wills and probate files, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana

TEXAS
Hunt Co Probate Packets surnames A-B, 701 entries
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/tx/txhunt01.htm

MISSOURI
St. Francois co Vol A, 1-3 (1822-1916) 531 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/mo/mostfrancois01.htm

ARKANSAS
Washington co Vol C-D (1886-1909) 284 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ar/arwashington01.htm


INDIANA
Carroll co vol 1-4 (1830-1897) 533 testators
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/in/incarroll01.htm


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

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Connecticut, Indiana, Ohio, New York database additions

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Indiana wills
Rush County 1822-1918
original records are not available online, indexed from the microfilms at Family History Library for all of Indiana.
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/in/indiana.htm

New York wills
Richmond County (Staten Island)
Volumes began with A to Z then numbered 1 to 88
Vol 6-7 (1900-1903
Vol 74-75 (1962-1963)
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ny/nyrichmond01.htm

New London District (New London County), Connecticut
Probate Files 2706 to 3018 (from Harris to Latham estates, including minors/guardianships and insolvents)
578 files
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ct/connecticut.htm

Ohio
Belmont County Probate Files
Free FamilySearch account required to see files.
"C" Surnames
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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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Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Rhode Island additions of probate records

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, vol 7
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/pa/pennsylvania.htm

Vermont
Windsor County, vol 25-26
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/vt/vermont.htm

Virginia
Lee County, Heirs
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/va/virginia.htm

Rhode Island
Town of Smithfield, Providence County probate files
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ri/rhodeisland.htm

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Updates and Additions - NY, VA

Probate files images #s Updated for:
Madison County New York

Probate files images #s updated 2 batches and 2 new batches added
Herkimer County New York

Added Files for
Dickenson County, Virginia - 19 missed wills

Wills and Heirs
Lee County, Virginia
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/va/virginia.htm#lee
Virginia Act of 1923 required heirs be named and listed in reports, details include ages, relationship, deceased included.

Please note: all of Virginia's probates are not online except for Isle of Wight which is all digital including abstracts.

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Links to FamilySearch updated OH NC MS SC GA KY

FamilySearch linking.

Linked for wills
Ohio, North Carolina, Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/index.htm

for Probate (Estate, Surrogates, Box, Files)
New York
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ny/newyork.htm

Not online:
Allen County, Ohio

FamilySearch account required:
Ashtabula County, Ohio

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Cayuga co New York Probate Files

Merry Christmas from Finger Lakes New York!

Cayuga county probate files
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ny/nycayuga01.htm
with image index at familysearch.org site.

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The site is not exclusively will records, it covers estate or probate files from those that have no wills but contain a great deal about the families involved. (one of files solved my long standing brick walls.)

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Town of Westerly, Washington co, Rhode Island Probate Files

Mis-spelled! Poor Index quality control at Ancestry.com!

Fredirck - Frederick
Sylvan Hagans - Sylvia Hazard
Peleg H. Noyes - Peleg N. Noyes
Peleg A. Noyes - Peleg N. Noyes (they thought it was two different persons!)
Hye - Nye
Lanphear - despite clear and identicla writing in batches in different drawers - incompetent indexer still managed to have different spellings for them. (The original writer of index cards are on every one in Drawer 1 through Drawer 4).

Not only that, the indexer omitted most of cases if there's more than ONE minor or if there's more than one person involved in adoption.

That is just a few (at the rate of 1 of 5 is mis-spelled or completely wrong)

Now which site is more reliable?

Anway, here is the completed set

Town of Westerly, Probate Files
http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ri/riwashington-wes-01.htm

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Rhode Island probate files - Pawtucket and Westerly

probate files - Rhode Island - no original indexes. Images not online. Page by page to find the index cards.

Town of Pawtucket and Town of Westerly at the moment.

Pawtucket has testate, inestate and guardianship records.

Westerly has adoption and guardianship records as well as testate and inestate records.

http://www.sampubco.com/sr/ri/rhodeisland.htm

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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

Don't Diss and Dismiss These Records! Guardianships

What is it about the guardianship records many don't bother or afraid to look into?

National Guardianship Association has a good description of what is a guardianship.

http://www.guardianship.org/what_is_guardianship.htm

Now about the probate files  ...

NGA as it is known by the abbreviation describes Guardianship of the Person and Guardianship of the Estate pretty much accurate what are in probate files.

In SAMPUBCO site, the records are indexed and listed under two groups, guardianships and probate files.

Why two groups?  Guardianship records are separated depending on the county where the record originated.  Guardianship group usually contains guardianship letters, accounts, reports. Probate Files has files of "Minor" or "guardian" containing ORIGINAL records.

Now what can you find in these records?

The number UNO is the birthdate of the child! This is very useful when it comes to where there are literally no county or state birth records. Useful since more than 90 percent of them are in the states where there are no government birth records.

Then the relationship is stated more than anything else in the letters. Petitions for guardianship contain more information about family relationships.

Here are eamples:
Example #1
Written out petition (Case 1836-83, Westchester County, New York)

Example #2
Written out petition statement showing relationships and age of the minor (New London District, Connecticut, Case #2367)

Example 3
Petition showing relationship (New London District, Connecticut Case #2476

Example #4
Printed Letter granting guardianship, showing birthdate and relationship (Allegany County New York, Guardianship Letters, volume 4, page 148

Now, what are you missing out (especially those who scream brick walls)? What is worse? The microfilms of these records at Family History Library show appalling little to no research of these records, that is guardianships and probate files. Too new when the rolls are at least 35 years old. AND the SAMPUBCO analytic reports show almost no visitors to check out the index lists of both types.

Until then...

David

Connecticut, Maryland, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania wills, probate files

Will books (NOT to be confused with original wills which are in Probate Files)
These are transcriptions by the court clerks.
Maryland - Washington co Vol E (1848-1863) 496 testators
New York - New York co Vol 131-147, 985-989 (1852-1863) 1749 testators

Probate files
The files contains all ORIGINAL records.
Connecticut - New London District Surnames G-H (early to 1880) 172 files
New York - Westchester co (1835-1837) 113 files
New York - Westchester co (1837-1839) 248 files
Oregon - Benton co (1859-1898) 290 files (the set is complete)
Pennsylvania - Washington co Surnames D (1828-1845) 86 Files

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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.

Maryland, New York, Oregon, wills, probate files

Will Testators:
Maryland - Washington Vol A-D (1777-1848) 1419 testators
New York - Westchester co Vol 70-75 (1873-1875) 444 testators

Probate Files (including many guardianships/minors):
New York - Herkimer co Surnames B (1885-1890) 105 files
New York - Madison co (1874-1876) 235 Files  COMPLETED!
Oregon - Benton co (1873-1896) 205 Files

Not limited to these ones, there are much more databases, showing:
Wills - 437559 testators
Guardianships that are recorded stand alone - 11676
letters testamentary - 1860
Probate files (including guardians/minors) 165729
Naturalizations - 74951 petitioners, 26763 including spouses and children
Miscellaneous Orders and Decrees (including court minutes), 3085
Letters of Administrations, 655

Free access, no required opt in or out, just walk in to see and walk out when done.

Site search is included

Much of the site is already mobile-ready.

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W. David Samuelsen
SAMPUBCO

New York, Herkimer and Mdaison counties, probate files

New York - Herkimer co Surnames B (1880-1885) 114 Files

New York - Madison co (1874-1876) 235 Files COMPLETED!

Be advised, the site is still in process of being converted to smartphone-ready and tablet-ready.

Wills, Letters of Administration, Letters Testamentary and Naturalizations have been completely converted. Probate Files is in process.

There are several states and many county indexes listed. Free to browse.

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

Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Maine, probate files, guardianship, orders and decrees

Will testators
PA - Greene col. Vol 5 (1874-1899) 322 records
NY - Orange co Vol. 36-39 (1874-1877) 378 records
NY - New York co. Vol 106-110, 1016-1021 (1852-1854, 1914-1915) 1491 records
NY - Ulster Co. Vol. 7 (1907-1911) 668 records
NY - Orange Co. Original Wills Vol. 440-441 (1773-1920) 379 records
NY - Albany co. Vol. 38-41 (1890-1893) 1003 records
NY - New York co. Vol. 106-110 (1848-1854) 661 records
NY - Westchester Vol. 27-31 (1843-1850) 320 records
PA - Washington Vol 1-5 (A-D surnames only) 1782-1840) 496 records
PA - Westmoreland vol. 2 (690 records) 1788-1839
PA - Juniata Vol. A-E (1831-1917) 1516 records - completed
PA - Snyder vol. 1-2 (1855-1882) 376 records - completed

Probate Files
NY - Madison (1854-1856) 169 records
TX - Hunt Surnames B (1852-1920) 429 records
NY - Madison (1854-1856) 169 records, ongoing
TX - Hunt Surnames B (1852-1920) 429 records, ongoing
TX - Hunt Surnames A (1852-1920) 169 records, ongoing
ME - Aroostook (1837-1915) 1291 records, ongoing

Guardianships
NY - Jefferson Vol 1-7 (1850-1908) 3019 records, completed

Miscellaneous Orders and Decrees
(Judges and officials issuing orders and decrees to govern the estates and guardianships)
NY - Orange co. Vol 552-556 (1868-1888) 441 records

There are many other counties and states, all with free access to index lists.

http://www.sampubco.com