3,967
edits
United States Probate Records (view source)
Revision as of 15:28, 23 September 2010
, 23 September 2010no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
While probate records are one of the most accurate sources of genealogical evidence, they must be used with some caution. For example,<br> | While probate records are one of the most accurate sources of genealogical evidence, they must be used with some caution. For example,<br> | ||
*Not | *Not everyone left an estate that was probated by a court. | ||
*Those named in the will are not necessarily related to the testator. | *Those named in the will are not necessarily related to the testator. | ||
*A wife is not necessarily the mother of the children named. | *A wife is not necessarily the mother of the children named. | ||