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==== Local ==== | ==== Local ==== | ||
Probate records of Kentucky are kept by the county clerk. | *Probate records of Kentucky are kept by the county clerk. | ||
==== Regional ==== | ==== Regional ==== | ||
Copies of probate records are also available at the Department of Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society. | *Copies of probate records are also available at the Department of Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society. | ||
==== National ==== | ==== National ==== | ||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of probate records from most counties. Probate records may include such documents as wills, letters of administration, guardianships, probate journals, probate packets, and adoptions. The probate packets, which contain all documents pertaining to a probate case, have the most genealogical information, but few are available at the Family History Library. <br> | *The Family History Library has microfilm copies of probate records from most counties. Probate records may include such documents as wills, letters of administration, guardianships, probate journals, probate packets, and adoptions. The probate packets, which contain all documents pertaining to a probate case, have the most genealogical information, but few are available at the Family History Library. <br> | ||
== Statewide Record Collections == | == Statewide Record Collections == | ||