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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland|Maryland ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland_Probate_Records|Probate Records]]''  
''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland|Maryland ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland Probate Records|Probate Records]]''  


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Estates were probated by the Secretary of the Province until 1671 and by the Prerogative Court from 1671 to 1776. Beginning in the 1690s, probates could also have been handled by county courts. Since 1777, probate records have been kept by each county's orphans court and register of wills. The counties also have copies of the pre-1777 records of the Prerogative Court. In addition, during the colonial period, dozens of Maryland wills were proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England.  
Estates were probated by the Secretary of the Province until 1671 and by the Prerogative Court from 1671 to 1776. Beginning in the 1690s, probates could also have been handled by county courts. Since 1777, probate records have been kept by each county's orphans court and register of wills. The counties also have copies of the pre-1777 records of the Prerogative Court. In addition, during the colonial period, dozens of Maryland wills were proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England.  


== Statewide Indexes ==
== Statewide Indexes ==


A card index to Maryland probate records, kept at the Maryland State Archives, is available online:
A card index to Maryland probate records, kept at the Maryland State Archives, is available online:  


*[http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se4/000000/html/index.html Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1637-1777, Index 1, MSA S1393]
*[http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se4/000000/html/index.html Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1637-1777, Index 1, MSA S1393]
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The following can help you locate colonial wills:  
The following can help you locate colonial wills:  


*Cotton, Jane Baldwin, and Roberta B. Henry. ''The Maryland Calendar of Wills''. 1904-28. 16 Volumes. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. {{FHL|975.2 P28c 1968}}; vols. 1-8 on film {{FHL|873762}}-{{FHL|873764}}; vols. 1-8 on fiche {{FHL|6046924}} This contains abstracts of wills, 1635 to 1777.  
*Cotton, Jane Baldwin, and Roberta B. Henry. ''The Maryland Calendar of Wills''. 1904-28. 16 Volumes. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. {{FHL|975.2 P28c 1968}}; vols. 1-8 on film {{FHL|873762}}-{{FHL|873764}}; vols. 1-8 on fiche {{FHL|6046924}}. These publications contain abstracts of wills 1635 to 1777.
 
'''Online Digital Versions of ''The Maryland Calendar of Wills 1635-1777, 8 Volumes'''''
 
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| 1635-1685
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=Da8sAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/md/state/wills/ USGenNet]; [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1635 World Vital Records] ($)
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| 1685-1702
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=PycQAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/marylandcalenda00cottgoog Internet Archive]; [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/md/state/wills/ USGenNet] (partial); [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1635 World Vital Records] ($)
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| 1703-1713
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry] ($); [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1703_vol3-4 World Vital Records] ($)
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| 1713-1720
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry] ($); [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1703_vol3-4 World Vital Records] ($)
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| 5
| 1720-1726
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry] ($); [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1720 World Vital Records] ($)
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| 1726-1732
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=XwoQAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/marylandcalenda00whitgoog Internet Archive]; [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1720 World Vital Records] ($)
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| 7
| 1732-1738
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry] ($); [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1732 World Vital Records] ($)
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| 8
| 1738-1743
| [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 Ancestry]&nbsp;($); [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_marylandcalendarwills1732 World Vital Records] ($)<ref>Michael Neill, [http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2008/01/maryland-calendar-of-wills-on-world.html "RootDig.com: Maryland Calendar of Wills on World Vital Records,"] 28 January 2008.</ref>
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*Hume, Joan. Maryland, ''Index to the Wills of . . .'' Four Volumes. Baltimore, Maryland: Carta Book Company, 1970.&nbsp; These volumes cover seven counties and index the names of persons leaving a will. The indexes generally extend to 1960 (Family History Library various call numbers: do an author search to locate.)  
*Hume, Joan. Maryland, ''Index to the Wills of . . .'' Four Volumes. Baltimore, Maryland: Carta Book Company, 1970.&nbsp; These volumes cover seven counties and index the names of persons leaving a will. The indexes generally extend to 1960 (Family History Library various call numbers: do an author search to locate.)  
*''Index to Inventories of Estates, 1718-1777''. Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1947. {{FHL|12898}}  
*''Index to Inventories of Estates, 1718-1777''. Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1947. {{FHL|12898}}  
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MARYLAND, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS  
MARYLAND, [COUNTY] - PROBATE RECORDS  


=== Research Guides ===
=== Research Guides ===


*"Probate Records," ''Maryland State Archives - Guide to Government Records'', available [http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=probate online].
*"Probate Records," ''Maryland State Archives - Guide to Government Records'', available [http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=probate online].
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