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Probate records in [[Connecticut]] are kept by probate district courts. In many cases a probate district consisted of a larger community and several nearby smaller towns. Sometimes a probate district crossed county boundaries. Thomas J. Kemp's ''Connecticut Researcher's Handbook.'' Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981. (FHL book 974.6 D23k) describes each district. This book contains a detailed list of available sources. | Probate records in [[Connecticut]] are kept by probate district courts. In many cases a probate district consisted of a larger community and several nearby smaller towns. Sometimes a probate district crossed county boundaries. Thomas J. Kemp's ''Connecticut Researcher's Handbook.'' Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981. (FHL book 974.6 D23k) describes each district. This book contains a detailed list of available sources. | ||
The Connecticut State Library has numerous files of wills, bonds, letters, and other probate documents. For more information, go to http://www.cslib.org/probintr.htm | The Connecticut State Library has numerous files of wills, bonds, letters, and other probate documents. For more information, go to http://www.cslib.org/probintr.htm | ||
The Family History Library has most of the pre-1880 packets arranged by district and then by surname on 1,622 microfilms. These packets can include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records. The districts are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under CONNECTICUT - PROBATE RECORDS. | The Family History Library has most of the pre-1880 packets arranged by district and then by surname on 1,622 microfilms. These packets can include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records. The districts are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under CONNECTICUT - PROBATE RECORDS. | ||
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Other published records are in The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (see [[Connecticut Public Records]]). | Other published records are in The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (see [[Connecticut Public Records]]). | ||
[[Category:Connecticut]] | [[Category:Connecticut]] | ||