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The county clerk is usually the custodian of probate records. The records include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets.  
Probate records include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. They may give the decedent's date of death, names and residences of spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, and others. For online records and more information, see [[California Probate Records]]. <noinclude>[[Category:Templates_for_CA_pages]]</noinclude>
 
Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.  
 
You can obtain copies of the original probate records (such as wills and estate files) by writing to the county clerk at the county courthouse.
 
The FamilySearch Catalog lists films of probate records. To find the records for this county, use the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Place Search] for '''California - {{{1}}} - Probate records'''.<noinclude>[[Category:Templates_for_CA_pages]]</noinclude>

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Probate records include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. They may give the decedent's date of death, names and residences of spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, and others. For online records and more information, see California Probate Records.