The Alabama State Archives in Montgomery has many (all ?) of these probate files. A few years ago I visitied the Archives and discovered 4 folders full of probate records on my husband's ancestor from the 1830's. I went again about a year ago, and these had been microfilmed. The only trouble was it took several rolls to film all the little slips of paper, etc., and it was so TINY, no one could have read them! I was certainly glad I had been able to actually view it all before the filming. Karen