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 ::[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=115546&query=%2Bsubject%3AScotland%20%2Bsubject%3AEmigration%20%2Bsubject%3Aand%20%2Bsubject%3AImmigration SCOTLAND - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION]
 *Probate Records. Probate records may mention relatives who emigrated. Probates of persons who died overseas who owned property in Scotland should have been proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (until 1858).
-For lists of Scottish-American wills proved in England, see:
-*Coldham, Peter W. ''American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1989. (Family History Library {{FHL|942 P27c|disp=book 942 P27c.)}}
-*Testaments of some Scots dying in America were proven in Scotland. Probate would have taken place in the Commissary Court of Edinburgh (until 1830) or the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh (after 1830). For a listing of these probates, see:
-*Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. (Family HistoryLibrary {{FHL|588724|title-id|disp=book 973 P22d}}.)
 === Records of Scottish Emigrants in Their Destination Countries  ===