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The various documents (bonds, letters, inventories, etc.) are usually transcribed into Orphans' Court Record Books or Administrator's Account Books. The Family History Library has microfilmed the wills and orphans' court records for most counties, usually up to the early 1900s. For example, the library has: | The various documents (bonds, letters, inventories, etc.) are usually transcribed into Orphans' Court Record Books or Administrator's Account Books. The Family History Library has microfilmed the wills and orphans' court records for most counties, usually up to the early 1900s. For example, the library has: | ||
*Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). ''Register of Wills. Wills, 1682-1916; Indexes to Wills, 1682-1924''. (On 327 Family History Library films beginning with 1311039.) | *Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). ''Register of Wills. Wills, 1682-1916; Indexes to Wills, 1682-1924''. (On 327 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1311039 1311039].) | ||
*Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Philadelphia County). ''Orphans' Court Records, 1719-1880: Orphans' Court Index, 1719-1938''. (On 417 Family History Library films beginning with 21843.) | *Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Philadelphia County). ''Orphans' Court Records, 1719-1880: Orphans' Court Index, 1719-1938''. (On 417 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=21843 21843].) | ||
The library has few probate records from Lackawanna, Lehigh, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Union counties. Some probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under PENNSYLVANIA - GUARDIAN AND WARD. | The library has few probate records from Lackawanna, Lehigh, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Union counties. Some probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under PENNSYLVANIA - GUARDIAN AND WARD. | ||
A few land, probate, and will records are available on line from [http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=36 Ancestry.com]. | A few land, probate, and will records are available on line from [http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=36 Ancestry.com]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||