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In addition to wills and administrations, the Orphans' Court also handles: audits of accounts of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians; distribution of estates of decedents, incompetents, and minors; appointment and control of guardians; adoptions; appeals from the Register of Wills involving probate matters; inheritance tax appeals and various petitions and motions. | In addition to wills and administrations, the Orphans' Court also handles: audits of accounts of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians; distribution of estates of decedents, incompetents, and minors; appointment and control of guardians; adoptions; appeals from the Register of Wills involving probate matters; inheritance tax appeals and various petitions and motions. | ||
'''Additional Probate Indexes and Abstracts'''<br> | '''Additional Probate Indexes and Abstracts'''<br> | ||
Additional probate indexes or abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as '''''Berks County Pennsylvania probate wills''''' in online catalogs like: | Additional probate indexes or abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as '''''Berks County Pennsylvania probate wills''''' in online catalogs like: | ||
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'''Online Probate Indexes''' <br> | '''Online Probate Indexes''' <br> | ||
:*'''1626-1836''' - [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6393 | :*'''1626-1836''' - [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6393 Pennsylvania Wills, 1626-1836] on [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]. Taken from Fernow, Berthold, comp. and ed. "Calendar of Wills." New York, NY, USA: 1896. - ($).<br> | ||
:*'''1878-1939''' - [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palackaw/wills/index.html Will Index, Lackawanna County], located on [http://www.pagenweb.org/ PAGenWeb] - also includes deceased's death date<br> | :*'''1878-1939''' - [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palackaw/wills/index.html Will Index, Lackawanna County], located on [http://www.pagenweb.org/ PAGenWeb] - also includes deceased's death date<br> | ||
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