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Probate matters in Missouri have usually been recorded by the clerks of the probate courts, but in some counties the common pleas or circuit courts handled this function. The records include wills, administrator bonds, and estate inventories. They are frequently indexed. You can obtain copies by contacting the probate judge in each county.  
Probate matters in Missouri have usually been recorded by the clerks of the probate courts, but in some counties the common pleas or circuit courts handled this function. The records include wills, administrator bonds, and estate inventories. They are frequently indexed. You can obtain copies by contacting the probate judge in each county.  
A statewide index to Missouri probate records has not been compiled.


Copies of many of the records are available at the Family History Library. The library's records generally date from the creation of the county to about 1925. For example, the library has 71 films for Jackson County that include:  
Copies of many of the records are available at the Family History Library. The library's records generally date from the creation of the county to about 1925. For example, the library has 71 films for Jackson County that include:  
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St. Louis, Missouri Judicial Records:  [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/#searchDB http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/#searchDB]  
St. Louis, Missouri Judicial Records:  [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/#searchDB http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/#searchDB]  


St. Louis, Missouri Genealogy Resources [http://www.germanroots.com/stlouis.html http://www.germanroots.com/stlouis.html]
St. Louis, Missouri Genealogy Resources [http://www.germanroots.com/stlouis.html http://www.germanroots.com/stlouis.html]  


== References ==
== References ==


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Missouri.ASP Missouri Research Outline]. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
 


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