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4. The information you have collected on the Volume and Instrument Number will help you select the correct film. The camera icon on the right links to the digitized records, | 4. The information you have collected on the Volume and Instrument Number will help you select the correct film. The camera icon on the right links to the digitized records, | ||
===Search for probate records. === | ===Search for probate records in land records. === | ||
When individuals died, their land was usually sold or transferred to an heir or creditor. Usually a person's last will and testament was copied either into a deed book at a land registry office, or into a probate record at the probate court or surrogate court to make a land transfer official. Copies of the will or probate papers are rarely filed in both the land registry office and the court. But probate papers in the land registry are a hint that you may find some additional related papers in court records.<br><br> | When individuals died, their land was usually sold or transferred to an heir or creditor. Usually a person's last will and testament was copied either into a deed book at a land registry office, or into a probate record at the probate court or surrogate court to make a land transfer official. Copies of the will or probate papers are rarely filed in both the land registry office and the court. But probate papers in the land registry are a hint that you may find some additional related papers in court records.<br><br> | ||
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===== Probate Registers and Estate Files ===== | ===== Probate Registers and Estate Files ===== | ||
*The [[Ontario Land and Property#Abstract Index Books|Abstract Index Books]] (listed above) are the major indexes to wills recorded or memorialized in deed books. <br> | *The [[Ontario Land and Property#Abstract Index Books|Abstract Index Books]] (listed above) are the major indexes to wills recorded or memorialized in deed books. <br> | ||
*For other methods of accessing wills and probate records, see [[Ontario Wills and Probate Records]]. | |||
*If land records show the person's estate was ''proved'' or probated before a court, look for additional information about the person in one of the following sources: | *If land records show the person's estate was ''proved'' or probated before a court, look for additional information about the person in one of the following sources: | ||
**Bill Zuefelt, '''''Court of Probate: Registers and Estate Files at the Archives of Ontario (1793-1859): an Index for Genealogical Research'''''. ([Toronto]: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986). {{WorldCat|16021977|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|433312|item|disp=FHL Book 971.3 P2z}}. This record indexes: | **Bill Zuefelt, '''''Court of Probate: Registers and Estate Files at the Archives of Ontario (1793-1859): an Index for Genealogical Research'''''. ([Toronto]: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986). {{WorldCat|16021977|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|433312|item|disp=FHL Book 971.3 P2z}}. This record indexes: | ||