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===Online Resources===
==Online Resources==
 
*[https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx Massachusetts Probate Records], index & images.
*[https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx Massachusetts Probate Records], index and images.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9069 Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991]($), index & images, incomplete.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9069 Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991]($), index and images, incomplete.
*{{RecordSearch|2018320|Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967}}, images/no index.
*{{RecordSearch|2018320|Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967}}, images/no index.
*'''1686-1915''' {{RecordSearch|1918549|Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]];images only
*'''1686-1915''' {{RecordSearch|1918549|Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]];images only
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3223&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0002703009&o_lid=0002703009&o_sch=Affiliate+External Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850]($), index/images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3223&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0002703009&o_lid=0002703009&o_sch=Affiliate+External Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850]($), index & images
*'''1635 – 1991''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9069 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records 1635-1991] at Ancestry.com — index and images $
*'''1635 – 1991''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9069 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records 1635-1991] at Ancestry — index & images $
*'''1638 – 1840''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4592 Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records 1638-1840] at Ancestry.com — index $
*'''1638 – 1840''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4592 Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records 1638-1840] at Ancestry — index $
*'''1648 – 1870''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4892 Middlesex County Massachusetts Probate Index 1648-1870] at Ancestry.com — index $
*'''1648 – 1870''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4892 Middlesex County Massachusetts Probate Index 1648-1870] at Ancestry — index $
*'''1793 – 1900''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5656 Norfolk County, Massachusetts Probate Index 1793-1900] at [http://home/ancestry.com Ancestry.com] — index $
*'''1793 – 1900''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5656 Norfolk County, Massachusetts Probate Index 1793-1900] at [http://home/ancestry.com Ancestry.com] — 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]


===Record Synopsis===
===Record Synopsis===
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*Hall, Prescott F. ''Reference Lists of Wills Construed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Including the Cases in Quincy and From Vol. 1 to Vol. 165 of the Massachusetts Reports''. Boston: George B. Reed, 1896. This 28 page booklet provides a listing of wills construed by the Supreme Judical Court of Massachusetts.  The list includes date of probate, name of testator, date of death, county of trial, and case reference. A digital version of this book is available online at [http://ia700100.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/18/items/referencelistwi00massgoog/referencelistwi00massgoog_jp2.zip&file=referencelistwi00massgoog_jp2/referencelistwi00massgoog_0001.jp2&scale=3.8474747474747475&rotate=0 Internet Archive].
*Hall, Prescott F. ''Reference Lists of Wills Construed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Including the Cases in Quincy and From Vol. 1 to Vol. 165 of the Massachusetts Reports''. Boston: George B. Reed, 1896. This 28 page booklet provides a listing of wills construed by the Supreme Judical Court of Massachusetts.  The list includes date of probate, name of testator, date of death, county of trial, and case reference. A digital version of this book is available online at [http://ia700100.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/18/items/referencelistwi00massgoog/referencelistwi00massgoog_jp2.zip&file=referencelistwi00massgoog_jp2/referencelistwi00massgoog_0001.jp2&scale=3.8474747474747475&rotate=0 Internet Archive].


*''Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories: Taken from the Mayflower Descendant''. Three Volumes. Carbon copy typescript. {{FSC|121605|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P2p}}. Contains records of wills and inventories and tables of items extracted from wills and inventories. Contents: Vol. 1 (1620-1639), Vol. 2 (1641-1649), Vol. 3 (1650-1659).
*''Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories: Taken from the Mayflower Descendant''. Three Volumes. Carbon copy typescript. {{FSC|121605|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.4 P2p}}. Contains records of wills and inventories and tables of items extracted from wills and inventories. Contents: Vol. 1 (1620-1639), Vol. 2 (1641-1649), Vol. 3 (1650-1659).


*Simmons, C.H. ''Plymouth Colony Records''. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, c1996. {{FSC|759465|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 R2s}} This book is comprised of two volumes: Vol.1 Wills and Inventories, 1633-1669, and Vol. 2 Wills, 1654-1669.
*Simmons, C.H. ''Plymouth Colony Records''. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, c1996. {{FSC|759465|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.4 R2s}} This book is comprised of two volumes: Vol.1 Wills and Inventories, 1633-1669, and Vol. 2 Wills, 1654-1669.


===Learn More===
===Learn More===
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===Published Materials===
===Published Materials===


*Melnyk, Marcia D. ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research'', Fourth edition. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. {{FSC|712264|item|disp=FS Library book 974 D27g}}. ([http://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogists-handbook-for-new-england-research/oclc/42829198&referer=brief_results WorldCat])
*Melnyk, Marcia D. ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research'', Fourth edition. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. {{FSC|712264|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974 D27g}}. ([http://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogists-handbook-for-new-england-research/oclc/42829198&referer=brief_results WorldCat])


*Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Robert S. Wakefield. ''Plymouth Colony Probate Guide: Where to Find Wills and Related Data for 800 People of Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.'' Warwick, Rhode Island: Plymouth Colony Research Group, 1983. {{FSC|58970|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P2s}}.
*Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Robert S. Wakefield. ''Plymouth Colony Probate Guide: Where to Find Wills and Related Data for 800 People of Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.'' Warwick, Rhode Island: Plymouth Colony Research Group, 1983. {{FSC|58970|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.4 P2s}}.


*Smith, William L. ''The Practice in Proceedings in the Probate Courts; Including the Probate of wills; Appointment of Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees; Allowances; Sale of Real and Personal Estate; Settlement of Accounts; Distribution of Estates; Assignment of Dower, With Table Showing the Present Value of Estates in Dower; Partition of Lands, &c., &c., &c. With an Appendix of Practical Forms, Designed for the Use of Executors and Others Having Business in the Probate Courts.'' Third edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1876. A digital version of this book is available online at [https://www.archive.org/stream/practiceinprocee00smit#page/n3/mode/2up Internet Archive].
*Smith, William L. ''The Practice in Proceedings in the Probate Courts; Including the Probate of wills; Appointment of Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees; Allowances; Sale of Real and Personal Estate; Settlement of Accounts; Distribution of Estates; Assignment of Dower, With Table Showing the Present Value of Estates in Dower; Partition of Lands, &c., &c., &c. With an Appendix of Practical Forms, Designed for the Use of Executors and Others Having Business in the Probate Courts.'' Third edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1876. A digital version of this book is available online at [https://www.archive.org/stream/practiceinprocee00smit#page/n3/mode/2up Internet Archive].
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