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== Availability  ==


Probate records of [[Texas]] have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes."
==Online Resources==
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2115 Texas, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-2000], ($), index and images, incomplete.
*'''1800-1990''' {{RecordSearch|2016287|Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990}} at FamilySearch - [[Texas Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images.
*'''1858-1955''' {{RecordSearch|1831470|Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1955}} at FamilySearch - [[Texas, Comanche County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1841-1985''' {{RecordSearch|1837923|Texas, Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985}} at FamilySearch - [[Texas, Mills County Clerk Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1879-2012''' {{RecordSearch|2103490|Texas, Swisher County Records, 1879-2012}} at FamilySearch - [[Texas, Swisher County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*[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]


The Family History Library has microfilmed key probate records for about half of the counties in Texas. For example, the library has 55 microfilms of files from Bexar County, including an index to probate minutes (1836-1973), minute books (1837-1913), wills (1865-83), general probate index (1837-74), final records (1837-59), bonds (1848-82), and exhibits (1864-78).
=== Availability  ===


== References  ==
Probate records of [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes."


''[[Texas]] Research Outline''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
<br>The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has microfilmed key probate records for about half of the counties in Texas. For example, the library has 55 microfilms of files from Bexar County, including an index to probate minutes (1836-1973), minute books (1837-1913), wills (1865-83), general probate index (1837-74), final records (1837-59), bonds (1848-82), and exhibits (1864-78).  


:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits.
FamilySearch has begun to digitize some of these records:  


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*[[Texas, Comanche County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]


[[Category:Texas|Probate]]
=== Records through FamilySearch  ===
 
Probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under TEXAS, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS.
 
Most Texas probate records are well indexed and are on microfilm or in published format at the FamilySearch Library. The files date from the creation of each county to at least 1900 and sometimes to the 1970s.
 
 
=== References  ===
 
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Availability[edit | edit source]

Probate records of Texas have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes."


The FamilySearch Library has microfilmed key probate records for about half of the counties in Texas. For example, the library has 55 microfilms of files from Bexar County, including an index to probate minutes (1836-1973), minute books (1837-1913), wills (1865-83), general probate index (1837-74), final records (1837-59), bonds (1848-82), and exhibits (1864-78).

FamilySearch has begun to digitize some of these records:

Records through FamilySearch[edit | edit source]

Probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under TEXAS, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS.

Most Texas probate records are well indexed and are on microfilm or in published format at the FamilySearch Library. The files date from the creation of each county to at least 1900 and sometimes to the 1970s.


References[edit | edit source]


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