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Analyzing an 1804 Inventory

This 1804 inventory lists the possessions of Thomas Springer of New Castle County, Delaware.

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.

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Ancestry.com - Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

BCG Skillbuilding: Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues

FamilySearch Wiki - Glossary of United States Probate Terms

Findmypast - Glossary of Probate Terms

Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament

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Glossary of Colonial Terms

How to Read Probate Records

From DoHistory.

Index of Terms used in 17th & 18th Century Wills, Inventories and other Documents

Legacy QuickGuide: Using Probate Records $

The Using Probate Records Legacy QuickGuide

Legal Terminology: An Historical Introduction to the Technical Language of Law - Wills and Estates

Legal Terms in Wills and Land Records

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.

My Genealogical Will For Preserving My Family History

A template for you to use to draw up a genealogical codicil to your Last Will and Testament.

My Genealogy Will

A form to help you determine and designate should inherit your genealogical research.

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Indexes for: Wills and Heirs, Surrogate's Records / Probate / Estate Files, Guardianships, Naturalizations, Miscellaneous Orders and Decrees, Letters of Administration, Letters Testamentary, Petitions for Administration, Proofs of Wills, Cemetery Burials, Renunications, Biographies. You can order copies of the original source documents for a small fee. This service pertains only to entries found in the indexes on this web site.