Abstracts of over 600 wills for Vanderburgh County, Indiana, extracted by Mrs. Arthur C. Bitterman. Book A was typed by Mrs. James A. Gentry, book B typed by Mrs. Marvin J. Huff, and published as one by the Vanderburgh Chapter of the DAR. Book A primarily covers wills written or filed within the time period of 1823-1849 and book B includes the years of 1849-1873. In both cases there are wills that fall outside those dates.
This volume is “Abstractions from Huron County Ohio, Will Book A.” These will abstractions cover the years from 1828 to 1852. They have been taken out of order as they appeared in the original volume and sorted by name. This abstraction was done by Henry Timman of Norwalk, Ohio, in 1960.
The Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogical Society has archived a wealth of historic genealogical records previously available on the Cherry Valley Public Library District website. Although these indices and manuscripts for Boone, Cook, McHenry, and Winnebago counties were removed, they are still accessible as downloadable PDFs. The collection includes vital records, city directories, church histories, and historical maps, providing invaluable resources for researchers and family historians exploring their ancestry in the region.
The early probate records of the Province of New Hampshire, from 1635 to 1771, have been published in nine volumes (vols. 31-39) of the set “New Hampshire State Papers” edited by Albert Stillman Batchellor, Henry Harrison Metcalf, and Otis G. Hammond. Originally published in the years 1907-1941 these books are available in many libraries throughout New Hampshire. The list included here contains transcriptions of some of the early probate records for Hampton, New Hampshire. It is not a complete list of the available probate records.
Abstracts of wills on file in the surrogate’s office city of New York 1660-1680. From May 1787 to the present, county surrogate’s courts have recorded probates. However, the court of probates and court of chancery handled estates of deceased persons who died in one county but who owned property in another. An 1823 law mandated that all probates come under the jurisdiction of the county surrogate’s courts. Each surrogate’s court has a comprehensive index to all probate records, including the unrecorded probate packets. Interestingly enough, there are wills existing and on record at the Surrogate’s Office in New York City for the time-span of 1660-1680. Genealogical extracts of these wills have been provided below.
The following dataset contains brief extracts of wills found in Coosa County, Alabama Probate Court minutes, books A + B. Wills can often provide the genealogist with concrete family clues, referencing family names and their relationships. The data we provide in this dataset contain only brief mentions of the actual will, and we highly suggest anyone finding a positive match in this dataset contact the Coosa County, Alabama probate court to obtain copies of these records.
Coosa County, Alabama, Wills and Orphans Record Book B 1842-1861
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes Old Series Book A – Pages 463-489
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes Old Series Book A – Pages 373-462
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes Old Series Book A – Pages 300-372
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes Old Series Book A – Pages 245-299
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes Old Series Book A – Pages 168-244
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes Old Series Book A – Pages 79-167
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes – Old Series Book A – Pages 33-78
Coosa County, Alabama, Probate Minutes – Old Series Book A – Pages 1-32
This post presents a comprehensive alphabetical abstract register of names from over six hundred wills recorded in several Virginia counties before 1799. The wills, sourced from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William, and Rockbridge Counties, are organized by surname. This resource serves as a useful tool for genealogical research and historical inquiry into the lives and legacies of Virginians prior to the turn of the 19th century.