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== History == | == History == | ||
Probate records have been kept by at the county level in [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] by the general court and by the county and circuit courts. Records of the general court, where many prominent Virginians proved their wills, "were lost when Richmond was burned in April 1865."<ref>George H.S. King, "Will of Colonel John Chiswell (c.1710-1766) With Some Genealogical Notes," ''Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1969):78. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).</ref> In independent cities, probates are now kept by the clerks' offices of the circuit courts. | Probate records have been kept by at the county level in [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] by the general court and by the county and circuit courts. Records of the general court, where many prominent Virginians proved their wills, "were lost when Richmond was burned in April 1865."<ref>George H.S. King, "Will of Colonel John Chiswell (c.1710-1766) With Some Genealogical Notes," ''Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1969):78. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).</ref> In independent cities, probates are now kept by the clerks' offices of the circuit courts. | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||