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◄ [[The_Netherlands|Netherlands Homepage]]{{Netherlands-sidebar}} <br> Probate records are court records that deal with the distribution of a person’s estate after death. Information in probate records may include the deceased person’s death date, occupation, relationships, residences, heirs, and guardians; an inventory of the estate; and names of witnesses. | ◄ [[The_Netherlands|Netherlands Homepage]]{{Netherlands-sidebar}} <br> | ||
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Probate records are court records that deal with the distribution of a person’s estate after death. Information in probate records may include the deceased person’s death date, occupation, relationships, residences, heirs, and guardians; an inventory of the estate; and names of witnesses. | |||
Wills [''testamenten''] are one kind of probate record. Anyone of legal age and a sound mind had the right to leave a will. Wills were made primarily by the upper and middle classes. It was popular for a man and his wife to make a mutual will soon after they married. Each one appointed the surviving spouse as the executor of the estate, and sometimes guardians were named for any future born children. Mutual wills made later in life or wills of single people are more informative because they name heirs. Wills were drawn up before either a notary public or before the court of aldermen of the town. In Noord–Holland, Zuid–Holland, and Zeeland it became popular in the 1700s to "seclude" the Orphans’ Chamber Court in the will. | Wills [''testamenten''] are one kind of probate record. Anyone of legal age and a sound mind had the right to leave a will. Wills were made primarily by the upper and middle classes. It was popular for a man and his wife to make a mutual will soon after they married. Each one appointed the surviving spouse as the executor of the estate, and sometimes guardians were named for any future born children. Mutual wills made later in life or wills of single people are more informative because they name heirs. Wills were drawn up before either a notary public or before the court of aldermen of the town. In Noord–Holland, Zuid–Holland, and Zeeland it became popular in the 1700s to "seclude" the Orphans’ Chamber Court in the will. | ||