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Probate Records

Online Resources

• Georgia's Virtual Vault Colonial Will Books; Index and images.
• Georgia's Virtual Vault Colonial Wills; Index and images.
• 1733-1777 Abstracts of colonial wills of the state of Georgia, 1733-1777 at FamilySearch Catalog
• 1733-1780 Wills, Colony of Georgia, at Georgia Archives - index & images
• 1742-1992 Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 at Ancestry ($); index & images
• 1742-1990 Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 at FamilySearch; index and images — How to Use this Collection
• 1754-1777 Estate records from estates probated in the Colony of Georgia, 1754-1777. These records are from Record Group 49-1-1, Colony of Georgia--Estate Records.
• Full-Text Search - Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

To see a listing of all FamilySearch Library Georgia probate resources, use the FamilySearch Catalog:

• Enter United States, Georgia as the Place
• Enter Probate as the Subject

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History

The colonial courts of Georgia kept some early probate records, but few records from the colonial period exist today. From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates in each county has kept probate and guardianship records. The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.

Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the FamilySearch Library on microfilm. The FamilySearch Library, for example, has probate records from Fulton County that include letters of administration, guardianship, executors, inventories and appraisements, bonds, 12-months support, minutes, annual returns and vouchers, bills of sale, and wills. These are generally from the years 1829 to 1930.

Published Indexes

Important published indexes of probate records include:

• Brooke, Ted O. Georgia Will Directory 1733-1900 2013. FS Library Books 975.8 P22b 1733-1860 and 975.8 P22b 1861-1900.

• Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778. Atlanta, Georgia: R. J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, 1983. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 975.8 P2i.
• Abstracts of Colonial Wills of the State of Georgia, 1733-1777. Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1981. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Fiche 6126365 (2 fiche); Book 975.8 P2a, 1981.

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