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== Record Content  ==
== Record Content  ==


<gallery perrow="3" heights="120px" widths="160px" caption="New Zealand Probate Record Examples:">
<gallery caption="New Zealand Probate Record Examples:" widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="3">
Image:New Zealand Probate Records DGS 4589191 10.jpg|Probate Record example 1
Image:New Zealand Probate Records DGS 4589191 10.jpg|Probate Record example 1
Image:New Zealand Probate Records DGS 4589191 11.jpg|Probate record example 2
Image:New Zealand Probate Records DGS 4589191 11.jpg|Probate record example 2
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==== Searching the Images  ====
==== Searching the Images  ====


To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links:<br>⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page<br>⇒Select the "Probate Court" category<br>⇒Select the "Record Type, Date Range and Volume" category which takes you to the images<br>
Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about the ancestors in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to find your ancestor.
 
To search the collection image by image you will need to follow this series of links:<br>⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page<br>⇒Select the "Probate Court" category<br>⇒Select the "Record Type, Date Range and Volume" category which takes you to the images<br>


Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.  
Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.  
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=== Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection  ===
=== Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection  ===


"New Zealand, Probate Records" images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://ds.familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21311-24752-43?cc=1865481&amp;wc=MMM2-38C:n1057584975&nbsp;: accessed 7 August 2012),&gt; Blenheim Supreme Courty &gt; Probates 1955-1956 rec 3485, 3447, 3426-3504 &gt; Image 506 of 854; Joseph Harvey Michelle, 8 November 1955; citing Court Records; Probate files, 1925-1926, rec, 2215-2252, images 1-14; National Library of New Zealand, Aukland, New Zealand.
"New Zealand, Probate Records" index and images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://ds.familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21311-24752-43?cc=1865481&amp;wc=MMM2-38C:n1057584975&nbsp;: accessed 7 August 2012),&gt; Blenheim Supreme Courty &gt; Probates 1955-1956 rec 3485, 3447, 3426-3504 &gt; Image 506 of 854; Joseph Harvey Michelle, 8 November 1955; citing Court Records; Probate files, 1925-1926, rec, 2215-2252, images 1-14; National Library of New Zealand, Aukland, New Zealand.
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