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=== Proved in Virginia  ===
=== Proved in Virginia  ===


The best place to start '''pre-1800''' searches for wills and administrations is the index on the website of the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas08&local_base=CLAS08 Library of Virginia].<ref>This index is an expanded version of Clayton Torrence's ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800'' (1930; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985). {{FHL|540441|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P22t}}; {{FHL|371231|item|disp=FHL Film 29274}}.</ref>  
The best place to start '''pre-1800''' searches for wills and administrations is the index on the website of the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas08&local_base=CLAS08 Library of Virginia].<ref>This index is an expanded version of Clayton Torrence's ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800'' (1930; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985). {{FHL|540441|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P22t}}; {{FHL|371231|item|disp=FHL Film 29274}}. A few counties are not included.</ref>  


For the period '''1800 to 1865,''' see the 10-volume:  
For the period '''1800 to 1865,''' see the 10-volume:  
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For the period '''after 1865''', it is necessary to search will indexes on a county-by-county basis.  
For the period '''after 1865''', it is necessary to search will indexes on a county-by-county basis.  


Original will books are stored at courthouses. Many are available on microfilm at the [[Library of Virginia]] and the [[Family History Library]]. A guide for the Library of Virginia collections has been published.<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>  
Original will books are stored at courthouses. Many are available on microfilm at the [[Library of Virginia]] and the [[Family History Library]]. A guide for the Library of Virginia collections has been published.<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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