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[[Portal:United States Probate|Portal:United States Probate ]]>[[Ohio|Ohio]] | |||
Probate records were kept in all counties from the time of each county's creation. Until the establishment of separate probate courts in 1852, these records were kept in the courts of common pleas. All of these records are valuable for determining names of family members, relationships, residences, dates of deaths, and other genealogical information. Genealogists will find more information by locating the estate file, sometimes known as the case file, probate packet, or loose papers, instead of looking only for a will. These files include wills, settlement papers, inventories, receipts, and other records pertaining to the estates. | Probate records were kept in all counties from the time of each county's creation. Until the establishment of separate probate courts in 1852, these records were kept in the courts of common pleas. All of these records are valuable for determining names of family members, relationships, residences, dates of deaths, and other genealogical information. Genealogists will find more information by locating the estate file, sometimes known as the case file, probate packet, or loose papers, instead of looking only for a will. These files include wills, settlement papers, inventories, receipts, and other records pertaining to the estates. | ||
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An excellent statewide index to the names found in the earliest files is: | An excellent statewide index to the names found in the earliest files is: | ||
Bell, Carol Willsey. ''Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index''. Columbus, Ohio: C.W. Bell, 1981. (Family History Library film 1,035,679, Item 5 or fiche 6051289) | Bell, Carol Willsey. ''Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index''. Columbus, Ohio: C.W. Bell, 1981. (Family History Library film 1,035,679, Item 5 or fiche 6051289) | ||
Probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under OHIO, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS. | Probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under OHIO, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS. | ||