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=== Probate Records=== | === Probate Records=== | ||
Probate is a county matter, and at one time probate records were held in each of the fifteen counties. Most surviving early records have been transferred to the provincial archives and microfilmed copies returned to the county. | Probate is a county matter, and at one time probate records were held in each of the fifteen counties. Most surviving early records have been transferred to the provincial archives and microfilmed copies returned to the county. | ||
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R. Wallace Hale, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/568337?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835'''] [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-new-brunswick-probate-records-1785-1835/oclc/20817836 WorldCat] (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books Inc., 1989), has abstracted the essential names, dates and data from early probate documents at the PANB, arranged them alphabetically by name of deceased and indexed all names. | |||
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Probate records exist as both probate files and probate books, the former containing all the assorted documents, the books contain an abstract of the probate proceedings. Indexed files and registers are available for most counties. A summary of what exists and what is microfilmed is found: [https://archives.gnb.ca/ResearchTools/CountyGuides.aspx?culture=en-CA '''the County Guides'''] of the Provincial Archives of New Brunbswick. | Probate records exist as both probate files and probate books, the former containing all the assorted documents, the books contain an abstract of the probate proceedings. Indexed files and registers are available for most counties. A summary of what exists and what is microfilmed is found: [https://archives.gnb.ca/ResearchTools/CountyGuides.aspx?culture=en-CA '''the County Guides'''] of the Provincial Archives of New Brunbswick. | ||
=== Wills and Administrations === | === Wills and Administrations === | ||