Karen - Yes, probate records can be hard to read. I've been looking at both land and probate records in New York. They aren't indexed but familysearch does have images and the images usually include images of the index books. So far I have discovered that different NY counties use different ways of indexing, but once you have that figured out it helps. I've also learned that some images are multiple books, so you have to be sure to check each volume. One neat thing, however, is that once you find the image, there is a button to cite the source which copies it to the clipboard for easy paste into the profile.
