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| The Scottish Archives Network (SCAN) has created a fully searchable index to wills and testaments. It is available online through the ScotlandsPeople web site (see Indexes below). You must register to use the website, then access to the probate index is free. You may pay to view a copy of the probate records if you wish,then you can print it on your computer. <!--{12048474607340} --><!--{12048474607341} --><!--{12048474607342} --><!--{12048474607343} --><!--{12048474607344} --><!--{12048474607345} --> | | The Scottish Archives Network (SCAN) has created a fully searchable index to wills and testaments. It is available online through the ScotlandsPeople web site (see Indexes below). You must register to use the website, then access to the probate index is free. You may pay to view a copy of the probate records if you wish,then you can print it on your computer. <!--{12048474607340} --><!--{12048474607341} --><!--{12048474607342} --><!--{12048474607343} --><!--{12048474607344} --><!--{12048474607345} --> |
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| === Indexes to Probate Records === | | === Indexes to Probate Records === |
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| To find a probate record of interest, you should first search available indexes. To access the free online index available through the ScotlandsPeople website, click [[Search for Scottish Testaments on Scotland’s People|here]]. | | To find a probate record of interest, you should first search an index. Scottish probate records, for 1513-1901, are indexed online on the [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ScotlandsPeople] website. It is free to search the index. |
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| '''Indexes to Commissariat Records'''
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| The Scottish Record Society at http://www.scottishrecordsassociation.org/ has published indexes to the Commissariat Court records to 1800 (FHL book 941 B4sr). Other indexes are available for 1800 to 1823 and for 1800 to 1829 for Edinburgh, Haddington, and Linlithgow.
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| You can find Family History Library film numbers for indexes to probate records in:
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| ''Testaments and Commissariat Records of Scotland.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (FHL book 941 P2gs; fiche 6054479.)
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| You can also look in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
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| SCOTLAND - PROBATE RECORDS - INDEXES
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| SCOTLAND, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS - INDEXES
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| '''Indexes to Sheriff’s Court Records'''
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| '''1824 to 1845.''' Indexes for sheriff court records for these years are available only in Scotland at the Scottish Record Office (see the "Archives and Libraries" section of this outline for the address).
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| '''1846 to 1867.''' For indexes to sheriff’s court records from 1846 to 1845, see:
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| ''Indexes to Personal Estates of Defuncts''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Record Office, 1985. (FHL films 1368215-17.) These are indexes to the inventories of the estates of the deceased.
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| When you find a reference to an inventory, you can find a Family History Library microfilm number in:
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| ''Testaments and Commissariat Courts of Scotland''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (FHL book 941 P2gs; fiche 6054479.)
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| You can also use the Locality Search of the Family History Center Catalog to see if the library has any records for your county of interest.
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| If the Family History Library does not have any records for the county you want, you will need to write to the Scottish Record Office to determine if a testament exists and to obtain a copy.
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| '''1868 to 1875.''' Indexes and probate records for these years are available only at the Scottish Record Office.
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| '''1876 to 1959.''' There is a series of annual printed indexes called:
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| ''Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, n.d. (FHL book Q941 P2s; films 990433, 990447-68, and 1440931-6.) The library has the calendars for 1876 to 1936. If you find a reference to a probate record in the calendars, you will have to write to the Scottish Record Office to obtain a copy of the probate record. <!--{12048474607346} --><!--{12048474607347} --><!--{12048474607348} --><!--{12048474607349} --><!--{120484746073410} -->
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| === Difficulties in Finding a Probate Record === | | === Difficulties in Finding a Probate Record === |