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=== Online Resources ===
==Online Resources==
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60497 Wyoming, Wills and Probate Records, 1864-1915] at Ancestry.com, - index & images ($), incomplete.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60497 Wyoming, Wills and Probate Records, 1864-1915], ($), index and images, incomplete.
*[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]


== History  ==
== History  ==
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Before statehood, probate records were kept by the territorial probate court. After 1890, these records were transferred to the clerk of the district court in each county.  
Before statehood, probate records were kept by the territorial probate court. After 1890, these records were transferred to the clerk of the district court in each county.  


== Availability   ==
== Availability   ==


Contact the clerk of the district court of each county for copies of probate records. The FamilySearch Library has very few copies of [[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]] probate records.  
Contact the clerk of the district court of each county for copies of probate records. The FamilySearch Library has very few copies of [[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]] probate records.  
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