WikiProject:CT Hartford District Probate Records

Purpose

To add Hartford, Connecticut District Probate Records

Contact

Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task Lists

This project is found in tab Part 49

• Connecticut Task List

Example Page

• Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut Genealogy

Project Instructions

• Choose a Town from the *Connecticut Task List Part 49
• Put your name by The Town
• Click Town link to open up new Town

Part One

Adding Hartford, Connecticut District Probate Records

Step One

Copy & Paste underneath the Introductory Sentence, and the other probate records, if there are any, in the Probate Editing (section)

*'''1635-1750''' ''A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.'' By Charles William Manwaring. Hartford, [Connecticut]: R.S. Peck & Company, 1904-1906. '''''Online at:''''' {{FHL|209438|item|disp=FamilySearch Digital Books}}
*'''1635-1750''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/82/connecticut-early-probate-records-1635-1750?lastname=smith&database=Connecticut:%20Early%20Probate%20Records,%201635-1750&searchPage=databasesearch&exactRecordType=true Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750] at AmericanAncestors - index & images ($)
*'''1639-1700''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4337/ Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700] at Ancestry - index only ($)
*'''1700-1729''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4355/ Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1700-1729] at Ancestry - index only ($)
*'''1729-1750''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4376/ Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1729-1750] at Ancestry - index only ($)

Step Two

• 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 Three

Copy & Paste into Summary box

Project CT Hartford District Probate Records

• Click on Show Preview
• Click on Save changes
• Check all links to make sure they are good

Step Four

• 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 49
• Put your name by that Town
• Click Town link to open up new Town

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