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== History == | == History == | ||
== State Statutes == | |||
Probate records were under the jurisdiction of the general court and the county courts until probate courts were established in 1692. Probate courts exercised exclusive jurisdiction over guardianships, adoptions, probates of wills, and administration of estates. The original records are at county courthouses. | Probate records were under the jurisdiction of the general court and the county courts until probate courts were established in 1692. Probate courts exercised exclusive jurisdiction over guardianships, adoptions, probates of wills, and administration of estates. The original records are at county courthouses. | ||
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*''Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, 1620–1639''. Three Volumes. Carbon copy typescript. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.4+P2p book 974.4 P2p].) Contains records of wills and property inventories extracted from these wills. | *''Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, 1620–1639''. Three Volumes. Carbon copy typescript. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.4+P2p book 974.4 P2p].) Contains records of wills and property inventories extracted from these wills. | ||
== | == Repositories == | ||
==== Local ==== | ==== Local ==== | ||
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== Statewide Record Collections == | == Statewide Record Collections == | ||
== | == Learn More == | ||
==== Published Materials ==== | |||
*Melnyk, Marcia D. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogists-handbook-for-new-england-research/oclc/42829198&referer=brief_results ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research''], 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. ({{FHL|974 D27g}}.) | *Melnyk, Marcia D. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogists-handbook-for-new-england-research/oclc/42829198&referer=brief_results ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research''], 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. ({{FHL|974 D27g}}.) | ||
== | ==== Websites ==== | ||
*[http://www.mass.gov/courts/index.html Massachusetts Court System]. For information about the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Department click [http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/ Here]. | *[http://www.mass.gov/courts/index.html Massachusetts Court System]. For information about the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Department click [http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/ Here]. | ||