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==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1803-2010''' {{RecordSearch|1910364|U.S., Washington, County Records, 1803-2010}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington, County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Browsable records, incomplete for all counties. | *'''1803-2010''' {{RecordSearch|1910364|U.S., Washington, County Records, 1803-2010}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington, County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Browsable records, incomplete for all counties. | ||
*'''1832-1950''' {{RecordSearch|1454946|Washington, County Probate Case Files, 1832-1950}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington, County Probate Case Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index and images | *'''1832-1950''' {{RecordSearch|1454946|U.S., Washington, County Probate Case Files, 1832-1950}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington, County Probate Case Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index and images | ||
*'''1853-1929''' {{RecordSearch|1979435|Washington, County Probate Records, 1853-1929}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington County Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images | *'''1851-1970''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9086 U.S., Washington, Wills and Probate Records] at Ancestry - index & images ($), incomplete. | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60228 Washington, County Records | *'''1853-1929''' {{RecordSearch|1979435|U.S., Washington, County Probate Records, 1853-1929}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington County Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images | ||
*'''1856-2009''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60228 U.S., Washington, County Records] at Ancestry ($), images/no index. | |||
*[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] | |||
== Probate Courts == | == Probate Courts == | ||
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In the territorial era, probate courts were established in each county to keep records of wills, bonds, orders, and the administrations of estates. When the superior courts succeeded the probate courts in 1891, all of the records of the clerks of the probate courts were transferred to the county clerk in each courthouse. Some probates were filed in the superior court. | In the territorial era, probate courts were established in each county to keep records of wills, bonds, orders, and the administrations of estates. When the superior courts succeeded the probate courts in 1891, all of the records of the clerks of the probate courts were transferred to the county clerk in each courthouse. Some probates were filed in the superior court. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has acquired copies of probate records for a few counties in [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Washington]]. However, they are also available at the various county courthouses, or the county may have transferred early records to the Washington State Archives at http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/. | ||
== Record Content == | == Record Content == | ||
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