Virginia Probate Records: Difference between revisions

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Pippenger's book references all types of probate records, including inventories, accounts, etc.  
Pippenger's book references all types of probate records, including inventories, accounts, etc.  


Original wills are stored at courthouses. Many of them are available on microfilm at the [[Library of Virginia]] and the [[Family History Library]]. A guide is available for the Library of Virginia collections.<ref>John Vogt, William T. Kethley and Virginia State Library and Archives (Richmond Virginia). ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library A Researcher's Guide'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., c1987). {{FHL|478868|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P23v}}.</ref>  
For the period '''after 1865''', it is necessary to search will indexes on a county-by-county basis.
 
Original wills are stored at courthouses. Many of them are available on microfilm at the [[Library of Virginia]] and the [[Family History Library]]. A guide is available for the Library of Virginia collections.<ref>John Vogt, William T. Kethley and Virginia State Library and Archives (Richmond Virginia). ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library A Researcher's Guide'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., c1987). {{FHL|478868|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P23v}}.</ref>


=== Proved in London  ===
=== Proved in London  ===
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