If you have a will, there is an executor or executrix. If you don't have a will, there is an administrator. There are bonds furnished and returns filed. In Georgia these were filed with the Inferior Court and were recorded in the Inferior Court Minute Books and later, Returns Books were added. The Inferior Court was eventually replaced by the Ordinary and then by the Probate Judge. In Forsyth County, these records are in the vault of the Probate Judge. They were microfilmed and are available in that form at the State Archives. Many of the early books are not well indexed. A partial index of Book A is online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaforsyt/records/minutebookA.html Donna In a message dated 10/24/02 3:30:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LilEllen55@aol.com writes: > When one dies without a will (intestate) where do you go to find these > records? In 1860 my gggrandfather died. I know his children received shares > of his land as I found the land deeds where they sold the property to their > step father in the 1870s. I would assume that where there isn't a will I > could find missing information like his married daughter(s) last name. Where > do I look for these records and what are they called: A return?