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The docket index, estate index, or general index is the first place to search for evidence of probate proceedings. These indexes list all the records created for a particular probate. The Family History Library has obtained microfilm copies of many of these indexes, often up to the 1960s.  
The docket index, estate index, or general index is the first place to search for evidence of probate proceedings. These indexes list all the records created for a particular probate. The Family History Library has obtained microfilm copies of many of these indexes, often up to the 1960s.  


The various documents (bonds, letters, inventories, etc.) are usually transcribed into Orphans' Court Record Books or Administrator's Account Books. The Family History Library has microfilmed the wills and orphans' court records for most counties, usually up to the early 1900s. For example, the library has:
The various documents (bonds, letters, inventories, etc.) are usually transcribed into Orphans' Court Record Books or Administrator's Account Books. The Family History Library has microfilmed the wills and orphans' court records for most counties, usually up to the early 1900s.  
 
*Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). ''Register of Wills. Wills, 1682-1916; Indexes to Wills, 1682-1924''. (On 327 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1311039 1311039].)
*Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Philadelphia County). ''Orphans' Court Records, 1719-1880: Orphans' Court Index, 1719-1938''. (On 417 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=21843 21843].)


The library has few probate records from Lackawanna, Lehigh, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Union counties. Some probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under PENNSYLVANIA - GUARDIAN AND WARD.  
The library has few probate records from Lackawanna, Lehigh, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Union counties. Some probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under PENNSYLVANIA - GUARDIAN AND WARD.  
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Additional probate record information and sources can be found in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:  
Additional probate record information and sources can be found in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:  


Pennsylvania- Probate Records Pennsylvania, [COUNTY] - Probate Records
Pennsylvania- Probate Records Pennsylvania, [COUNTY] - Probate Records  


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