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*''Testaments and commissariot courts of Scotland, 1972''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. ( | *''Testaments and commissariot courts of Scotland, 1972''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|425488|title-id|disp=941 P2gs}}.) | ||
*Cecil Sinclair. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Magesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. ( | *Cecil Sinclair. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Magesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|941 D27s|disp=941 D27s}}). Identifies court(s) by county along with ending dates for Commissariot and beginning dates for Sheriffs Court, which often overlap. | ||
*Kathleen Cory. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors, Third Edition''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. Appendix III provides a table listing all parishes, among other things identifying Commissariot(s) which included that parish, and date of first testament or inventory for the parish. | *Kathleen Cory. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors, Third Edition''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. Appendix III provides a table listing all parishes, among other things identifying Commissariot(s) which included that parish, and date of first testament or inventory for the parish. | ||
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*Scotland, [County] -- Probate records--Indexes | *Scotland, [County] -- Probate records--Indexes | ||
For the years 1876-1936, the | For the years 1876-1936, the FS Library has bound volumes and microfilms of the [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/307501 Calendars of Confirmations and Inventories]. You can obtain information from the Confirmations such as name of deceased, where living at time of death, when and where died, occupation, and the person or persons named as executors or administrators. | ||
===Difficulties in Finding a Testament=== | ===Difficulties in Finding a Testament=== | ||
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===Books to Help Understanding Testaments=== | ===Books to Help Understanding Testaments=== | ||
*Burness, Lawrence. ''A Scottish Genealogist’s Glossary''. Aberdeen: Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society, c1990. ( | *Burness, Lawrence. ''A Scottish Genealogist’s Glossary''. Aberdeen: Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society, c1990. (FS Library call no. 941 D27bL) | ||
*Burness, Lawrence. ''A Scottish Historian’s Glossary''. [Scotland]: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, c1997. ( | *Burness, Lawrence. ''A Scottish Historian’s Glossary''. [Scotland]: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, c1997. (FS Library call no. 941 H26b) | ||
*''Encyclopedia of the Laws of Scotland''. 16 vols and 2 supps. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1926. ( | *''Encyclopedia of the Laws of Scotland''. 16 vols and 2 supps. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1926. (FS Library call no. 941 P36e) Note: Vol. 11 is available at [http://www.archive.org/details/greensencyclopae11chis archive.org] | ||
*Gibb, Andrew Dewar. ''Student’s Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms''. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1946 ( | *Gibb, Andrew Dewar. ''Student’s Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms''. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1946 (FS Library call no. 941 P36g) | ||
*Gouldesbrough, Peter. ''Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents''. Vol. 36 Edinburgh: The Stair Society, 1985. ( | *Gouldesbrough, Peter. ''Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents''. Vol. 36 Edinburgh: The Stair Society, 1985. (FS Library call no. 941 B4st v. 36) | ||
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