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== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:<br> | Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:<br> | ||
#Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. <br> | #Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. <br> | ||
#Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below.<br> | #Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below.<br> | ||
#Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.<br> | #Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.<br> | ||
#Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will. | #Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will. | ||
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