• Cheshire Record Office  ~ England
  • Catalogues and Indexes 
    • Wills Database Online 
      Covers the years 1492 - 1940 and contains 130,000 entries.
• Chester County Probate Records  ~ Pennsylvania
• Commissary Court of London Will Abstracts Volume 26 (1629-1634) 
  These will abstracts are from volume 26 of the registered wills for the Commissary Court of London. They can be found on LDS film # 0094108. The volume commences at the end of the year 1629 and continues into 1634.
• Consolidated Index to Lunenburg County Probated Wills 1770-1996  ~ Nova Scotia, Canada
• The Court Service  ~ United Kingdom
  The agency within the Lord Chancellor's Department responsible for the running of most of the courts and tribunals in England & Wales.
  • Wills & Probate 
    • Addresses of Probate Offices 
    • Guide to Obtaining Probate Records 
    • Probate Records and Family History 
• Dearborn County Indiana Transcribed Probate Inventories 
• Delmarva Genealogy Wills Page 
• Delta Computer Systems - Probate Court Baldwin County, Alabama 
• Digitalarkivet - Probate Registers  ~ Norway
  Searchable online databases.
• England Wills Exchange Database 
  Collection of will submissions for England arranged by county.
• Family Tree Genealogical and Probate Research Bureau Ltd. 
  Professional research service covering the area of what was formerly the Austro - Hungarian Empire, including: Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Transylvania, Croatia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia (Banat), and the Ukraine (Sub-Carpathian).
• Finding Aid to Probate Records at the Connecticut State Library 
• Franklin County Indiana Transcribed Probate Inventories 
• Fredericksburg, VA General Index A-Z Inclusive Grantor to Grantee, Deeds, Trusts, Releases, Wills, Etc., to Jan. 2, 1920, through Deed Book 52, page 257, and Will Book J, Page 404. 
• A guide to obtaining copies of Probate Records 
  From the UK Court Service.
• Hoopers International Probate Genealogists 
  Established in the UK in 1923. Specializing in locating missing beneficiaries.
• How to Obtain Probate in the UK 
• How to Find a Will  ~ England
  From the East Sussex Record Office.
• An Index of Seventeenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories 
• An Index of Eighteenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories 
• An Index of Nineteenth Century Virginia Room by Room Inventories 
• Index of Ohio County, WV Wills, Through 1835 
• Index to PEI Probate Records  ~ Prince Edward Island, Canada
• GENUKI: England Topics - Probate Records 
• Georgia Intestate Records 
  A book by Jeannette Holland Austin.
• The Gloucestershire Record Office 
  • Genealogical Database 
    Searchable online database including wills, non-conformist baptisms and gaol registers.
• The Index to Texas Probate Records 
  An index of 26,000 probate records for eleven Texas counties.
• Irish Ancestors: Wills 
• Kosciusko County, Indiana - Index to the Early Wills 1844 - 1920 
• Lancashire Will Search 
  The purpose of this page is to provide a search engine to assist one in finding a will of a person who died in Lancashire, England from the time period of the mid sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century.
• Larry Medaglia: Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Berks County, PA 
• A List of Wills, Madison County, Missouri 1822-1855 
• Local History Search Index  ~ Scioto County, Ohio
  From the Portsmouth Public Library.
  • Wills Index Information 
• London Signatures  ~ England
  Online index of 10,000 wills from the Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex. Copies of the wills can be purchased online.
  • Frequently Asked Questions 
• Loudoun Co., Virginia Documents 
  Includes transcripts of birth, bible, marriage, deeds, newspapers, letters, deaths, and wills for the following surnames: BRADEN, DEMORY, DULIN, ELGIN, FOX, GIDEON, HAGUE, HIXSON, HUMPHREY, MARKS, MOORE, PANCOAST, RAMEY, STEVENS and more.
• [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
  Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Will Extracts 
• Maryland State Archives Probate Records 
• Medieval & Tudor Kent P.C.C & C.C.C. Wills 
  Old wills from Kent, England.
• Montour County Will Index - 1850 to Present  ~ Pennsylvania
  Indexed alphabetically by surname.
• The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z 
  • Death Duty Records, From 1796 
  • How to Interpret Death Duty Registers 
  • Probate Records 
  • Wills and Death Duty Records, after 1858 
  • Wills before 1858 
• The National Archives | DocumentsOnline  ~ United Kingdom
  Access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records, including both academic and family history sources. Searching is free, images are available for download for a fee.
  • Famous Wills in PROB1 
    Wills of various historical figures from the United Kingdom.
  • Wills 
    Includes a searchable index to probate records (wills) with over 800,000 wills from the period 1384 to 1858.
• National Archives of Scotland Fact Sheets - Wills & Testaments 
• Newfoundland Wills Index 
  Indexed by surname for 13,457 entries from 1830 to 1962. Includes microfilm numbers of their sources and information on how to obtain the actual wills.
  • Sample Newfoundland Will 
  • Scanned image of one index page 
• Northumberland County Will Index 1772-1859  ~ Pennsylvania
• Probate Court Index 1807-1900  ~ Miami County, Ohio
• Probate Database Search 
  Online searchable index to the holdings of the Delaware Public Archives' manuscript probate records from c. 1680 to c. 1925.
• Probate Index - Pioneer Families of Grand Traverse County, Michigan 
  Transcriptions of all local news columns from the Grand Traverse Herald for 1886 are being posted. This paper covered Grand Traverse, Benzie, Leelanau, Kalkaska, Wexford, and Antrim Co. MI.
• Probate Index: Thisted, Viborg, Aalborg & Randers Counties  ~ Denmark
  Online searchable database for four counties.
• Probate Notices from the Houston Morning Star Newspaper 1839-1844  ~ Texas
• Probate Records of Fulton County  ~ New York
• Registrars of Probate 
  Contact information by county. Provided by the Nova Scotia Genealogy Network Association.
• ScotlandsPeople 
  The official government source of genealogical data for Scotland. A partnership between General Register Office for Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon enabled by Scotland Online.
  • Wills & Testaments 
    Free index search of over 611,000 index entries to Scottish wills and testaments dating from 1513 to 1901.
• Ripley County Indiana Transcribed Probate Inventories 
• Scottish Family History from 16th-17th Century Wills 
• [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
  Some Wills and Estate Settlements 
  Families from South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware. MAYFIELD, WEST, RODGERS, LEAGUE, COMPTON.
• St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project: 1802 - 1900  ~ Missouri
  A collaborative project of the Missouri State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State and the St. Louis Probate Court. Probate files from 1802 to 1900 have been indexed and are available through the online database. To date, cases up to 1865 are digitized and images of the case documents are available for online research.
• Surrey Plus Wills Index  ~ Surrey, England
  The Surrey+ Wills Index provides an index to names of people (e.g., beneficiaries, tenants, creditors, witnesses) appearing in the Wills of Testators residing in the County of Surrey, England, and others of the Home Counties. Links are provided to transcripts of Wills, where available.
• Upper Canada Genealogy - Names in Prince Edward County Women's Wills and Estate Files 
  This index to all the people mentioned in women's wills and estate files in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 1859-1900 includes heirs, executors, relatives, neighbours, witnesses, bondsmen, etc. It's a great way to learn more about Prince Edward County ancestors' relationships with one another.
• The Wedderburn Pages - Glossary 
  Glossary of archaic Scottish words and phrases useful for genealogical research, including terms linked to property and possessions, found in wills and testaments.
• Wills 
  From the United Kingdom's familyrecords.gov consortium.
• Wills and Administration Collection Index 
  Part of the Electronic Card Indexes from the Library of Virginia.
• Wills and Testaments 
  Transcription of the last will and testaments of mostly those in southeast colonial Pennsylvania, along with others.
• Wills Database  ~ Cheshire, England
  Index covers the years 1492 - 1940 and contains 130,000 entries. It covers probate documents proved at Chester mainly for Cheshire residents. The index supplies name, place of residence (at the time of making the will), occupation and date of probate (usually within a year of death, although it can be much longer). It also indicates the type of record which survives. These could be a Will, 'Admon' or administration bond (normally when there is no will), Inventory of personal property or Codicil or other probate documents.
• Wills & Probate Records  ~ England
  From the Northamptonshire Record Office.
• Wills - Giles County  ~ Tennessee
• The Wiltshire Wills Project  ~ England
• Wood County Wills  ~ West Virginia

People & Families

• All Known Wills of the Mayflower Passengers 
• Ancestry.com - Search Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records 
  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
  • Abstracts of early Virginia ROSE estates 
    Original source: Rose, Christine,. Abstracts of early Virginia Rose estates : wills, inventories, accounts and administrator's bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Priv. print. by Rose Family Bulletin, 1972.
  • Abstracts of the wills of the MATHER family 
    Original source: Rylands, J. Paul. Abstracts of the wills of the Mather family : proved in the Consistory Court of Chester, from 1573 to 1650. Boston, Mass.: Priv. print., 1991.
  • Abstracts of VAN VOORHEES family wills in the Surrogate's Office of New York County 
    Original source: Faiche, Abram J.. Abstracts of Van Voorhees family wills in the Surrogate's Office of New York County. Brooklyn, N.Y.,: unknown, 1936.
  • Abstracts of wills and administration papers 
    Original source: Johnson, Rhea Duryea,. Abstracts of wills and administration papers : the STEER family .... Philadelphia, Pa.: Mrs. W.H. Johnson, 1946.
  • Calendar of "Parsons" wills and administrations (Prerogative Court of Canterbury, &c., Somerset House, London) : from A.D. 1417 
    Original source: Calendar of "Parsons" wills and administrations (Prerogative Court of Canterbury, &c., Somerset House, London) : from A.D. 1417 to A.D. 1801.. London: Printed by the Army and Navy Co-operative Society, 1902.
  • DEW wills and administrations : in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 
    Original source: Holworthy, Richard.. Dew wills and administrations : in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. London: C. A. Bernau, 1921.
  • Early wills illustrating the ancestry of Harriot COFFIN : with genealogical and biographical notes 
    Original source: Appleton, William S.. Early wills illustrating the ancestry of Harriot Coffin : with genealogical and biographical notes. Boston: Press of D. Clapp & Son, 1893.
  • Indian Wills, 1911-1921 
    In accordance with federal statutes enacted in 1910 and 1913, the Law and, subsequently, the Probate Divisions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs were responsible for determining the heirs of deceased Indian trust allottees. Ultimately, Native Americans submitted more than 2,500 pages of wills and probate records to the Bureau. These records span the period 1911 to 1921 and, with a few exceptions, pertain to Indian families living in the Plains and several western states. Researchers will find members of the following tribes represented in this collection: Chippewa, Sioux, Apache, Shawnee, Quapaw, Assinboin, Leach Lake Chippewa, Confederated Flathead, Ponca, Cheyenne, Crow, Sac & Fox, Nez Perce, Southern Ute, Omaha, Osage, and more. Original source: Bowen, Jeff. Indian Wills, 1911-1921. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.
  • Will of Samuel St. John, 1844 
    Original source: St. John, Samuel,. Will of Samuel St. John, 1844. New Haven: unknown, 1852.
  • Wills of George Washington and his immediate ancestors 
    Original source: Wills of George Washington and his immediate ancestors. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Historical Print. Club, 1891.
  • Wills of the American ancestors of General George Washington in the line of the original owner and the inheritors of Mount Vern 
    Original source: Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith),. Wills of the American ancestors of General George Washington in the line of the original owner and the inheritors of Mount Vernon : from original documents and probate records. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1891.
  • Wills of the Smith families of New York and Long Island, 1664-1794 : careful abstracts of all the wills of the name of Smith re 
    Original source: Pelletreau, William S.. Wills of the Smith families of New York and Long Island, 1664-1794 : careful abstracts of all the wills of the name of Smith recorded in New York, Jamaica, and Hempstead, prior to 1794 : with genealogical and historical notes. New York: F.P. Harper, 1898.
• Bladen Co, NC Will of Matthew PRIDGEN 1818 
• [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
  ERB / LARKINS Genealogy: The 1769 Will of Nicholas Erb Jr 
  Complete text of the 1769 will of Nicholas (Claus) Erb Jr., 1737 Swiss-Amish immigrant to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• HAM Country - North Carolina Will and Estate Abstracts for the HAM Surname 
  State-wide index prior to 1900.
• MEAD Wills 
  150 wills of Meads in England, mainy 1400 to 1600.
• Nicholas LAKE’s Probate File 
  This is a *beautiful* example of how to transcribe a probate file, and how to publish the results on the web.
• Probate Records of David THOMAS 
  Clinton County, Indiana.
• RAIFORD, Matthew - 1752, Bladen County, North Carolina - Wills 
• SHERMANs of Yaxley 
  This site contains wills transcribed from "Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, First Secretary of Rhode Island" by Roy V. Sherman.
• Will of John WINGATE 

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Wills  and Probate 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories: Copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories 
    A book by Junie Estelle Stewart King.
  • Abstracts of North Carolina Wills 1663 - 1760 
    A book by J. Bryan Grimes.
  • Abstracts of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1726 
    A book by F. Edward Wright.
  • Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills, 1726-1747 
    A book by F. Edward Wright.
  • Abstracts of the Wills and Estate Records of Granville County, North Carolina, 1808-1833 
    A book by Zae Hargett Gwynn.
  • Early New Brunswick (Canada Probate Records 1785-1835) 
    A book by R. Wallace Hale.
  • Estate Inventories: How to Use Them 
    A book by Kenneth L. Smith.
  • Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1729-1850 
    A book by Eleanore J. Fulton.
  • Inheritance in America: From Colonial Times to the Present 
    A book by Carole Shammas.
  • New York State Probate Records: A Genealogist's Guide to Testate and Intestate Records 
    A book by Gordon Lewis Remington.
  • Probate Genealogy of Williamson Co. Tn (1799-1832) 
    A book by Albert Johnson.
  • Probate Genealogy of Williamson Co. Tn (1833-1852) 
    A book by Albert L. Johnson Jr.
  • Surry County, Va., Wills, Estates Accounts and Inventories 1730-1800 
    A book by Lyndon H. Hart.
  • Wills and Other Probate Records: A Practical Guide to Researching Your Ancestors' Last Documents 
    A book by Karen Grannum.
  • Wills of Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1801-1899 
    A book by Dale Morrow.
  • Women and the Law of Property in Early America 
    A book by Marylynn Salmon.
• Eneclann: CD-ROM Index of Irish Wills 1484-1858 
  CD-ROM includes over 70,000 records that have never published before, containing over 100,000 names.
• Genealogical.com - Wills and Probate Records 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • North Carolina Wills - A Testator Index, 1665-1900, Corrected and revised edition 
    A book by Thornton W. Mitchell.
• Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 
  A CD-ROM by Ancestry.

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