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*[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Wills & Testaments (1513-1901)], courtesy: Scotlands People | *[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Wills & Testaments (1513-1901)], courtesy: Scotlands People | ||
== Abstracts == | == Abstracts == | ||
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|537823|item|disp=FHL 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|78100|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2cb}}. | |||
*King, George H.S. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed," which was originally published in ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine'', was reprinted in Volume 4 of ''Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine,''" in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1982):59. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 26 (1982)}}</ref> | |||
*McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. {{FHL|488373|item|disp=FHL 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''. | |||
Many additional Virginia will abstracts have been published, see: [[Virginia Probate Record Abstracts]]. | |||
== State Statutes == | == State Statutes == | ||