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Estates were probated by the Secretary of the Province until 1671 and by the Prerogative Court from 1671 to 1776. Beginning in the 1690s, probates could also have been handled by county courts. Since 1777, probate records have been kept by each county's orphans court and register of wills. The counties also have copies of the pre-1777 records of the Prerogative Court. In addition, during the colonial period, dozens of Maryland wills were proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England. | Estates were probated by the Secretary of the Province until 1671 and by the Prerogative Court from 1671 to 1776. Beginning in the 1690s, probates could also have been handled by county courts. Since 1777, probate records have been kept by each county's orphans court and register of wills. The counties also have copies of the pre-1777 records of the Prerogative Court. In addition, during the colonial period, dozens of Maryland wills were proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England. | ||
== Statewide Indexes == | |||
A card index to Maryland probate records, kept at the Maryland State Archives, is available online: | |||
*[http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se4/000000/html/index.html Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1637-1777, Index 1, MSA S1393] | |||
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MARYLAND, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS | MARYLAND, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS | ||
=== Research Guides === | |||
*"Probate Records," ''Maryland State Archives - Guide to Government Records'', available [http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=probate online]. | |||
=== Web Sites === | === Web Sites === | ||