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Probate records are very useful for family historians because: | Probate records are very useful for family historians because: | ||
* | *They are often the only record for the time period before census records where all members of a family might be listed | ||
* | *They can give vital information such as localities that the individual is associated with | ||
* | *They were recorded much earlier than birth, marriage, and death registration. | ||
Probate records were not created for every person who died. Courts probated estates (with or without a will) for fewer than 10 percent of English heads of households before 1858. However, as much as one- fourth of the population either left a will or was mentioned in one. | Probate records were not created for every person who died. Courts probated estates (with or without a will) for fewer than 10 percent of English heads of households before 1858. However, as much as one- fourth of the population either left a will or was mentioned in one. | ||