PROBATE RECORDS, A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

by Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck

[US] Carole Shammas, Inheritance in America: From Colonial Times to the Present.

[AL] Index to Alabama Wills 1808-1870. [AR] Corinne C. Stevenson, Index to Wills and Administrations of Arkansas from

the Earliest to 1900. [CT] Charles W. Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Records. [CT] Spencer P. Mead, Abstract of Probate Records of Fairfield, County of

Fairfield & State of Connecticut 1648-1759. [CT] -------, Abstract of Probate Records for the District of Stamford, County

of Fairfield and State of Connecticut 1719-1848. [CT] Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 1636-1776. [DE] Donald Odell Virdin, Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1800, An Index. [DC] Dorothy S. Provine, Index to District of Columbia Wills 1801-1920,

1921-1950. [GA] Colonial Dames of America, Abstracts of Colonial Wills of the State of

Georgia. [GA] Ted 0. Brooke, In the Name of God, Amen. Georgia Wills 1733-1860, An Index

of Testators to Wills of Georgia Recorded in Colonial Will Books and in Loose Will Coll~ctions, 1733-1777 and Wills Recorded on File in County and State Offices, 1777-1860.

[GA] Marilyn Adams, Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778. [GA] Jeanette H. Austin, Index to Georgia Wills. [GA]-------, Georgia Intestate Records. [GA]-------, Abstracts of Georgia Wills. [IN] Charles M. Franklin, Index to Indiana Wills to 1880. [KY] J. Estelle S. King, Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Administrations. [KY] Ronald Vern Jackson, Index to Kentucky Wills to 1851: the Testators. [ME] William M. Sargent, Maine Wills, 1640-1760. [ME]-------, York Deeds Book V. [ME] Province and Court Records of Maine. 1636-1727. 5 vols. [ME] William D. Patterson, The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine:

1760 to 1800. [ME] John E. Frost, Maine Probate Abstracts. [ME] Joseph Anderson, York County, Maine Will Abstracts 1801-1858. [MD] V. L. Skinner, Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of

Maryland 1718-1777. [MD] -------, Abstracts of Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogataive Court

of Maryland, 1674+. [MD] -------, Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative Court of

Maryland, Liber 1, 1751-1755 +. [MD] Jane B. Cotton, The Maryland Calendar of Wills 1635 to 1743. [MD] Roberta F. Henry, The Maryland Calendar of Wills, v. 9+ . [MD] James M McGruder, Index of Maryland Colonial Wills, 1634-1777, in the Hall

of Records. [MD]-------, Maryland Colonial Abstracts: Wills, Accounts, and Inventories,

1771-1777. [MAJ Index to Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts,

First Series, from 1648 to 1871. [MD] Prerogative Court Wills 1635-1773, v. 1-38. Microfilm, 40 rolls.

[MAJ Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Index 1638-1840. [MAJ The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts 1635-1681. [MAJ H. L. Peter Rounds, Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate

Records 1687-1762. [MAJ Index to Probate Records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts

July 1737- July 1, 1881, July 1, 1881-January 1, 1898. [MAJ Ralph Van Wood, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1686-1881. [MAJ Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts

1636-1893. [MS] Betty C. Wiltshire, Mississippi Will Index, 1800-1900. [MS] Junie E. S. King, Mississippi Court Records 1799-1835. [NH] Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, 1635-1771. [NJ] Calendar of New Jersey Wills and Administrations, 1670-1817. [NJ] New Jersey, Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc., in the Office of the

Secretary of State Prior to 1901. [NY] Berthold Fernow, Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices

of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State, 1616-1800.

[NY] Arthur C. M. Kelly, Index Names of Principals Abstracts of Wills 1665-1776 on File in the Surrogate's Office City of New York.

[NY] -------, Index Names of Principals Abstracts of Wills 1777-1800 in the Surrogate's Office City of New York.

[NY] Kenneth Scott, Genealogical Data from New York Administration Bonds 1753-1799 and Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Administration.

[NY] Edmund B. O'Callaghan, Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam 1663-1668.

[NC] Thornton W. Mitchell, North Carolina Wills, a Testator Index, 1665-1900. North Carolina Wil 1 s and Inventories in the File of the Secretary of

State. [NC] Fred A. 01 ds, An Abstract of North Carolina Wills, from about 1760 to 1800. [NC] Abstract of North Carolina Wills on File in the Office of the Secretary

of State. [NC] Stephen E. Bradley, Early Records of North Carolina (from the Secretary

of State Papers). [NC] Secretary of State North Carolina Wills 1663-1789. Microfilm, 7 rolls. [OH] Carol W. Bell, Ohio Wills and Estate to 1850: An Index. [RI] Nellie M. C. Beaman, Index of Wills 1636-1850. [Rhode Island Genealogical

Register, v. 16] [RI] Edward Field, Index to the Probate Records of the Municipal Court of the

City of Providence, Rhode Island from 1646 to and Including the Year 1899. [SC] Brent Holcomb, Probate Records of South Carolina. 3 vols. [SC] Martha L. Houston, Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina. [SC] Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina. [SC] Caroline T. Moore, Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina,

1670-1800. [SC] South Carolina Will Transcripts. Microfilm, 31 rolls. [SC] Mary B. Warren, South Carolina Wills, 1670-1853 or Later. [SC] Mary P. Young, Abstracts of Old Ninety Six and Abbeville District Wills

and Bonds. [TN] Byron Sistler, Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations 1779-1861. [TX] Index to Probate Cases of Texas. Counties of Atascosa, Bowie, Brazoria,

Brazos, Brown, Camp, Chambers, Coleman, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hardin, Hays, Liberty, Marion, Morris, Newton, Nolan, Orange, Robertson,

Runnels, Rusk, San Saba~ Shelby, Trinity, Titus, Waller, Williamson, and Wood.

[VA] William L. Hopkins, Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills not Found in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800.

[VA] John Vogt, Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library, A Researcher's Guide.

[VA] Clayton Torrence, Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. [VA] Wesley E. Pippenger, Index to Virginia Estates, 1800-1865. vl+ [VA] Blanche Chapman, Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County,

Virginia 1680-1800. [VA] William Crozier, Williamsburg Wills, Being Transcriptions from the

Original Files at the Chancery Court of Williamsburg. [VA] Virginia Wills from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biogrpahy,

the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's. [VA] Virginia D . . Gardner, Virginia Wills and Administrations. [WV] Ross B. Johnston, West Virginia Estate Settlements, 1753-1850.

England a. Peter Wilson Coldham, English Estates of American Colonists, American Wills

and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1858. b. -------, American Wills Proved in London 1611-1775. c. Index of Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1700. [In

British Index Library, vols. 10, 11, 18, 25, 43, 44, 62, 67, 71, 77, & 80.] d. An Index to the Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1750-

1800. e. David H. Pratt, Researching British Probates 1354-1858, A Guide to the

Microfilm Collection of the Family History Library. f. An Index to the Bank of England Will Extracts 1807-1845. Microfiche, 6. g. Henry F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England: Abstracts of Wills

Relating to Early American Families, with Genealogical Notes and Pedigrees Constructed from the Wills and Other Records.

h. Lothrop Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th Century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians.

i. Index to Prerogative Court of Canterbury Registered Wills and Administration Acts for 1701-1749. Microfiche, 25. [+300,000]

j. Index to the Probate Accounts of England and Wales. Index Library, v. 112 and 113.

k. Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, Wills in the York Registry, v. XI 1514-1553; v. XIV 1554-1568, v. XIX 1568-1585; v. XXII 1585-1594; v. XXIV 1594-1602; v. XXVI 1603-1611, v. XXVIII 1612-1619; v. XXXII 1620-1627; v. XXXV 1626-1636.

Ireland a. Registry of Deeds, Abstracts of Wills 1708-85. b. Sir Arthur E. Vicars, Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536-1810. c. William P. W. Phillimore, Indexes to Irish Wills.

Scotland a. David Dobson, Scottish American Wills 1650-1900. b. -------, Scottish American Heirs 1683-1883.

Wales a. Nia Henson, Index of the Probate Records of the Bangor Consistory Court.

· Barbados a. Joanne M. Sanders, Barbados Records Wills and Administrations, 1639-1725.

Bermuda a. Clara F. E. Hallet Hollis, Early Bermuda Wills 1629-1835 Summarized

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