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=== Proved in Virginia  ===
=== Proved in Virginia  ===


The best place to start '''pre-1800''' searches for wills and administrations is on the website of the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas08&local_base=CLAS08 Library of Virginia].<ref>This index is an expanded version of Clayton Torrence's ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. 1930; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. {{FHL|540441|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P22t}}; {{FHL|371231|item|disp=FHL Film 29274}}.</ref>
The best place to start '''pre-1800''' searches for wills and administrations is on the website of the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas08&local_base=CLAS08 Library of Virginia].<ref>This index is an expanded version of Clayton Torrence's ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800'' (1930; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985). {{FHL|540441|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P22t}}; {{FHL|371231|item|disp=FHL Film 29274}}.</ref>  


For the period '''1800 to 1865,''' see the 10-volume:
For the period '''1800 to 1865,''' see the 10-volume:  


*Pippenger, Wesley E. ''Index to Virginia Estates, 1800-1865''. 10 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 2001-2008.&nbsp;{{FHL|1035393|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P22p}}.
*Pippenger, Wesley E. ''Index to Virginia Estates, 1800-1865''. 10 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 2001-2008.&nbsp;{{FHL|1035393|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P22p}}.


Pippenger's book references all types of probate records, including inventories, accounts, etc.  
Pippenger's book references all types of probate records, including inventories, accounts, etc.


=== Proved in London  ===
=== Proved in London  ===
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