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*Male heirs became of age at age 21 years | *Male heirs became of age at age 21 years | ||
*Females never became of age unless they were widowed. To learn more about becoming of age click [[ | *Females never became of age unless they were widowed. To learn more about becoming of age click [[Legal Age in Sweden|here]]. | ||
*Make it a practice to scan the debts/assets sections of the probate. As it is true today, so it was then, money was often loaned/borrowed by relatives | *Make it a practice to scan the debts/assets sections of the probate. As it is true today, so it was then, money was often loaned/borrowed by relatives | ||
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*Indexes are available for many districts. These are noted in the FHL catalog by “register”. | *Indexes are available for many districts. These are noted in the FHL catalog by “register”. | ||
*Many probate indexes that are found in the Regional Archives (but never microfilmed) can be found online through[http://www.arkivdigital.net/ ArkivDigital]. | |||
*Districts (Härad) with probate indexes are listed with FHL Film Call numbers in the book by Carl-Erik Johansson, “Cradled in Sweden”, Chapter 18. | *Districts (Härad) with probate indexes are listed with FHL Film Call numbers in the book by Carl-Erik Johansson, “Cradled in Sweden”, Chapter 18. | ||
*<u>Halland County:</u> A person and place index for wills for Halland county has been created and is available on a CD-ROM. It contains only a sampling for the cities of Halland county but also includes some wills from Älvsborg and Jönköping Counties. It is available to purchase through Hallands Genealogiska Förening on line at [http://hgf.e-butik.se/ http://hgf.e-butik.se/] . It may be viewed at the Family History Library as CD-ROM no. 1069. | *<u>Halland County:</u> A person and place index for wills for Halland county has been created and is available on a CD-ROM. It contains only a sampling for the cities of Halland county but also includes some wills from Älvsborg and Jönköping Counties. It is available to purchase through Hallands Genealogiska Förening on line at [http://hgf.e-butik.se/ http://hgf.e-butik.se/] . It may be viewed at the Family History Library as CD-ROM no. 1069. | ||