I am BACK!

Since December 2018 post ...

A great amount of indexes had been uploaded along with cleaned up indexes to make them mobile-friendly.

Latest will indexes:

Florida - St. Lucie 1903-1925
Florida - Sumter 1861-1929

Georgia - Washington 1852-1903
Georgia - Wayne 1884-1927

Illinois - Wayne co Vol A, E (note: records before 1886 destroyed in courthouse fire) 1886-1932

Indiana - Benton 1857-1924
Indiana - Ohio 1845-1913
(Indiana probates are still restricted to the Family History Centers).

North Carolina - Stanly 1841-1923

Ohio - Hamilton Co Vol 13-16 (1792-1883) 900 records (7 Mar 2022)
Ohio - Morrow co Vol 1 (1848-1867) 317 records (15 May 2022)
Ohio - Noble co Vol 1 (1851-1873) 284 records (15 Apr 2022)
Ohio - Ottawa co vol A-C (1853-1899) 541 records (6 Mar 2022)
Ohio - Paulding Vol 1-3 (1845-1903) 445 records COMPLETE (23 Jan 2022)

Virginia - Wise co Vol 1-4 (1856-1901) 60 records COMPLETE 25 Apr 2022)
Virginia - Wythe co Vol 1-3 (1790-1831) 235 records 25 Apr 2022

For other states and other counties, see the link.

https://www.sampubco.com/wills/index.htm

Naturalization indexes:

Links are being installed to link to images at the FamilySearch.

https://www.sampubco.com/nats/index.htm

SAMPUBCO is not the ONLY resource, use it more effectively with other resources.

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Wills, Nats, UT, PA, OH, IL, FL, MS

MISSISSIPPI:
Benton County, vol 1-2 (1872-1971) 376 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ms/msbenton01.htm

FLORIDA:
Escambia County, vol 1-3 (1832-1921) 658 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/fl/flescambia01.htm

UTAH:
Box Elder County, Old Declarations of Intent Vol 1 (early-1906) 75 records
http://www.sampubco.com/nats/ut/utboxelder-olddoi01.htm
Box Elder County, Old Petitions Vol 1 (early-1906) 74 records
http://www.sampubco.com/nats/ut/utboxelder-oldpets01.htm
Box Elder County, 3 vols Declarations of Intent (1906-1929) 323 records
http://www.sampubco.com/nats/ut/utboxelder-doi01.htm

PENNSYLVANIA
Chester County, Vol A-D (1714-1767) 1303 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/pa/pachester-a01.htm

OHIO
Champaign County, Vol G-H, years (1889-1897) 256 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/oh/ohchampaign01.htm

ILLINOIS
Champaign County, Vol 5 (1895-1903) 380 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/il/ilchampaign01.htm

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Still need good quality paper or image copies for your files or to attach to your online trees? - just look for "Clean Scanned, Paper or PDF copy of record? order form" link on each and every list page (paper copy available for wills only). Cost is very cheap (see onsite for the information). It covers, contrast, re-sizing, cropping and alignment (to make image straight) and correct page numbers. (Lower prices in effect until February 29, 2016, will extend infinitely if good.)

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New additions - Ohio, California, Illinois, New York, South Carolina

Been a while since last blog!

OHIO
Belmont County Wills Vol 16-19 (1891-1904)
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/oh/ohbelmont01.htm

Guernsey County Wills Vol A-B (1812-1875)
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/oh/ohguernsey01.htm

Williams County Wills COMPLETE to 1911
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/oh/ohwilliams01.htm

CALIFORNIA
Calaveras County Petitions for Naturalizations
1906-1959 - Complete with gaps
Every name (petitioner, spouse, children)
http://www.sampubco.com/nats/ca/cacalaveras-pet01.htm

NEW YORK
Dutchess County Probate Files A-Z (1805-1810, 1802-1824)
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ny/nydutchess01.htm

Westchester County Probate Files, aka Estate Tax Files A-Z (1839-1844)
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ny/nywestchester01.htm

SOUTH CAROLINA
Union County Wills Vol A-D (1792-1911)
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/sc/scunion01.htm

INDIANA
Wabash Co Wills
Vol A-H (1842-1929) Complete
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/in/inwabash01.htm

ILLINOS
Winnebago County wills - links were repaired.
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/il/ilwinnebago01.htm

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"Newlist" - what is it?

Since the major revamp of the website already taken place, with few small portions not revamped yet.

What is "Newlist"?

This is a new page separate from the home page. The link is "What's New in Last 4 Months?"

This is what it is as of tonight:

Wills
(Some volumes might contain a mixture of wills and administrations, maybe guardianships and inventories recorded in same books)
Georgia - Chatham co Vol G-H (1837-1852) 310 records (14 Dec 2015)
Georgia - Chattahoochee co Vol A (1854-1935) 106 records (14 Dec 2015)
Georgia - Marion co Vol A (1846-1940) 188 records (14 Dec 2015)
Illinois - Adams co Vol 3 (1847-1871) 517 records (12 Oct 2015)
Indiana - Franklin co Vol A-B (1813-1830) 56 records (29 Jan 2016)
Indiana - Rush co Vol 1-2 (1822-1863) 259 records (29 Jan 2016)
Indiana - Rush co Vol 3 (1864-1884) 269 records (29 Jan 2016)
Iowa - Jasper co Vol A-1 (1852-1886) 313 records (28 Jan 2016)
Kansas - Elk co Vol A (1872-1913) 135 records (8 Jan 2016)
Kentucky - Adair co Vol A-N (1791-1960) 1276 records (14 Oct 2015)
Maryland - Baltimore City Vol 51-53 (1882-1885) 700 records (11 Nov 2015)
Maryland - Caroline Co. Surnames A-K (1688-1946) 1574 records (20 Nov 2015)
Massachusetts - Norfolk co Vol 1-2 (1793-1796) 87 records (8 Jan 2016)
New Hampshire - Belknap Co multi-vol Surname D-Z (1841-1898) 1781 records (6 Oct 2015)
New Jersey - Camden co Vol A-B (1844-1859) 292 records (23 Dec 2015)
New Jersey - Cumberland co Vol A-C (1804-1844) 434 records (24 Dec 2015)
New Jersey - Gloucester co Vol A-B (1804-1825) 535 records (25 Dec 2015)
New York - Kings co Vol 68-73 (1876-1879) 629 records (26 Jan 2016)
New York - New York co Vol 148-149 (1862-1864) 217 records (29 Oct 2015)
New York - Orange Co. Vol 446-448 (1883-1888) 495 records (13 Nov 2015)
New York - Rensselaer co Vol 211, 218 (1903-1905) 591 records (6 Oct 2015)
New York - Westchester co Vol 92-95 (1881-1883) 342 records (26 Dec 2015)
North Carolina - Camden co Vol C-E (vol A-B are lost) (1822-1920) 563 records(Dec 2015)
North Carolina - Currituck co Vol 2-3 (1794-1834) 633 records (21 Dec 2015)
North Carolina - Dare co Vol 1 (1870-1935) 146 records (22 Dec 2015
North Carolina - Tyrrell co Vol 1, 4-5 (1750-1811, 1868-1961) 432 records (23 Dec 2015)
Ohio - Ashland Co Vol 6 (1894-1899) 197 records (19 Dec 2015)
Ohio - Darke co Vol B1 (1818-1838) 76 records (19 Dec 2015)
Ohio - Miami co Vol 1-2 (1807-1863) 588 records (19 Dec 2015)
Ohio - Montgomery co Vol A (1805-1827) 183 records (21 Nov 2015)
Ohio - Perry Vol 1, B, 2 (1811-1863) 883 records (29 Dec 2015)
Ohio - Ross Co Vol A-D (1797-1845) 435 records (4 Nov 2015)
Ohio - Stark co Vol A-B (1806-1850) 533 records (28 Dec 2015)
Ohio - Williams co vol 5-6 (1889-1897) 282 records (19 Dec 2015)
Oklahoma - Alfalfa Co Vol 1-3 (1899-1907) 85 records (10 Nov 2015)
Oklahoma - Alfalfa Col Vol 1a-7 (1a-3a redone) (1899-1933) 319 records plus 85 (29 Nov 2015)
Pennsylvania - Allegheny Co Vol 1 packets (1789-1801) 298 records (29 Nov 2015)
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Surname A Vol A to 225 (1689-1900) 1599 records (21 Oct 2015)
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Vol 6 (B-Z surnames) (1815-1819) 634 records (31 Oct 2015)
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Vol 7 (B-Z surnames) (1819-1824) 672 records (4 Jan 2016)
Rhode Island - Cumberland co Vol 1-14 (1746-1826) 201 records (2 Jan 2016)
Vermont - Bennington co Vol 1-5 (1778-1812) 75 records (8 Jan 2016)
Vermont - Windsor Co Vol 25-26 (1857-1862) 80 records (6 Jan 2016)
Virginia - Dickenson co Vol 1-2 (1880-1937) 130 records - completed (1 Jan 2016)
West Virginia - Berkeley co Vol 1-2 (1772-1796) 275 records (26 Oct 2015)
West Virginia - Jefferson co Vol 1-3 (1801-1823) 171 records (26 Oct 2015)

Heirs
New York - Jefferson co Vol 1 (1848-1851) 914 heirs(27 Dec 2015)
Ohio - Meigs co Vol 1 (1822-1844) 208 heirs (29 Dec 2015)
Virginia - Lee Co Vol 6 (1918-1930) 568 heirs

Guardians/Guardianships
Includes names of guardians, the minors and the deceased
Illinois - Champaign co Vol 2c (1851-1864) 233 entries (17 Sep 2015)
New York - Monroe Vol 2 (1835-1839) 1022 entries (29 Oct 2015)

Surrogate's/Estate/Probate Files
New York - Cayuga co Boxes 26-31 (1832-1878) 330 files (15 Dec 2015
New York - Cortland co Files 5166-5202 (1874-1887) 37 Files (21 Nov 2015)
New York - Hamilton co Files 1-175 (early to 1911) 180 FILES (9 Dec 2015) - see blog about missing files
New York - Herkimer co Surnames C (1792-1857) 238 files (6 Nov 2015)
New York - Herkimer co 200+ files updated for image #s<28 Dec 2015)
New York - Herkimer co 100+ files updated for image #s and 75 new files<1 Jan 2016)
New York - Madison co Files 1-258 (1806-1816) 264 files (28 Dec 2015)
New York - Madison co Files 259-368 (1816-1823) 110 files (1 Jan 2016)
Rhode Island - Pawtucket, Providence co - 657 - list corrected (3 Dec 2015)
Rhode Island - Smithfield, Providence co - 1-99 (1871-1891) 135 records (5 Jan 2016)
Rhode Island - Westerly, Washington co- - Drawers 3 and 4 plus revamped Drawers 1-2 (1839-1897) 466 files (11 Dec 2015)
Vermont - Chittenden co (1800-1921) 8837 files (30 Jan 2016)
Vermont - Essex co (1800-1921) 1378 files (30 Jan 2016)

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Forever free browsing of lists!!

Still need good quality paper or image copies for your files or to attach to your online trees? - just look for "Clean Scanned, Paper or PDF copy of record? order form" link on each and every list page (paper copy available for wills only). Cost is very cheap (see onsite for the information). It covers, contrast, re-sizing, cropping and alignment (to make image straight) and correct page numbers. (Whacked prices in effect until February 10, 2016)

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Oklahoma, Maryland, Delaware, Maine

Wills
Maryland - Baltimore City Vol 51-53 (1882-1885) 700 records
Oklahoma - Alfalfa Co Vol 1-3 (1899-1907) 85 records

Naturalizations
Delaware - Sussex Co. Vol 3 Naturalizations (1930-1949) 396 individuals
Maine - Androscoggin co Vol 2 Naturalizations (1909-1912) 101 petitioners

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New York, Ohio, New Mexico, New Jersey wills, guardianships, probate files, naturalization

Since Oct 31, new additions

Will Testators
New York
New York co Vol 148-149 (1862-1864) 217 records

Ohio
Ross Co Vol A-D (1797-1845) 435 records
Vol A-D were re-transcribed by some clerk years ago into a single volume, hence only vol. A for the sake of indexing (there were several wills not indexed in original vol A-D, discovered page by page)

Guardianships of minors
New York
Monroe Vol 2 (1835-1839) 1022 entries (every name)
minors plus the guardians and the deceased if named.

Probate Files
New York
Herkimer co Surnames C (1792-1857) 238 files

Naturalizations
New Mexico
US District Court Albuquerque Declarations of Intent Vol 1-3 (1915-1929) 192 petitioners

New Jersey
Union County Declarations of Intent (1907-1908) 301 petitioners

plus the home page had been revamped to eliminate duplicate listing.

There are many more counties/states listings of indexes. And a new feature added, and I don't want to spoil the surprise right here. You have to see to appreciate.

http://www.sampubco.com

New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,

New databases added since 14 October 2015

New Hampshire: Belknap Co Vol 1-2 (1907-1920) 150 petitioners

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Surname A Vol A to 225 (1689-1900) 1599 records

Virginia: Dickenson co Vol 1-2 (1880-1937) 111 records - completed

West Virginia: Berkeley co Vol 1-2 (1772-1796) 275 records
West Virginia: Jefferson co Vol 1-3 (1801-1823) 171 records


http://www.sampubco.com

Notice Letters - 20 Years Later?

Westchester County Estate Records, year 1836, File #60 Isaac Purdy.

The estates are never settled promptly. Some can drag on for years.

Here's the one, letters sent 26 January 1864 per the notice filed herein.

And this illustrate why the probate files should never be dissed and dismissed as irrelevant to family history.

William Short, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Mrs. Lydia Howe, wife of William Howe, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Mrs. Mary Eliza Short, wife of George D. Short, Bondbrook, Connecticut 
George D. Short, Bondbrook, Connecticut
Ellen Perry, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Mrs. Christiana Benedict, wife of Lawrence Benedict, Elizabeth Town, New Jersey
and
Mrs. Anna Jane Hall, wife of James Hall, Windsorville, Connecticut.

All this for the final settlement of the accounts of Gerard Crane, executor of Isaac Purdy.

What is obvious happening - the executor did not finish his assignment of estate of Isaac Purdy! Probably died before he could close the estate.

These named ones probably are relatives of Gerard Crane, rather than Isaac Purdy.

Think carefully about what else is in Gerard's file.

Here's the page...

 http://www.sampubco.com
 

Don't Diss These Records!

Dissing the probate files?

What's with anyone NOT willing to even try to take a peek inside these probate files?

Numbers on SAMPUBCO site don't lie! Too few visitors bothered to see what is available for Probate Files, relying way too much on will books as only solution.

Madison County, New York is a good example

Will books accounted for only 1957 wills recorded by transcription from 1800 to 1876.

Probate Files? Staggering 3495 files. Out of that less than 1957 wills that are ORIGINAL may or may not be found in them.

What else is in the probate files anyway?

Plenty!
All original records:

Letters Testamentary
Letters of Administration
Newspaper notices
guardianship petitions by the minors who are over 14 years old
Names of heirs with their residences
Receipts of debts and payments
Inventories of estates, right down to even the sewing pins. Nothing is spared.
Notices to heirs, some are 20 years later (I will talk about this in another blog.)
And that is not all.

Probate Files are NOT limited to the deceased. No one is spared:
Insane
Incompetent
Spend thrifty (spend like crazy and not know how to manage)
commitments to poor houses
bad boys/bad girls get committed to state reformatory for boys or girls (they do exist!)
Dowers (not exclusively widows, even children can petition)
Minors regardless of whether parents are living or deceased, grandparents are on records filing petitions for custody. List their birthdates or specific ages you can't find anywhere else.


Miscellaneous papers are unique because they contain information not found elsewhere.

Not all states are alike. Oregon, Wisconsin, Texas, and Michigan to my knowledge are maintaining NO will books. They use probate file method. Erie County New York is only one within the state of New York not using will books, they use probate file system.

I can name a few speakers who will tell you same things I just spoke of. They spoke in last 2 years about the importance of the probate files versus will books.

Normally the wills account for around 10 percent of general estates.

Too poor to have anything, I refer you to "poor house", guardianship, etc. No one is left without any trace.

I know of one probate file where it was NOT closed until the last of 4th generation died, 80 years later.

You will see increasing entries for Probate files at http://www.sampubco.com over the next several months.

New Additions to SAMPUBCO

Will Records Testators:
MA - Berkshire Vol. 15-19 (1810-1815) 150 records
NY - Queens co Vol E-G (1821-1835) 472 records
IA - Adams Co. Vol 1-3 (1854-1925) 648 records
NY - Richmond (Staten Island) (1879-1884, 1964-1965) 860 records
IA - Adair Co Vol 1-4 (1895-1904) 462 records
NC - Craven Co Vol A-C, K (1700-1839, 1937-1949) 1185 records
NY - Orange Co Vol 41-44 (1878-1882) 544 records

Naturalizations:
PA - Pittsburgh Federal District Vol 1-18 (1906-1908) 1402 records
IL - Calhoun vol 1-2 Old Declarations of Intent (1857-1892) 236 records
IL - Calhoun vol 1 (1908-1924) 24 rcords
WI - Dane co Vol 1-2 Declarations (1906-1910) 600 records

And many more on site.

http://www.sampubco.com

New York, North Carolina, Illinois, probate files and naturalizations

Will Testators Indexes

NY - Orange Co. Vol 40, 65-67 (1877-1878, 1898-1900) 467 records
NC - Jones co. Vol A1-B1 (1778-1868) 630 records

Probate Files
NY - Cayuga Box 3 and 4 (1799-1882) 291 records, ongoing
NY - Westchester (1814-1816) 148 records, ongoing

Naturalizations
IL - Alexander co Vol 1 Declarations (1921-1929) 35 records
IL - Brown co Vol 1-2 Old Declarations of Intent (1857-1897) 157 records
IL - Brown co Vol 1 Declaration of Intent (1911-1928) 8 records

These are not the only indexes, there are more indexes for more counties 
than listed above.

http://www.sampubco.com/index.htm

W. David Samuelsen
SAMPUBCO