not sure if all online and NOT through SAMPUBCO. As for the meaning of majority of probate records, there is the matter of Estate Tax Records which is more detailed than the probate files, not every county have theirs available to the public yet. At least Orange and Westchester counties have them online. New York estate tax started in 1885. David Samuelsen On 3/24/2013 3:23 PM, juliasgenes wrote: > Are the majority of Ulster's probate records filmed and online or through Sampubco, even if backwards, or were some abandoned unsorted in those storage boxes? >