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''[[United States]] > [[New York]] > New York Probate Records'' | ''[[United States]] > [[New York]] > New York Probate Records'' | ||
[[Image:Renselaer County Courthouse Unrestored.png|thumb|right|350px]] <br> | ==== [[Image:Renselaer County Courthouse Unrestored.png|thumb|right|350px]] Background Information<br> ==== | ||
Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within four months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers, because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||