Thanks , everyone , for all the ideas . For Philadelphia Inquirer look-ups: the names of people that I need to check on wills for are my own family : All  died in Philadelphia. BARBARA A. KRAFT   ,  bur: St. Mary's Catholic  DATE : 7 Sept 1869 HENRY KRAFT   d: 216 S. 2nd St.,  DATE : 11 Nov 1862 JAMES CAVENAUGH :  d: 625 Catherine St.   DATE : 23 Jan 1875 MATILDA KRAFT CAVENAUGH:  DATE :18 Feb 1900 DENNIS McHENRY : d :16 FEB 1870 ROSE McHENRY : d: 16 April 1888 SOLOMAN TRAINER : d: 1 JAN 1900            Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:00:17 -0800 (PST) From: Kate <chrismomxyz@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Phildelphia Probates To: hfr100@ymail.com, philly-roots@rootsweb.com Message-ID:     <1330970417.29169.YahooMailClassic@web65903.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 There may be advertisements in the Philadelphia Inquirer for that time period, if you want a look up, please post the name(s) you are looking for. Kate --- On Mon, 3/5/12, Hungarian Family Record <hfr100@ymail.com> wrote: From: Hungarian Family Record <hfr100@ymail.com> Subject: [Phly-Rts] Phildelphia Probates To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 12:16 PM I am not located in Philadelphia . What is the best way to obtain probate court? information circa 1820 - 1900 . I do not eve know if Wills were filed for the persons I am researching . I have their death dates . Thanks .