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[[Image: | [[Image:Church of Ireland 3.jpg|right|476x489px]]Probate records are court records relating to the distribution of a deceased person's estate. Generally they record the deceased's date of death; names, relationships, residences of heirs and guardians; and names of witnesses. Although incomplete, records relating to probate can be traced in Ireland back to the seventeenth century for most areas of the country. | ||
Given the need to leave a will stemmed from holding assets, it stands to reason that not every person who died left probate records. Most wills were left by males with property. However, wills often list the names of the deceased's family and friends, so that many more people are listed in probate records than actually left them. | Given the need to leave a will stemmed from holding assets, it stands to reason that not every person who died left probate records. Most wills were left by males with property. However, wills often list the names of the deceased's family and friends, so that many more people are listed in probate records than actually left them. | ||
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A selection of Wills of Irish interest from the first five Will books - in alphabetical order of testators. Article in The Irish Ancestor Vo. 1 No. 2, 1969 Family History Library Ref 941.5 B2i | A selection of Wills of Irish interest from the first five Will books - in alphabetical order of testators. Article in The Irish Ancestor Vo. 1 No. 2, 1969 Family History Library Ref 941.5 B2i | ||
also available at National Library of Ireland, [http://sources.nli.ie/Records http://sources.nli.ie/Records] and [http://www.worldcat.org/title/the-irish-ancestor www.worldcat.org/title/the-irish-ancestor] | also available at [http://sources.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=wills&type=AllFields&submit=FIND National Library of Ireland], [http://sources.nli.ie/Records http://sources.nli.ie/Records] and [http://www.worldcat.org/title/the-irish-ancestor www.worldcat.org/title/the-irish-ancestor] | ||
Abstract of Wills. Heirs of Wills of the following people, Lydia Carroll 1779. Margaret Dobbs 1754. John Kellett 1806. Andrew Ram 1697. Sarah Wills 1792, all of Dublin. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol.V no. 1. 1973. pages 53-61, Family History Ref. 941.5 B2i v.5-6 | Abstract of Wills. Heirs of Wills of the following people, Lydia Carroll 1779. Margaret Dobbs 1754. John Kellett 1806. Andrew Ram 1697. Sarah Wills 1792, all of Dublin. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol.V no. 1. 1973. pages 53-61, Family History Ref. 941.5 B2i v.5-6 | ||