I have often found obscure mentions of relatives in the probate court minute books. Another idea would be to check through land and property deeds from around that time up through about the next 30 years or so to see if any of the family had to sell off some of the family land. I've even found some relatives having family land seized for back taxes. In my own particular family, ownership of the land apparently was trasferred to the adult children after the parents died (without benefit of any will or probate settlement that I could find), and the only record I found of that joint ownership was a deed recorded about 30 years later when one of the brothers wanted to buy out his siblings' shares. All of the children's names (and husbands' names of the daughters) as well as the city and state of residence for those children living out of state were clearly identified in this particular land transaction. This deed was a close to a will as I was able to find. It was very exciting! Perhaps one of these tangents will help you as they helped me. Good luck! Mary Katherine Johnson [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/look4whittens/ "The Whittens of Winston County, Mississippi" > > ______________________________> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:25:25 -0500 > From: "Jerry L. Butler" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [MSWINSTON] Will or Probate help > > It the will and probate weren't recorded in the court records, I > don't think > you are going to find it. I assume you have checked the microfilm > probate > court records. > > Jerry > > Jerry L. Butler > Winston Co. MSGenWeb > www.rootsweb.com/~mswinsto/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Savage [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MSWINSTON] Will or Probate help > > I am hoping there will be names that I don't have either in the will > or > mentioned in the probate settlement. > Christmas begins it and Easter completes it > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry L. Butler" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:58 PM > Subject: RE: [MSWINSTON] Will or Probate help > > > | Jim, > | > | What are you trying to find? > | > | Jerry > | > | Jerry L. Butler > | Winston Co. MSGenWeb > | www.rootsweb.com/~mswinsto/ > | > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Jim Savage [mailto:[email protected]] > | Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:44 PM > | To: [email protected] > | Subject: [MSWINSTON] Will or Probate help > | > | James Anderson Savage died 29 December 1884 in Winston county. He > lived > and > | owned property there. I have been unsuccessful thru normal channels > in > | finding either a will or probate any suggestions. > | > | Christmas begins it and Easter completes it > | http://personal.ayrix.net/~savage1/ > | Savage Family genealogy > | > | > | ==== MSWINSTON Mailing List ==== > | Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's > most > helpful > | site > | http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > | > | ============================== > | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > | New content added every business day. Learn more: > | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > | > | > | > | ==== MSWINSTON Mailing List ==== > | We have archives! Search for your MSWINSTON information here..... > | > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MSWINSTON > | > | ============================== > | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in > the > | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > | > > > ==== MSWINSTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the MSWINSTON list, send the command > "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/