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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia Probate Records|Probate Records]]'' | ||
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==== Regional ==== | ==== Regional ==== | ||
The [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia] have microfilm copies of many probate records for most of the counties in Virginia. These include wills up to the 1860s and 1870s and indexes up to the 1940s and 1950s. For example, from Fairfax County the library has administration bonds (1752-82), will books (1742-1866), and a will index (1742-1951). | |||
==== National ==== | ==== National ==== | ||
The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=190489&subject_disp=Virginia%2C+Hampton+%28Independent+City%29&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library] has a good collection of probate records and indexes on both the state and local level. Some begin in the very early 1600s. | |||
== Statewide Record Collections == | == Statewide Record Collections == | ||