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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 | #Discover when and where your ancestor died or use the approximate date and the place where they lived. <br> | ||
#Go to the Court Jurisdictions by Parish | #Search any indexes listed below in the Indexes section.<br> | ||
#If you did not find any likely entries in the indexes, then complete the following steps:<br> | |||
*Go to the Court Jurisdictions by Parish section below. | |||
*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. | |||
*Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br> | |||
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