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    1. Re: [ILHAMILT-L] Probate Records
    2. Rolene, I don't know what procedure they have at the Courthouse for pulling probate records. If it is just a will you probably could get a copy easily if you tell them the location of the record. However, do not overlook the probate packets as they are filled with information. My ancestors did not leave a will and died intestate, but the probate packets gave me so much information. One ancestor died in 1884 and one in 1844. One Hamilton County resident, whom I believe is my ancestor, but could not find a probate record for him deed land to Reuben McMahan. Land records can be beneficial when no other probate record can be found. I found heirs signing for the sale of my ancestor's land in Pike County, IN and that is all I ever found in the way of a probate record. Among those heirs was my ancestor, Elizabeth Simmons and the National Society of DAR accepted that as proof that Elizabeth was an heir of Peter Kinder III. Darlene

    05/27/2001 12:33:11