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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia_Probate_Records|Probate Records]]'' | ||
== Record Synopsis == | == Record Synopsis == | ||
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==== National ==== | ==== National ==== | ||
The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=351&subject_disp=Virginia&first=201&last=300&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library] has a good collection of probate records and indexes on both the state and local level. Some begin in the very early 1600s. | The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=351&subject_disp=Virginia&first=201&last=300&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library] has a good collection of probate records and indexes on both the state and local level. Some begin in the very early 1600s. | ||
== Statewide Record Collections == | == Statewide Record Collections == | ||
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A helpful inventory of probate records at the Library of Virginia is: | A helpful inventory of probate records at the Library of Virginia is: | ||
*Vogt, John, and T. William Kethley, Jr. ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1987. {{FHL|975.5 P23v | *Vogt, John, and T. William Kethley, Jr. ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1987. {{FHL|478868|item}}, book 975.5 P23v. | ||
For abstracts of early Virginia wills, the following reference books are available: | For abstracts of early Virginia wills, the following reference books are available: | ||
*Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in the Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. {{FHL|975.5 P2h}} | *Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in the Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. {{FHL|537823|item}}, book 975.5 P2h}} | ||
*Currer-Briggs, Noel. ''Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Wills, 1484-1798, and Legal Proceedings, 1560-1700, Relating to Early Virginia Families''. Three volumes in one. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. {{FHL|975.5 P2cb | *Currer-Briggs, Noel. ''Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Wills, 1484-1798, and Legal Proceedings, 1560-1700, Relating to Early Virginia Families''. Three volumes in one. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. {{FHL|78100|item}}, book 975.5 P2cb. | ||
*McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|975.5 P2v | *McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|488373|item}}, book 975.5 P2v. Excerpted and reprinted from ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', the ''William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine'', and ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''. | ||
Online collections include: | Online collections include: | ||
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Excellent printed indexes to Virginia's wills and administrations are available for the period for the early 1600s to 1865: | Excellent printed indexes to Virginia's wills and administrations are available for the period for the early 1600s to 1865: | ||
*Torrence, Clayton. ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. 1930; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. {{FHL|975.5 P22t | *Torrence, Clayton. ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. 1930; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. {{FHL|540441}}, book 975.5 P22t; {{FHL|371231|item}}, film 29274. A revised and updated edition is available for free online at the Library of Virginia's [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/willsabout.htm website]. | ||
*Pippenger, Wesley E. ''Index to Virginia Estates, 1800-1865''. 10 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 2001-2008. {{FHL|975.5 P22p v. 1 | *Pippenger, Wesley E. ''Index to Virginia Estates, 1800-1865''. 10 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 2001-2008. {{FHL|1035393|item}}, book 975.5 P22p v. 1. | ||
Pippenger's book references all types of probate records, including inventories, accounts, etc. | Pippenger's book references all types of probate records, including inventories, accounts, etc. | ||
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*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1700-1799''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Digital version of 1991 reprint available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48554 Ancestry] ($). | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1700-1799''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Digital version of 1991 reprint available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48554 Ancestry] ($). | ||
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1800-1858''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48507 Ancestry] ($). | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1800-1858''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48507 Ancestry] ($). | ||
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills & Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. {{FHL|942 P27c | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills & Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. {{FHL|6011|item}}, book 942 P27c; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48453 Ancestry] ($). | ||
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. {{FHL|973 P27ca | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. {{FHL|619298|item}}, book 973 P27ca; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48497 Ancestry] ($). | ||
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''North American Wills Registered in London, 1611-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|942 P27c 2007 | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''North American Wills Registered in London, 1611-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|1384506|item}}, book 942 P27c 2007. | ||
If you find a will abstact that interests you in Coldham's books, it is now possible to view digital images of the original Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills online at two United Kingdom pay-per-view websites: | If you find a will abstact that interests you in Coldham's books, it is now possible to view digital images of the original Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills online at two United Kingdom pay-per-view websites: | ||
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The wills of some Virginia residents were proved in Edinburgh, Scotland, see: | The wills of some Virginia residents were proved in Edinburgh, Scotland, see: | ||
*Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991. {{FHL| | *Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991. {{FHL|588724|item}}, book 973 P22d. Over 2,000 citations including name, occupation, residence, and date. | ||
Most of these references were taken from the Commissariat Court of Edinburgh (now the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh) and the ''Index to Personal Estates of Defuncts, 1846-1866.'' If you find a will abstact that interests you in Dobson's book, it is now possible to view digital images of the original records online at a United Kingdom pay-per-view website: | Most of these references were taken from the Commissariat Court of Edinburgh (now the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh) and the ''Index to Personal Estates of Defuncts, 1846-1866.'' If you find a will abstact that interests you in Dobson's book, it is now possible to view digital images of the original records online at a United Kingdom pay-per-view website: | ||
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==== Published Materials ==== | ==== Published Materials ==== | ||
*Vogt, John, William T. Kethley and Virginia State Library and Archives (Richmond Virginia). ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library : A Researcher's Guide. ''Athens, Georgia : Iberian Pub. Co., c1987. | *Vogt, John, William T. Kethley and Virginia State Library and Archives (Richmond Virginia). ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library : A Researcher's Guide. ''Athens, Georgia : Iberian Pub. Co., c1987. {{FHL|478868|item}}, book 975.5 P23v. | ||
==== Web Sites ==== | ==== Web Sites ==== | ||