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+Most&nbsp;probate courts index their records by the decedant's name. Some court indexes are only for testate cases and&nbsp;exclude intestate cases.
+The entry in the index usually provides the decedant's name, a year, a case number, and references to&nbsp;other court documents by volume and page number.
+The records for a&nbsp;probate case can be in various court registers. Each type of register may have its own index.
+Most courts create a comprehensive index for a probate case. U.S. states&nbsp;use different names for this type of index, such as, estate index, proceedings index, or index to probate cases. This general index has the references to other court documents.
+Look in the Family History Library Catalog to see what court indexes are available on microfilm from the probate court.
+Also, look for published&nbsp;statewide probate indexes.
+Consider variant spellings for a given name and surname.