I just spent a very frustrating hour trying to reply at the Message Boards. They've made such a hash of it, I can't get on any longer - have something like 8 User Names and Passwords, which I thought I'd changed months ago, as well as just a couple of days ago!! Anyway, if these querents can access Heritage Quest online, as I can through my public library, I found that there are many early will probate indexes there. Gertrude Barber did a lot of that work in NY State, and her pages are filled with info. Often wives and children are named, as well as the administrator or administrators, with dates etc. Heritage is a valuable resource since I can't afford the Kinship books, though I'd love to research a few of them! Cheers! Jean