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''[[United States Genealogy|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia_Probate_Records|Probate Records]]'' | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia_Probate_Records|Probate Records]]'' | ||
== Record Synopsis == | == Record Synopsis == | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Probate records have been kept by at the county level in [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] by the general court and by the county and circuit courts. Records of the general court, where many prominent Virginians proved their wills, "were lost when Richmond was burned in April 1865."<ref>George H.S. King, "Will of Colonel John Chiswell (c.1710-1766) With Some Genealogical Notes," ''Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1969):78. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).</ref> In independent cities, probates are now kept by the clerks' offices of the circuit courts. | Probate records have been kept by at the county level in [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] by the general court and by the county and circuit courts. Records of the general court, where many prominent Virginians proved their wills, "were lost when Richmond was burned in April 1865."<ref>George H.S. King, "Will of Colonel John Chiswell (c.1710-1766) With Some Genealogical Notes," ''Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1969):78. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).</ref> In independent cities, probates are now kept by the clerks' offices of the circuit courts. | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
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If you find a will abstract of interest, it is now possible to view digital images of the original Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills online at three | If you find a will abstract of interest, it is now possible to view digital images of the original Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills online at three pay-per-view websites: | ||
#[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills (1384-1858)] ($) at The National Archives, UK.<br><br> | #[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills (1384-1858)] ($) at The National Archives, UK.<br><br> | ||
#[http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php#record_sets PCC Wills Index and Images (1384-1858)] ($) at The Genealogist.<br><br> | #[http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php#record_sets PCC Wills Index and Images (1384-1858)] ($) at The Genealogist.<br><br> | ||
#[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5111 Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858] ($) at Ancestry. | #[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5111 Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858] ($) at Ancestry. | ||
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== Abstracts == | == Abstracts == | ||
For abstracts of early Virginia wills, the following | For abstracts of early Virginia wills, the following collections are available: | ||
*Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in the Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. {{FHL|537823|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2h}}. | *Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in the Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. {{FHL|537823|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2h}}. | ||
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*McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|488373|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2v}}. Excerpted and reprinted from ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', the ''William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine'', and ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''. | *McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|488373|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2v}}. Excerpted and reprinted from ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', the ''William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine'', and ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''. | ||
*'''1639 – 1850''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7832 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850] at [http://home.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] — index and images $ | |||
Many additional Virginia will abstracts have been published, see: [[Virginia Probate Record Abstracts]]. | Many additional Virginia will abstracts have been published, see: [[Virginia Probate Record Abstracts]]. | ||
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*Jurisdiction information of Virginia courts can be found at the [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/burned_juris/Jurisdiction_info.htm Library of Virginia] Internet site. | *Jurisdiction information of Virginia courts can be found at the [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/burned_juris/Jurisdiction_info.htm Library of Virginia] Internet site. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Virginia, | [[Category:Virginia,_United_States|Probate Records]] [[Category:Virginia_Probate_Records]] | ||