Donna, You are great! June der@redrose.net wrote: > I was at the Lebanon County Courthouse this past week and found they had > books called Petition for Probate. I was only casually looking, so did not > pay attention to the dates, but the one I was searching was 1924. I > mention this because the Petition for Probate listed all the deceased's > children - who had died without a will - and the will of his brother did > not even mention *his* own children! I knew that NYC had Petition for > Probate, but did not realize that PA had it. This is a valuable research > tool for those hunting children's names. > > Regards, > Donna Ristenbatt > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > der@redrose.net > Visit: ON THE TRAIL OF OUR ANCESTORS > http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ships' Lists, PA and Mennonite Research Corner, > Dutch Research Corner, Cemetery Lists, > Rev. War Loyalists, Finding a Civil War Ancestor, > Many Surnames and More! > > ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== > Thanks so much for joining the Lebanon County PA mailing list!