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| *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 Probate Records]]. | | *For other methods of accessing wills and probate records, see [[Ontario 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:
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| **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:
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| **Upper Canada. Court of Probate, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/218510?availability=Family%20History%20Library Probate Registers, 1793-1858; and Estate Files, 1793-1859]. The probate registers may include wills, administrations, guardianships, or citations of next of kin. Estate files may include inventories, administration papers, bonds, affidavits, letters, or wills.
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| ===== Surrogate Court Records Index ===== | | ===== Surrogate Court Records Index ===== |