WikiProjects:Probate Records for Massachusetts Towns

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Purpose

Add Probate Records for Massachusetts Towns

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Probate Records for Massachusetts Towns

Step One - Sign Up

Type your name next to a town on the Norfolk County tab of the Task List

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Probate Records in the Contents

In the contents, select Probate Records. This will take you to the subheading Probate Records. You can also scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Probate Records

• Click edit source
• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date under the small paragraph about probate records.
  

Exceptions:

*If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.

*If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.

*If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1635-1750''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1658/norfolk-county-ma-index-to-probate-records-1793-1900 Norfolk County, MA: Index to Probate records, 1793-1900] at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/*Probate Records New Collections Project*/  

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

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