New York Probate Records: Difference between revisions

===Online Resources===

 

*'''1626-1836''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/204/new-york-wills-1626-1836 New York: Wills, 1626-1836] at American Ancestors - index and images, ($)

*'''1659-1999''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8800 New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999] at Ancestry - Index and images, incomplete, ($)

*'''1662-1801''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/446/new-york-abstracts-of-new-york-county-wills-1662-1801 New York: Abstracts of New York County Wills, 1662-1801] at American Ancestors - index and images, ($)

*'''1666-1822''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60379 New York, Estate Inventories and Accounts, 1666-1822] at Ancestry - index and images, ($)

*'''1787-1835''' [http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/abstracts-of-wills-admins-and-guardianships-in-ny-state-1787-1835/about/?filterQuery=databasename:Abstracts%20of%20wills Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835] at American Ancestors, ($)

A 5,000 card index to notarial records of the city of Amsterdam from 1598–1750 gives information about persons in New Netherland (what is now Now York and New Jersey). It is called Noord Amerika Chronologie (North American Chronology). The abstracts give the old-world place of origin of immigrants to New Netherland. The collection is available on microfilm at the New York State Library at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/, microfilm number A-FM 200-I. It is not available at the Family History Library.  

Additional notarial records of New York are found in: 

*West-Indische Compagnie (Nederlands). Notulenboeken, 1623–1674 (Minute books, 1623–1674) (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964; Family History Library films {{FSC|39930|title-id|disp=373422–23}}; Family History Library films {{FSC|450138|title-id|disp=488127–30}}). Originals are at the Algemeen Rijksarchief (National Archives) at http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/ in 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) and microfilm copies are at the New York State Library. Some notarial records for Albany and Kingston have also survived.

*Fernow, Berthold, transcriber and editor. Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam, 1655–1663. Two Volumes. Publications of the ''Committee on History and Tradition of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York'', Number 1. New York, New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902–07. (Family History Library film {{FSC|477172|title-id|disp=1730415}}.)

Since about 1830, a petition that lists names of heirs, date of death of the deceased, relationships to the deceased, and the heir's residences may be included. These packets can be found at the county courthouse. Some of these packets have been microfilmed and made available at the Family History Library for 29 counties of New York.  

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Beginning in 1787, copies of probates have been recorded in books by the surrogate. The Family History Library has copies of will books and index books for most counties. For example, the Family History Library has New York County wills from 1665–1916 and an index to 1923 on 525 rolls of microfilm. The library also has microfilms of administrations books and guardianships for most counties. Most counties have consolidated estate index books, which index estate files, wills, administrations, letters testamentary, guardianships, administration bonds, guardian bonds, and so forth. If you need copies of documents from a surrogate court, be prepared to pay a large fee.  

'''In New York the probate packets may be called estate files--'''These contain the documents involved in probating an estate. There are also probate proceedings, which may contain petitions listing next of kin, petitions for guardianship over minors, and orders for heirs to appear in court. Sometimes the wills are included. Many New York probate packets and probate proceedings are on microfilm at the Family History Library, for example:  

*New York. Surrogate's Court (New York County). ''Probate Proceedings, 1830–1865.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (On 228 Family History Library films.) The probate proceedings are arranged by month of final filing. This date can be found under the decedent's surname in the index to wills. The index to the wills from 1662–1910 is on Family History Library films {{FSC|273761|title-id|disp=872164–69}}).

*Fernow, Berthold, compiler. ''Calendar of Wills On File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State, 1626–1836.'' 1896. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967. (FS Library book {{FSC|190499|title-id|disp=974.7 P28f}} 1967; film {{FSC|190512|title-id|disp=416895}} or {{FSC|190512|title-id|disp=930248}}, item 2; fiche {{FSC|190512|title-id|disp=6046668}}.) The original wills, dated 1629–1802, are at the New York State Archives, and some are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($).

*Pelletreau, William Smith, editor, and Robert H. Kelby, indexer, ''Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, 1665–1801''. 17 Volumes. Collections of the New-York Historical Society, for the Years 1892–1908, Volumes. 25–41. New York, New York: New-York Historical Society, 1892–1909. (FS Library book {{FSC|1282015|title-id|disp=974.7 B4n v. 25–41}}; films {{FSC|121453|title-id|disp=509196}}, 873857, and {{FSC|75581|title-id|disp=845296–302}}; fiche {{FSC|75581|title-id|disp=6046928}}.) Each volume is individually indexed. The original wills are at the State Archives and handwritten 19th century transcripts are bound in books at the New York County Surrogate's Court. Both sets are on film at the Family History Library, but the originals were filmed to only about 1738. The book and page numbers found in these published abstracts refer to the copies.

*Sawyer, Ray C., compiler and editor. ''Index of Wills for New York County, 1662–1875''. Six Volumes. New York, New York: R. Sawyer, 1930–51. (Family History Library film {{FSC|199610|title-id|disp=860313}}.)

The Family History Library has similar abstracts for many other counties on microfilm. <br>