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==== Local ==== | ==== Local ==== | ||
The [http://www.cslib.org/ Connecticut State Library] has numerous files of wills, bonds, letters, and other probate documents. For more information, go to http://www.cslib.org/probintr.htm | *The [http://www.cslib.org/ Connecticut State Library] has numerous files of wills, bonds, letters, and other probate documents. For more information, go to http://www.cslib.org/probintr.htm | ||
*You can obtain copies of probate records from the local probate district offices. | |||
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*The [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Family_History_Library Family History Library] located in Salt Lake City, Utah has most of the pre-1880 packets arranged by district and then by surname on 1,622 microfilms. These packets can include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records. For collection details see the [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog]. Use the "Place Search" option to search for a specific Connecticut county or town. Then look for the topic labeled "Probate Records." | *The [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Family_History_Library Family History Library] located in Salt Lake City, Utah has most of the pre-1880 packets arranged by district and then by surname on 1,622 microfilms. These packets can include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records. For collection details see the [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog]. Use the "Place Search" option to search for a specific Connecticut county or town. Then look for the topic labeled "Probate Records." | ||
== Statewide Record Collections == | |||
*The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (see [[Connecticut Public Records|Connecticut Public Records]]). | |||
== | The Connecticut State Library's index to these records for 1641 to 1948 is also at the Family History Library (FHL films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=354857&disp=General+index+to+probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 166000-66]). This is listed in the Family History Library Catalog under CONNECTICUT - PROBATE RECORDS - INDEXES. | ||
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== Learn More == | == Learn More == | ||