WikiProject:CT Town Land & Probate Records
Purpose
- To Add Land & Probate Records to Connecticut Town Pages
Contact
Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org
Task Lists
This project is found in tab Part 47
Example Page
Project Instructions
- Choose a Town from the *Connecticut Task List Part 47
- Put your name by The Town
- Click Town link to open up new Town
Part One
Land Records
Step One
- Click on Edit source by Land Records
- If there is a beginning introductory sentence put the new records underneath
Copy & Paste in Land Records Editing (section)
*'''1640-1846''' {{FSC|84462|item|disp=Colonial Land Records of Connecticut, 1640-1846: Including Patents, Deeds and Surveys of Land}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
*[[Connecticut Land and Property|Connecticut Land and Property]]
Step Two
- If there are older or other links that were in the Land Editing (section), put them in the list together with the new links
- Records starting with dates put in chronological order at the top of the list
- Records starting with no dates, put below the list of dates in alphabetical order
- Put in the Connecticut Task notes if there are updates, or changes that need to be made to older links to the new Manual of Style formatting
- The updates, or changes to the new Manual of Style formatting will be done later by Angela
Step Three
Copy & Paste into Summary box
Project CT Town Land & Probate Records
- Click on Show Preview
- Click on Save changes
- Check all links to make sure they are good
Part Two
Probate Records
Step One
- Introductory Sentence with Two References
- Delete any old sentences that were there before
Copy & Paste this Introductory Sentence with references at the top in the Probate Records Editing (section)
In the 1600s, probate records were kept by the Connecticut and New Haven Colonies. In 1666, the two colonies joined and formed four new probate districts and counties: Hartford, New London, New Haven, and Fairfield. More probate districts were formed by 1719.<ref>AmericanAncestors, "Database News: Enhanced Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750" New England Historic Genealogic Society, at https://dbnews.americanancestors.org/2019/05/10/database-news-enhanced-connecticut-early-probate-records-1635-1750/ (accessed 11 August 2022); Manwaring, Charles William, 1829-1905 "A digest of the early Connecticut probate records, vol. 1 Introduction" FamilySearch Library, FamilySearch International, at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/121817-redirection (accessed 11 August 2022).</ref><br>
- Don't close, stay in the Probate Editing (section) and go on to Step Two
Step Two
- Put these record links underneath the Introductory Sentence & References
Copy & Paste in the Editing (section)
*'''1609-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9049/ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999] at Ancestry - index & images ($) *'''1787-1880''' {{FSC|141959|item|disp=Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only *'''1859-1931''' {{FSC|499219|title-id|disp=Probate Records, 1859-1931}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images *'''1881-1915''' {{FSC|606675|item|disp=Probate Estate Files, 1881-1915}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only *[[Connecticut Probate Records|Connecticut Probate Records]]
Step Three
- If there are older or other links that were in the Probate Editing (section), put them in the list together with the new links
- Records starting with dates put in chronological order at the top
- Records starting with no dates, put below the list of dates in alphabetical order
- Put in the Connecticut Task notes if there are updates, or changes that need to be made to older links to the new Manual of Style formatting
- The updates, or changes to the new Manual of Style formatting will be done later by Angela
Step Four
Copy & Paste into the Summary box
Project CT Town Land & Probate Records
- Click on Show Preview
- Click on Save changes
- Check all links to make sure they are good
Part Three
Step One
- When done put the date by your name
Then:
- Start over at Project Instructions at the top
- Choose a new Town from the *Connecticut Task List Part 47
- Put your name by that Town
- Click the Town link to open up new Town