Perhaps he wants to give a class or write an article about it! It has to be more than, "Nah, nah, I know more than you!" Maybe he is a probate lawyer??? I am looking for one of those... Nancy -----Original Message----- From: pennsylvania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pennsylvania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Renninger Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:52 PM To: pennsylvania@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PA] Questions about the Probate Records W. David: And your point is? Especially like number 6, "miscellaneous".... Don Renninger Jacksonville, FL W. David Samuelsen wrote: > First off, clearly many are not sure what the Probate Records are like > and how they can be very useful in the family research. > > How much do you know about.... > > 1. Guardianship > > 2. Estate Files/Probate Case Files > > 3. Dowers > > 4. Inventories > > 5. Settlements > > 6. Miscellaneous > > 7. Lis Pendens > > 8. Land Deed Indentures > > 9. Letters Testamentary > > 10. Letters of Administration > > 11. Bonds > > 12. Accounts > > W. David Samuelsen > http://www.sampubco.com > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PENNSYLVANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PENNSYLVANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The answer to Nancy, is neither of them. The problem is little use of probate records for family research. The answer on question of Miscellaneous. There are several counties who dump different types of probates into one "catch-all" file. David Samuelsen Nancy Hauser wrote: > Perhaps he wants to give a class or write an article about it! It has to be more than, "Nah, nah, I know more than you!" Maybe he is a probate lawyer??? I am looking for one of those... > > Nancy > > -----Original Message----- > From: pennsylvania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pennsylvania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Renninger > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:52 PM > To: pennsylvania@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PA] Questions about the Probate Records > > W. David: > > And your point is? Especially like number 6, "miscellaneous".... > > Don Renninger > Jacksonville, FL > > W. David Samuelsen wrote: >> First off, clearly many are not sure what the Probate Records are like >> and how they can be very useful in the family research. >> >> How much do you know about....