Yes, as Ally said, intestate means dying without a will. However, if the descedant leaves money, property or other assets and especially if there are minor children, a record must be made to show how the assets are distributed. You can usually get these records wherever a particular county keeps wills. Valerie

At 04:12 PM 4/14/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Yes, as Ally said, intestate means dying without a will. However, if the >descedant leaves money, property or other assets and especially if there are >minor children, a record must be made to show how the assets are distributed. > You can usually get these records wherever a particular county keeps wills. > >Valerie These are most commonly called "Probate Records" Damon Floyd (Muncie, IN) damonf12@home.com Webb Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~damon/