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==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1582-1932''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9079/ Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1582-1932''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9079/ Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932] at Ancestry - index & images | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Probate Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search] | ||
===Record Synopsis=== | ===Record Synopsis=== | ||
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====National==== | ====National==== | ||
*The [https://www.familysearch.org/ | *The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has microfilm copies of many of these records. For collection details see the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. Use the "Place Search" option to search for a specific Rhode Island county or town. Then look for the topic labeled "Probate Records." | ||
===Statewide Record Collections=== | ===Statewide Record Collections=== | ||
*''General Council Meeting Minutes and Documents''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. ({{ | *''General Council Meeting Minutes and Documents''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. ({{FSC|954936}}-37). The Rhode Island general council, also known as the Council of Probate, kept minutes and documents dealing with probate appeals for the years 1667 to 1813. | ||
*Wakefield, Robert S. ''Index to Wills in Rhode Island Genealogical Register'', Volumes 1 through 4. Warwick, Rhode Island: Plymouth Colony Research Group, 1982. {{WorldCat|8760541|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{ | *Wakefield, Robert S. ''Index to Wills in Rhode Island Genealogical Register'', Volumes 1 through 4. Warwick, Rhode Island: Plymouth Colony Research Group, 1982. {{WorldCat|8760541|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1237148|item|disp=FS Library Book 974.5 D2ri}}.); An excellent index to a large number of Rhode Island wills to about 1850. The Rhode Island Genealogical Register continues to publish abstracts of wills. | ||
===Learn More=== | ===Learn More=== | ||
*Diane Boumenot ''Rhode Island Probate Research'' NGS Magazine 48 #2 (April-June, 2022): 44 - | *Diane Boumenot ''Rhode Island Probate Research'' NGS Magazine 48 #2 (April-June, 2022): 44 - FS Library 973 D25ngs v.48 no. 2 | ||
====Published Materials==== | ====Published Materials==== | ||
*Melnyk, Marcia D. ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research'', 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. {{WorldCat|42829198|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{ | *Melnyk, Marcia D. ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research'', 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. {{WorldCat|42829198|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|957031|item|disp=FS Library Book 974 D27g}} | ||
====Websites==== | ====Websites==== | ||