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 Probate records exist as both probate files and probate books, the former containing all the assorted documents, the books contain an abstract of the probate proceedings. Indexed files and registers are available for most counties. A summary of what exists and what is microfilmed is found: [https://archives.gnb.ca/ResearchTools/CountyGuides.aspx?culture=en-CA '''the County Guides'''] of the Provincial Archives of New Brunbswick.
-=== Wills and Administrations  ===
-Wills are nice to find, sometimes they mention every member of a family, but if the older children have already been given land or funding for some enterprise, they may not be included, or will be left some nominal sum or token.
-Administration papers can be far more informative. Even an estate of a few hundred dollars must be divided among all the legal heirs. Hope to find an elderly spinster or widow, most of whose siblings have predeceased her, and whose children share and share alike in their parent’s portion of the estate.
-My grandmother inherited $12.44 from her aunt, Mary Jane Cochran, spinster, deceased. The administration papers give the names, married names, and addresses of all 23 co-heirs, and they were living all across the continent as well as in England. The administratrix was Hannah Cochran (Mrs. James H. Moran) so of course all the required legal steps were taken and sworn to; her father-in-law was the stipendiary magistrate of the parish.<ref>Douglas, Althea. "New Brunswick Legal Records (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/New_Brunswick_Legal_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref>
 Until recently, most probate records were held in the county courthouses of New Brunswick. These records have been moved to the Provincial Archives. Most of the probate files are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Indexes exist for most probate files. Record Group 7 at the Provincial Archives contains probates for the following years: