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==Online Resources ==
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28961 Early California Wills] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
== Online Resources ==
*'''1833-1991''' {{RecordSearch|1999181|California Probate Estate Files, 1833-1991}} at FamilySearch - [[California Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images; incomplete; includes only 11 counties
*'''1782 – 1999''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8639 California Wills and Probate Records 1782-1999] at [http://home.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] — index and images $  
*'''1850-1953''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8639/ California, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1850-1953] at Ancestry ($), index  and images
*'''1833 1991''' {{RecordSearch|1999181|California Probate Estate Files 1833-1991}} at [https://familysearch.org FamilySearch] — images 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Probate Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]


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You can obtain copies of the original probate records (such as wills and estate files) by writing to the county clerk.  
You can obtain copies of the original probate records (such as wills and estate files) by writing to the county clerk.  


Many records of Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Nevada, Sonoma, and Sutter counties are at the [http://www.sos.ca.gov/ California State Archives]. The Family History Library has copies of some probate records, including 33,000 wills filed in San Francisco between 1906 and 1922 on 127 microfilms.  
Many records of Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Nevada, Sonoma, and Sutter counties are at the [http://www.sos.ca.gov/ California State Archives]. The FamilySearch Library has copies of some probate records, including 33,000 wills filed in San Francisco between 1906 and 1922 on 127 microfilms.  


== References  ==
== References  ==


''[[California Genealogy|California]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2003.  
''[[California, United States Genealogy|California]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2003.  


:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.
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