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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Scotland has no 'probate' records - the term is 'confirmation.' The primary document is called a 'testament.' <br> | |||
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Testaments are court records dealing with the distribution of a person’s estate after death. These records can be very helpful because they were recorded long before statutory birth, marriage, and death registration began in 1855. | Testaments are court records dealing with the distribution of a person’s estate after death. These records can be very helpful because they were recorded long before statutory birth, marriage, and death registration began in 1855. | ||
Testaments were made primarily by the middle and upper classes, most of whom were: | Testaments were made primarily by the middle and upper classes, most of whom were: | ||
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Also available: | Also available: | ||
*''Testaments and commissariot courts of Scotland, 1972''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (FS Library call no. {{ | *''Testaments and commissariot courts of Scotland, 1972''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|425488|title-id|disp=941 P2gs}}.) | ||
*Cecil Sinclair. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Magesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (FS Library call no. {{ | *Cecil Sinclair. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Magesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|941 D27s|disp=941 D27s}}). Identifies court(s) by county along with ending dates for Commissariot and beginning dates for Sheriffs Court, which often overlap. | ||
*Kathleen Cory. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors, Third Edition''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. Appendix III provides a table listing all parishes, among other things identifying Commissariot(s) which included that parish, and date of first testament or inventory for the parish. | *Kathleen Cory. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors, Third Edition''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. Appendix III provides a table listing all parishes, among other things identifying Commissariot(s) which included that parish, and date of first testament or inventory for the parish. | ||
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*Gouldesbrough, Peter. ''Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents''. Vol. 36 Edinburgh: The Stair Society, 1985. (FS Library call no. 941 B4st v. 36) | *Gouldesbrough, Peter. ''Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents''. Vol. 36 Edinburgh: The Stair Society, 1985. (FS Library call no. 941 B4st v. 36) | ||
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