Mississippi Probate Records: Difference between revisions
(standardized FHL template) |
Organpiano (talk | contribs) m (→Online Resources: Added Full-Text Search Database - project) |
||
| (26 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{MS-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | |||
| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | |||
| link2=[[United States Probate Records|U.S. Probate Records]] | |||
| link3=[[Mississippi, United States Genealogy|Mississippi]] | |||
| link4= | |||
| link5=[[Mississippi Probate Records|Probate Records]] | |||
}} | |||
Mississippi probate records include dockets, wills, settlements, petitions, letters, guardianships, claims, and minutes. | ==Online Resources== | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8995 Mississippi, Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982]($), index and images, incomplete. | |||
*'''1781-1930''' {{RecordSearch|2036959|Mississippi, Probate Records, 1781-1930}} at FamilySearch - [[Mississippi Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; 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] | |||
Mississippi probate records include dockets, wills, settlements, petitions, letters, guardianships, claims, and minutes. | |||
Probate records of Mississippi have been kept by the chancery courts or probate courts. You can obtain copies of the records by contacting the clerk's office in each county courthouse. Some probate papers are housed at the [http://mdah.state.ms.us/ Mississippi Department of Archives and History]. | Probate records of Mississippi have been kept by the chancery courts or probate courts. You can obtain copies of the records by contacting the clerk's office in each county courthouse. Some probate papers are housed at the [http://mdah.state.ms.us/ Mississippi Department of Archives and History]. | ||
The | The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has copies of many Mississippi probate records, such as Hinds County inventories (1822 to 1882), bonds (1823 to 1869), wills (1870 to 1919), and executors' letters (1872 to 1919). | ||
Transcripts of wills for 1799 to 1835 for Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Hinds, and Warren counties have been published in: | Transcripts of wills for 1799 to 1835 for Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Hinds, and Warren counties have been published in: | ||
*King, J. Estelle. ''Mississippi Court Records, 1799-1835, 1936.'' Reprint; Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. {{ | *King, J. Estelle. ''Mississippi Court Records, 1799-1835, 1936.'' Reprint; Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. {{FSC|153354|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.2 S2k}}; 1936 edition: {{FSC|137819|item|disp=FS Library Film 547551}}. | ||
Some probate references can also be found in: | Some probate references can also be found in: | ||
*Hendrix, Mary L. ''Mississippi Court Records From the Files of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, 1799-1859.'' Jackson, Miss.: M.L.F. Hendrix, 1950. {{ | *Hendrix, Mary L. ''Mississippi Court Records From the Files of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, 1799-1859.'' Jackson, Miss.: M.L.F. Hendrix, 1950. {{FSC|245566|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.2 P2h}}. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''<br> | |||
[[Mississippi Tippah County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|Mississippi Tippah County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]<br> | |||
<br> | |||
{{Mississippi|Mississippi}} | {{Mississippi|Mississippi}} | ||
[[Category:Mississippi|Probate]] | [[Category:Mississippi FamilySearch Historical Records|Probate]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:59, 6 June 2024
| Mississippi Wiki Topics |
|
| Beginning Research |
| Record Types |
|
| Mississippi Background |
| Cultural Groups |
| Local Research Resources |
Online Resources
- Mississippi, Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982($), index and images, incomplete.
- 1781-1930 Mississippi, Probate Records, 1781-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
- Full-Text Search - Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
Mississippi probate records include dockets, wills, settlements, petitions, letters, guardianships, claims, and minutes.
Probate records of Mississippi have been kept by the chancery courts or probate courts. You can obtain copies of the records by contacting the clerk's office in each county courthouse. Some probate papers are housed at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
The FamilySearch Library has copies of many Mississippi probate records, such as Hinds County inventories (1822 to 1882), bonds (1823 to 1869), wills (1870 to 1919), and executors' letters (1872 to 1919).
Transcripts of wills for 1799 to 1835 for Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Hinds, and Warren counties have been published in:
- King, J. Estelle. Mississippi Court Records, 1799-1835, 1936. Reprint; Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. FS Library Book 976.2 S2k; 1936 edition: FS Library Film 547551.
Some probate references can also be found in:
- Hendrix, Mary L. Mississippi Court Records From the Files of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, 1799-1859. Jackson, Miss.: M.L.F. Hendrix, 1950. FS Library Book 976.2 P2h.
References
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Mississippi Tippah County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records