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[[Portal:United States Probate|Portal:United States Probate ]]>[[New Jersey|New Jersey]] | [[Portal:United States Probate|Portal:United States Probate ]]>[[New Jersey|New Jersey]] | ||
==== Backgroud Infromation ==== | |||
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.<br> | |||
== Availability == | == Availability == | ||
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The Family History Library has microfilm copies of recorded wills and indexes for all counties from 1804 to the early 1900s. Records to 1921 for most counties are currently being filmed. | The Family History Library has microfilm copies of recorded wills and indexes for all counties from 1804 to the early 1900s. Records to 1921 for most counties are currently being filmed. | ||
The records for most counties at the Family History Library also include applications for probate, partition and divisions of land, applications for administration, administration bonds, inventories, letters of administration, receipts, letters of guardianship, guardianship bonds, orphan court minutes, dockets, accounts, and other recorded probate documents. | The records for most counties at the Family History Library also include applications for probate, partition and divisions of land, applications for administration, administration bonds, inventories, letters of administration, receipts, letters of guardianship, guardianship bonds, orphan court minutes, dockets, accounts, and other recorded probate documents. | ||
==== '''County Estate Files''' ==== | ==== '''County Estate Files''' ==== | ||
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New Jersey State Archives: [http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html] | New Jersey State Archives: [http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=New_Jersey.ASP New Jersey Research Outline]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.<br> | ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=New_Jersey.ASP New Jersey Research Outline]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.<br> | ||
[[Category:New_Jersey|Probate]] | [[Category:New_Jersey|Probate]] | ||