Hello, I believe you can get all this information from the Berkshire Co. Courthouse in Pittsfield, but if you have access to a Family History Center and want to do it yourself, you can rent the Berkshire Co. probate films. For files 1835+ it's a 3-part process. First rent the three films listed below. The first film -- the general index -- provides name, date, town, type of file and docket number for each recorded estate. - Index to probate records v. 1-3, 1761-1930 - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1749904 ] Once you've found docket numbers, check the docket films. These particular films would span your two dates. - Probate docket no. 5575-7055, 1835-1847 - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1749897 ] - Probate docket no. 7055-10926, 1847-1869 - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1749898 ] Each docket will provide a list of proceedings within an estate settlement: dates, short description, volumes and pages for each facet of an individual's estate settlement. Then, based on the vol. and page numbers, you can rent films of the actual proceedings. Refer to the FH Catalog for film numbers. I hesitate to recommend the last step, as some estates will require several films, some of which are difficult to read and of varying importance. But the first step, consulting the index and docket films yourself, could unearth additional family names and dates. Patty Fagan Boston >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 19:45:53 EDT >From: RWhi3@aol.com >Subject: [MABERKSH] BERKSHIRE COUNTY WILLS AND ESTATES >To: MABERKSH@rootsweb.com > >I have posted earlier concerning my ancestor DAVID THOMPSON, who died in >1855, and his wife PHEBE BONNEY, who died in 1842. Both were buried at >Church on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, and both were, to the best of my >knowledge, >residents of Lenox. > >I am wondering if any one has had the occasion to look into wills, and >estates, for ancestors during this time frame. Is there an index of wills? >How would I locate a copy? > >Thank you. > >Ronald White