In a message dated 1/14/02 11:20:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, lmelson@hotmail.com writes: > > I have never tried to get probate records in Moniteau Co but would like > to > try and get the probate packet for my grgrgrandfather,STANDFORD MOORE,who > died 20 Feb 1898 in California,Moniteau co.Would the records be at the > courthouse in California,Mo or in the Archives or in Jefferson City > courthouse?What is the usual cost for obtaining these records?Any help on > this subject would be greatly appreciated.Lavern > Laverne, If you are anywhere in the vicinity of one of the Mormon Church's family history centers I would recommend that you order their microfilm. They supposedly have probate files filmed by surname (I just ordered to reels for Williams). I am hoping that these films are the equivalent of probate packets I found in Dade and LAwrence Co Missouri recently....with will (asssuming there were such documents), administrator bonds, inventory, estate sale and account settlements. Ancestry.com recently added a marriages and wills book for Moniteau to its database, but I did a search at my library of the purported database, putting Williams in and all I came up with were marriages. Janet Hunter