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 *Wills and probate records over 20 years old from courthouses outside the city of Winnipeg.
 *Wills and probate records over 60 years old from the Eastern Judicial District in Winnipeg.
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+Probate indexes from as early as 1870 to as late as 1984 (depending on the area) can be found online at the [http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/probate/guide.html#sec1step2 Archives of Manitoba]. Once the estate file numbers are identified, many wills from 1871-1931 can be viewed in the FamilySearch Manitoba Probate Records collection.
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-A central alphabetical index, arranged by year, is maintained at the Winnipeg court office. To have the index searched, you must provide the name of the deceased and the date of death. In 1984 all indexes, wills, and probate files for the period 1882 to 1930 began to be microfilmed for use at the Provincial Archives.
+*Not everyone had a will or needed to have their estate probated.
+*Be sure to order the whole file, which contains many more documents in addition to the will.}}
-Probate indexes from as early as 1870 to as late as 1984 (depending on the area) can also be found online at the [http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/probate/guide.html#sec1step2 Archives of Manitoba]. Once the estate file numbers are identified, many wills from 1871-1931 can be viewed in the FamilySearch Manitoba Probate Records collection identified and linked below.
-A few wills for the period 1830–1870 can be found in the “private papers” collections of the Provincial Archives. Wills for some of the officers and servants of the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1763–1921, are available on microfilm at the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Provincial Archives, and National Archives of Canada. There is an alphabetical index to these wills.
-Court records prior to 1870 are small in number. They are located at the Provincial Archives and at the local courts. The Provincial Archives web page has information about which records are being transferred to the archives.
 == Wills and Probate Records  ==