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 Probate records include wills, petitions, letters of administration and testamentary, and inventories. Most wills were created by individuals with substantial property. Most poor people, such as farmers and workers, arranged their affairs without legal action. Wills can give relationships, names, and dates.
-=== Probate Records (RG7)  ===
+=== Probate Records===
 Probate is a county matter, and at one time probate records were held in each of the fifteen counties. Most surviving early records have been transferred to the provincial archives and microfilmed copies returned to the county.
-Probate records exist as both probate files and probate books, the former containing all the assorted documents, the books contain an abstract of the probate proceedings. Indexed files and registers are available for most counties. A summary of what exists and what is microfilmed is found in the New Brunswick section of ''Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research'', pages 15-16.
+Probate records exist as both probate files and probate books, the former containing all the assorted documents, the books contain an abstract of the probate proceedings. Indexed files and registers are available for most counties. A summary of what exists and what is microfilmed is found: [https://archives.gnb.ca/ResearchTools/CountyGuides.aspx?culture=en-CA '''the County Guides'''] of the Provincial Archives of New Brunbswick.
-R. Wallace Hale, ''Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835'' (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books Inc., 1989), has abstracted the essential names, dates and data from early probate documents at the PANB, arranged them alphabetically by name of deceased and indexed all names.
-This is a most useful research tool for early years, since it covers the whole province. Remember that until around 1827 York County encompassed the whole northwest quarter while Northumberland took in the whole northeast.
-After 1835 it depends on the county and you should consult the individual ''Guide''. Alas, the early wooden court houses burnt well and the probate court records for Kent County, most of those for Madawaska and some records for Northumberland County were destroyed by fire.
+R. Wallace Hale, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/568337?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835''']  [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-new-brunswick-probate-records-1785-1835/oclc/20817836 WorldCat]  (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books Inc., 1989), has abstracted the essential names, dates and data from early probate documents at the PANB, arranged them alphabetically by name of deceased and indexed all names.
 === Wills and Administrations  ===