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*'''1724 - 1978''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9087 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records 1724-1978] at Ancestry; index & images $ | |||
*'''1724 - 1978''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9087 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records 1724-1978] at | *'''1756 - 1971''' {{RecordSearch|1909099|West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971}} at FamilySearch - [[West Virginia Will Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | ||
*'''1756 - 1971''' {{RecordSearch|1909099|West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971}} at FamilySearch - [[West Virginia Will Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Probate Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search] | ||
==Record Synopsis== | ==Record Synopsis== | ||
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The [http://www.wvculture.org/history/archivesindex.aspx West Virginia State Archives] has an online index to their county court records. | The [http://www.wvculture.org/history/archivesindex.aspx West Virginia State Archives] has an online index to their county court records. | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48446 West Virginia Estate Settlements] at Ancestry | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48446 West Virginia Estate Settlements] at Ancestry ($) | ||
====National==== | ====National==== | ||
*The [[Using the FamilySearch Catalog| | *The [[Using the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Library]] has copies of many calendars of wills, order books, witness books, bonds, fee books, inventories, appraisals, and bills of sale from most counties. From Kanawha County, for example, the library has 208 microfilms of fiduciary settlements for 1871 to 1968, and 121 films of wills for 1820 to 1968. Use the wiki page [[FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search|FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search]] for help in accessing county records. | ||
==Statewide Record Collections== | ==Statewide Record Collections== | ||
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*'''1756-1971''' {{RecordSearch|1909099|West Virginia Will Books}} at FamilySearch - [[West Virginia Will Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Intended to be online indexes and images for will books from all 55 counties of West Virginia. Currently the index is not complete, but additional records will be added as they are completed. | *'''1756-1971''' {{RecordSearch|1909099|West Virginia Will Books}} at FamilySearch - [[West Virginia Will Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Intended to be online indexes and images for will books from all 55 counties of West Virginia. Currently the index is not complete, but additional records will be added as they are completed. | ||
*'''1753-1850''' Johnston, Ross B. ''West Virginia Estate Settlements 1753-1850''. Fort Worth, Texas: American Reference Publishers, Incorporated, 1969.{{ | *'''1753-1850''' Johnston, Ross B. ''West Virginia Estate Settlements 1753-1850''. Fort Worth, Texas: American Reference Publishers, Incorporated, 1969. {{FSC|49693|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.4 P28j}}. {{WorldCat|2791137|At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. This source is arranged by counties and is indexed.<br> | ||
*'''1632-1800''' Torrence, Clayton. ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800'' . 1930. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. {{ | *'''1632-1800''' Torrence, Clayton. ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800'' . 1930. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. {{FSC|371231|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 P22t}} {{WorldCat|769168|At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/564542-virginia-wills-and-administrations-1632-1800-an-index-of-wills-recorded-in-local-courts-of-virginia-1632-1800-and-of-administrations-on-estates-shown-by-inventories-of-the-estates-of-intestates-recorded-in-will-and-other-books-of-local-c?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. | ||
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====Additional Statewide collections==== | ====Additional Statewide collections==== | ||
*''Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s.'' [S.l.]: Brøderbund, c2000. {{ | *''Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s.'' [S.l.]: Brøderbund, c2000. {{FSC|996821|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 520}} (FS Library US/CAN Access Window).<br><br> | ||
*Johnston, Ross B. ''West Virginia Estate Settlements: An Index to Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Land Grants, and Surveys to 1850. ''Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1977. {{ | *Johnston, Ross B. ''West Virginia Estate Settlements: An Index to Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Land Grants, and Surveys to 1850. ''Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1977. {{FSC|50122|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.4 P28jr}}. Online at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48446/ Ancestry] ($); {{WorldCat|2900643|At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Contains abstracts of estate settlements for the 13 counties formed before 1800.<br><br> | ||
*Plumley, Boyd Fulton. ''West Virginia Wills, 19th Century''. [S.l.: s.n.], 2003. {{ | *Plumley, Boyd Fulton. ''West Virginia Wills, 19th Century''. [S.l.: s.n.], 2003. {{FSC|1854270|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no. 6730}} (Computer US/CAN Desktop). | ||
==Learn More== | ==Learn More== | ||
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