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== Statewide Record Collections == | == Statewide Record Collections == | ||
*Probate records prior to 1800 for the [[District of Columbia|District of Columbia]] were kept by the appropriate courts of [[Virginia Probate Records|Virginia]] and [[Maryland Probate Records|Maryland]]. The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] has a series of will transcripts from 1801 to 1888. | *Probate records prior to 1800 for the [[District of Columbia|District of Columbia]] were kept by the appropriate courts of [[Virginia Probate Records|Virginia]] and [[Maryland Probate Records|Maryland]]. The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] has a series of will transcripts from 1801 to 1888. | ||
*A second series of transcripts from 1801 to 1919 and the original wills from 1801 to the present are available at: | *A second series of transcripts from 1801 to 1919 and the original wills from 1801 to the present are available at: | ||
:'''Register of Wills and Clerk of the Probate Court'''<br> | :'''Register of Wills and Clerk of the Probate Court'''<br> | ||
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Abstracts of many early wills are in | Abstracts of many early wills are in | ||
*Mrs. Alexander H. Bell, ''Abstracts of Wills in the District of Columbia, 1776-1815'', Two Volumes. (Washington, D.C.: Bell, 1946) (Book {{FHL|975.3 S2b | *Mrs. Alexander H. Bell, ''Abstracts of Wills in the District of Columbia, 1776-1815'', Two Volumes. (Washington, D.C.: Bell, 1946) (Book {{FHL|253624|item}}, book 975.3 S2b; vol. 2 on Film {{FHL|253624|item}}, film 207695; vols. 1 and 2 on Fiche {{FHL|253624|item}}, fiche 6051443). | ||
*Another index is Dorothy S. Provine, ''Index to District of Columbia Wills (1801-1920)''. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992) ({{FHL|975.3 P22p | *Another index is Dorothy S. Provine, ''Index to District of Columbia Wills (1801-1920)''. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992) ({{FHL|568955|item}}, book 975.3 P22p). | ||
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