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 == Availability ==
-*The original probate records are kept in the Provincial archives in Sweden.
+Original probate records are kept in the [[Sweden Archives and Libraries|provincial archives]] in Sweden. The earlier probate records can be found in the [[Sweden Court Records|court records (''domböcker'')]].
-*The earliest probate records can be found among the actual Domböcker.
+Probates created by the district court (''Häradsrätt'') begin around the 1650s. Records from Snevringe härad begin in 1629, and records from Göta Hovrätt begin in 1648. Records to about 1860 are available at the Family History Library. Probates for citizens were the responsibility of the ''Rådhusrätt'' (city council court) or ''Magistrat'' (magistrate's court).
-*The probate record books from their beginning (based on when a court started to create a separate book for probates) to about 1860 are available at the Family History Library and its centers on microfilm. The probate records are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under SWEDEN, name of COUNTY, name of DISTRICT (Härad), PROBATE RECORDS. The probate records for individuals who lived in a city would be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by going to SWEDEN, name of COUNTY, name of CITY, PROBATE RECORDS.
-*Arkiv Digital (http://www.arkivdigital.se/ ) offers a digitized view of probate records on their subscription website. Not all are available at present but soon will be.
+Records microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah and FamilySearch are available through the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. The National Archives of Sweden has also made  their copies of the microfilmed records and more available online through the [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell ArkivDatabas (NAD)]. As with FamilySearch, records can be accessed by searching the name of the härad. [http://www.arkivdigital.se/ ArkivDigital] has also digitized probate records. After the [[Genealogical Society of Utah]] microfilmed the records archive staff paginated volumes and created indexes which have been digitized by ArkivDigital.
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