Hi Jeanette, Thanks for the information about the book. Can someone briefly describe what a "Probate" is. This is a very new concept to me as I have never had to deal with any family member estates. Thanks! Ginger Jeanette Henson McClure <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Marie, Well you are the second to ask on this Oregon Co., Mo. list, so guess I will send this one to the list. First of all, you will need a phone book to call or you can write to them, any courthouse in any county within any state, ask them if their probate files go back to the date that you need. Some of the Missouri counties courthouses have burned in the past, sometimes during the Civil War, and then their files in the courthouse are not complete. So before your write or call or drive 100's of miles, a researcher should always "check the land" and what records are availalble there. I use a book "The Handy Book For Genealogists" published by The Everton Publishers, Inc., P O Box 368, Logan, Utah 84321. It shows every county within every state and foreign countries also, tells what records are available in our courthouses and if the courthouse was burned in the past with all records or partial records. And this book also tells what is available when you are ready to do foreign country research. I have called this book my "bible" for doing my research for many many years, 34 to be exact. I never go anywhere without checking it first. If a courthouse has burned with all the records, you are wasting time and money to go there. Of course if you go there to look at all the cemeteries in a county, then that is different. But - if you can find the probate record for that person at the courthouse level, it may even have the name of the cemetery that he or she was buried in, and look at the time and money you have saved. (IF - the book says that the courthouse is complete record wise and has not burned in the past, we must consider ourselves very fortunate.) Good luck in your searches, and Merry Christmas. J. Jeanette Henson McClure, CG. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [MOOREGON] Thayer Cemetery > Jeannette: How do you go about ordering a record from Probate, can you tell I > am new at this? Thank you. Marie Drake Anderson > > > ==== MOOREGON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address [email protected] If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ==== MOOREGON Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

IT is called PROBATE by our courts. The files for a probate (which may contain a will, that the desceased person wrote before he or she died), more folks died without wills, then they are the ones whose property had to be probated by the courts. If a person dies with property (land, jewelry any type of asset.) there will be a probate file at the courthouse done by the court. Usually the person going to the property and doing this work is called an Assessor. And these files are found in the probate court files at all of our courthouses. You have to look in books that contain the information that tells what is available in each of our county courthouses before you travel hundreds of miles to a courthouse, as some have been burned with all records - the best book that I have found is Evertons, as I have stated many many times before. Also the courthouses would appreciate that you know the condition of their records before you write to them requesting a record of any kind - marriage, wills, probates, land etc. because if they have had a burn out, it is fruitless to request any item from them before the burn out, and this is what Evertons book tells us, if the courthouse records exist and if they do not. I call this book my "bible" for my research. Everton Publishers, Inc., P O Box 368, Logan, Utah 84321. They have a site on your computer. And you can ask for a price list from them. Or just mail them. And most good genealogy libraries will have a copy. If not, request your library to order one for their genealogy section. You will be helped very very much with this book. Good luck, and Merry CHRISTmas. J. (Sorry that I repeated myself, but I wish everyone had this book.... Maybe you can pass this on to some of your genealogy friends?? Thanks. ) Jeanette Henson McClure, CG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: [MOOREGON] Probates > Hi Jeanette, Thanks for the information about the book. > > Can someone briefly describe what a "Probate" is. This is a very new concept to me as I have never had to deal with any family member estates. > > Thanks! > Ginger > > Jeanette Henson McClure <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Marie, Well you are the second to ask on this Oregon Co., Mo. list, so > guess I will send this one to the list. > First of all, you will need a phone book to call or you can write to them, > any courthouse in any county within any state, ask them if their probate > files go back to the date that you need. Some of the Missouri counties > courthouses have burned in the past, sometimes during the Civil War, and > then their files in the courthouse are not complete. So before your write or > call or drive 100's of miles, a researcher should always "check the land" > and what records are availalble there. I use a book "The Handy Book For > Genealogists" published by The Everton Publishers, Inc., P O Box 368, Logan, > Utah 84321. It shows every county within every state and foreign countries > also, tells what records are available in our courthouses and if the > courthouse was burned in the past with all records or partial records. And > this book also tells what is available when you are ready to do foreign > country research. > I have called this book my "bible" for doing my research for many many > years, 34 to be exact. I never go anywhere without checking it first. If a > courthouse has burned with all the records, you are wasting time and money > to go there. Of course if you go there to look at all the cemeteries in a > county, then that is different. But - if you can find the probate record for > that person at the courthouse level, it may even have the name of the > cemetery that he or she was buried in, and look at the time and money you > have saved. (IF - the book says that the courthouse is complete record wise > and has not burned in the past, we must consider ourselves very fortunate.) > Good luck in your searches, and Merry Christmas. J. > > Jeanette Henson McClure, CG. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [MOOREGON] Thayer Cemetery > > > > Jeannette: How do you go about ordering a record from Probate, can you > tell I > > am new at this? Thank you. Marie Drake Anderson > > > > > > ==== MOOREGON Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the > utility address [email protected] If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change > the -L- to a -D- > > > > > > > ==== MOOREGON Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== MOOREGON Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > >