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The colonial courts of [[Georgia (state)|Georgia]] kept some early probate records, but few records from the colonial period exist today. From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates in each county has kept probate and guardianship records. The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852. | The colonial courts of [[Georgia (state)|Georgia]] kept some early probate records, but few records from the colonial period exist today. From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates in each county has kept probate and guardianship records. The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852. | ||
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Important published indexes of probate records include: | Important published indexes of probate records include: | ||
*''Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778.''Atlanta, Georgia: R. J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, 1983. ( | *''Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778.''Atlanta, Georgia: R. J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, 1983. ({{FHL|975.8 P2i}}.) | ||
*''Abstracts of Colonial Wills of the State of Georgia, 1733-1777''. Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1981. ( | *''Abstracts of Colonial Wills of the State of Georgia, 1733-1777''. Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1981. ({{FHL|975.8 P2a}} 1981.) | ||
*Brooke, Ted O. ''In the Name of God, Amen: Georgia Wills, 1733-1860: An Index of Testators to Wills.'' Atlanta, Georgia: Pilgrim Press, 1976. ( | *Brooke, Ted O. ''In the Name of God, Amen: Georgia Wills, 1733-1860: An Index of Testators to Wills.'' Atlanta, Georgia: Pilgrim Press, 1976. (Book {{FHL|975.8 P2b}}; Film {{FHL|1036842}}. | ||
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