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''[[United States]] > [[New York]] > New York Probate Records'' | ''[[United States]] > [[New York]] > New York Probate Records'' | ||
==== [[Image:Renselaer County Courthouse Unrestored.png|thumb|right|350px]]Record Overview<br> ==== | ==== [[Image:Renselaer County Courthouse Unrestored.png|thumb|right|350px]] | ||
'''Links to Probate-Related Topics''' | |||
[[Analyzing United States Probate Records|Analyzing Probate ]] [[United States Probate Limitations|Probate Limitations]] [[United States Probate Process|Probate Process]] [[Glossary of United States Probate Terms|Glossary of Probate Terms]] [[United States Probate Wills|Wills]] [[United States Probate Records|Unites States Probate Records]] | |||
Record Overview<br> ==== | |||
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 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. | ||
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=== State Statues === | === State Statues === | ||
Understanding the New York probate laws and how they changed over time can help us learn how the estate was administered, taxed, and distributed and might help to solve difficult genealogical problems. | |||
Additional information about New York state statutes relating to probate matters can be found at law libraries. For example:<br> | |||
Online digital versions of state statutes can often be found by conducting a search engine search for the term, "New York statutes." The following are examples of free, digital books related to New York probate laws: | |||
=== Published Probate Records === | === Published Probate Records === | ||
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The Family History Library has similar abstracts for many other counties on microfilm. | The Family History Library has similar abstracts for many other counties on microfilm. | ||
==== Surrogate's Court Records ==== | ==== Surrogate's Court Records ==== | ||
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''[[New York]] Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2005. | ''[[New York]] Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2005. | ||
:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits. | :NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits. | ||