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PROBATE genealogy
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Probate before death?
asked
5 days
ago
in
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by
Christopher Kenney
G2G6
(
6.3k
points)
will
probate
massachusetts
fall_river
death
+3
votes
2
answers
90
views
Identify this item: Dial & Dial garden post
asked
Apr 12
in
The Tree House
by
Jo Gill
G2G6 Pilot
(
114k
points)
ireland
virginia
wills
probate
garden
+2
votes
1
answer
130
views
Does anyone know what sort of (live) horse would be described as a "Davy Crockett horse"?
asked
Feb 13
in
Genealogy Help
by
Vicki Stroeher
G2G1
(
1.4k
points)
research_assistance
texas
probate
crockett
+9
votes
4
answers
128
views
In praise of reading Will books.
asked
Feb 8
in
WikiTree Help
by
Jane Peppler
G2G6 Mach 2
(
23.0k
points)
one_place_studies
wills
probate
maryland
+2
votes
2
answers
79
views
Marriage and Divorce in the Antebellum South
asked
Nov 9, 2021
in
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by
Paul Schmehl
G2G6 Mach 4
(
42.2k
points)
stedman
givhan
alabama
north_carolina
probate
marriage_customs
+4
votes
2
answers
95
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 2
(
23.0k
points)
fuhrman
foreman
forman
pennsylvania
probate
land_records
+1
vote
3
answers
72
views
Will created in Georgia, but probated in Alabama
asked
Oct 1, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Betty Tindle
G2G6 Mach 8
(
81.2k
points)
will
probate
law
alabama
georgia
+4
votes
1
answer
55
views
Help with early New York estate of Henry Pierson, 1680.
asked
Aug 31, 2021
in
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by
GeneJ X
G2G6 Mach 8
(
82.9k
points)
pierson
pgm
new_york
probate
+2
votes
0
answers
55
views
Which one of Arthur Howland’s children was really Mrs. Margaret Howland's?
asked
Aug 1, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Anonymous Howland
G2G1
(
1.1k
points)
unknown
howland
probate
wills
+1
vote
1
answer
39
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Looking for a probate or death notice for Diederik Johannes Hattingh
asked
Jul 8, 2021
in
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by
Shaun Wallace
G2G2
(
2.9k
points)
hattingh
probate
+2
votes
1
answer
89
views
Translation help with Norwegian Probate
asked
Jun 29, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Sarah Sterling
G2G3
(
3.0k
points)
norway
translation
norwegian
christensdatter
probate
+2
votes
0
answers
62
views
A record from the decedant's (adoptive) grandfather in her father's estate file
asked
Jun 12, 2021
in
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by
Porter Fann
G2G6 Mach 5
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59.0k
points)
gould
boland
probate
north_carolina
carteret
adoption
+6
votes
0
answers
105
views
Large Norwegian probate after childless bachelor
asked
Apr 30, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Leif Biberg Kristensen
G2G6 Pilot
(
127k
points)
norway
probate
translation
+5
votes
0
answers
85
views
What determines if a probate record exists for an individual?
asked
Apr 5, 2021
in
Genealogy Help
by
Brian Lamothe
G2G6 Mach 3
(
33.1k
points)
probate
+3
votes
1
answer
58
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
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by
Judy Emerick
G2G Crew
(
580
points)
davis
south_carolina
probate
+3
votes
1
answer
99
views
Who was chosen to inventory estates in colonial New England?
asked
Dec 30, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
probate
law
new_england
massachusetts
connecticut
rhode_island
+1
vote
1
answer
106
views
Worchestershire will or probate available based on Fry's reference number?
asked
Nov 4, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Brad Stauf
G2G6 Mach 2
(
20.8k
points)
england
probate
cottrell
+2
votes
1
answer
87
views
Norwegian Probate Abstract - Vikna
asked
Aug 23, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Robyn Adair
G2G6
(
8.0k
points)
norway
probate
+1
vote
2
answers
104
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
G2G5
(
5.8k
points)
england
probate
+1
vote
1
answer
172
views
Probate being granted twice to different people
asked
Jun 30, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Valerie Crowley
G2G6 Mach 1
(
15.9k
points)
probate
united_kingdom
pearse
+3
votes
1
answer
87
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
(
229k
points)
wills
coverture
probate
legal
+1
vote
3
answers
101
views
Are there probate records to be found in Åbo, Finland?
asked
May 3, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Maria Lundholm
G2G6 Pilot
(
153k
points)
finland
finnish
records
probate
+1
vote
1
answer
61
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
(
229k
points)
new_jersey
probate
sources
+4
votes
0
answers
63
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
(
229k
points)
sources
massachusetts
probate
+3
votes
0
answers
102
views
Help with legal term abbreviation
asked
Feb 16, 2020
in
Genealogy Help
by
Beth Golden
G2G6 Mach 1
(
16.1k
points)
bell
probate
translation
+1
vote
2
answers
102
views
Do Files for Seneca County, New York Probate Courts still exist?
asked
Dec 16, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Terri Swift
G2G6 Mach 1
(
19.1k
points)
clawson
new_york
sources
probate
+4
votes
1
answer
137
views
How to find New York State Wills
asked
Dec 5, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kay Knight
G2G6 Pilot
(
450k
points)
new
new_york
probate
wills
+1
vote
2
answers
104
views
Many years delay before division of estate
asked
Nov 20, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
probate
wheaton
massachusetts
0
votes
1
answer
87
views
Help with a 1795 North Carolina probate record?
asked
Nov 15, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Lisa Hazard
G2G6 Pilot
(
203k
points)
north_carolina
savage
harper
probate
+5
votes
2
answers
137
views
Abbreviation "cur." in 1906 Missouri probate court?
asked
Oct 14, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kerry Larson
G2G6 Pilot
(
178k
points)
probate
missouri
+1
vote
0
answers
93
views
Child omitted from a land division
asked
Sep 3, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
cole
probate
sources
+3
votes
2
answers
91
views
Missing will for John Luther d. 1756(?)
asked
Aug 8, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
luther
massachusetts
probate
+19
votes
3
answers
196
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
(
9.1k
points)
terminology
probate
+1
vote
1
answer
99
views
Anyone with experience ordering documents from District of Columbia Probate Court?
asked
May 26, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Richard Delahanty
G2G Crew
(
460
points)
washington
probate
documents
+4
votes
2
answers
171
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 5
(
59.0k
points)
barnes
north_carolina
probate
cursive
+4
votes
2
answers
115
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 5
(
59.0k
points)
barnes
cursive
probate
ancestry
north_carolina
+2
votes
5
answers
273
views
a possible breakthrough if only the probate settlement documents could be legibly written
asked
May 4, 2019
in
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by
Porter Fann
G2G6 Mach 5
(
59.0k
points)
gainey
probate
cursive
documents
north_carolina
slavery
+2
votes
3
answers
187
views
Chesterfield County Will Book 1 for c. 1756
asked
Mar 30, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Ellen Steger
G2G6
(
7.5k
points)
virginia
hatchett
probate
+4
votes
2
answers
185
views
Why would a father need to be appointed guardian of his own children?
asked
Mar 29, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
probate
guardianship
+3
votes
3
answers
142
views
Do children of collateral heirs inherit before their widows/widowers?
asked
Mar 8, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
probate
heirs
rhode_island
+2
votes
2
answers
167
views
Does it make sense for chancery court records to state intestate, but LDS site lists a will ??
asked
Mar 5, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Hart Wallace
G2G6 Mach 2
(
20.1k
points)
probate
virginia
+5
votes
4
answers
162
views
Not in father's will.
asked
Jan 12, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kitty Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
573k
points)
probate
wills
+3
votes
2
answers
83
views
Does Thomas Wadsworth d.1783 at Hartford have a probate record?
asked
Jan 11, 2019
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
wadsworth
connecticut
probate
+4
votes
7
answers
137
views
Son inherited twice as much as daughter?
asked
Dec 15, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
(
229k
points)
probate
thurber
+1
vote
1
answer
105
views
Need help interpreting MA Early Probate/Division of Estate from 1728/1742
asked
Nov 4, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
M Cole
G2G6 Mach 4
(
42.6k
points)
sprague
warfield
massachusetts
probate
+5
votes
2
answers
179
views
Are executors or beneficiaries mentioned in English will probate calendar?
asked
Sep 8, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Fiona McMichael
G2G6 Pilot
(
174k
points)
england
probate
wills
executors
beneficiaries
+3
votes
2
answers
138
views
Question about probate record.
asked
Aug 14, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kaylinn Stormo
G2G6 Mach 1
(
18.4k
points)
stiles
probate
+2
votes
0
answers
88
views
Jacka Probate
asked
May 3, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Sandra Williamson
G2G6 Mach 2
(
22.4k
points)
jacka
probate
cornwall
+5
votes
1
answer
127
views
Will probated twice?
asked
Apr 28, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Jane Alexander
G2G6
(
7.2k
points)
probate
wills
law
+8
votes
0
answers
154
views
Do you need FREE access to NEHGS Probate records?
asked
Apr 19, 2017
in
The Tree House
by
April Dauenhauer
G2G6 Pilot
(
110k
points)
probate
new_england
colonial
nehgs
research
webinar
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