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[[Portal:United States Probate|Portal:United States Probate ]]>[[Delaware|Delaware]] | [[Portal:United States Probate|Portal:United States Probate ]]>[[Delaware|Delaware]] | ||
==== Background Information ==== | |||
Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within four months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers, because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept. | |||
Probate records in [[Delaware]] have been kept by the register of wills in each county from 1682 to the present. The Family History Library has probate indexes and records for all three counties, including wills, administrations, and guardian accounts to about 1850. Most of the original records are at the Delaware Public Archives. | Probate records in [[Delaware]] have been kept by the register of wills in each county from 1682 to the present. The Family History Library has probate indexes and records for all three counties, including wills, administrations, and guardian accounts to about 1850. Most of the original records are at the Delaware Public Archives. | ||
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http://archives.delaware.gov/collections/probate.shtml | http://archives.delaware.gov/collections/probate.shtml | ||
Extracts of Delaware wills are at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] which is a subscription website. | Extracts of Delaware wills are at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] which is a subscription website. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||