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==Online Resources== | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60497 Wyoming, Wills and Probate Records, 1864-1915], ($), index and images, incomplete. | |||
*[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] | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Before statehood, probate records were kept by the territorial probate court. After 1890, these records were transferred to the clerk of the district court in each county. | Before statehood, probate records were kept by the territorial probate court. After 1890, these records were transferred to the clerk of the district court in each county. | ||
== Availability | == Availability == | ||
Contact the clerk of the district court of each county for copies of probate records. The | Contact the clerk of the district court of each county for copies of probate records. The FamilySearch Library has very few copies of [[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]] probate records. | ||
Wyoming probate records include wills, inheritance tax records, oaths and bonds, petitions, letters testamentaries, letters of administration, final accounts, inventories, bills of sale, probate journals, claims against estates, and guardianship annual reports. | Wyoming probate records include wills, inheritance tax records, oaths and bonds, petitions, letters testamentaries, letters of administration, final accounts, inventories, bills of sale, probate journals, claims against estates, and guardianship annual reports. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
''[[Wyoming]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ''[[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits. | :NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits. | ||
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[[Category:Wyoming|Probate]] | [[Category:Wyoming, United States|Probate]][[Category:United States Probate Records]] | ||
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Wyoming, Wills and Probate Records, 1864-1915, ($), index and images, incomplete.
- Full-Text Search - Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
History[edit | edit source]
Before statehood, probate records were kept by the territorial probate court. After 1890, these records were transferred to the clerk of the district court in each county.
Availability[edit | edit source]
Contact the clerk of the district court of each county for copies of probate records. The FamilySearch Library has very few copies of Wyoming probate records.
Wyoming probate records include wills, inheritance tax records, oaths and bonds, petitions, letters testamentaries, letters of administration, final accounts, inventories, bills of sale, probate journals, claims against estates, and guardianship annual reports.
References[edit | edit source]
Wyoming Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
- NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits.
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