Bill, Thanks for the info. That helps me put the pieces together a little better. I think I have the Probate records but based on what you stated below, I need to take another look to match up what you said about the TCP and Probate records. I am looking for 4B61 in the Probate records but when I went there I didn't see whaat I expected to see. But let me take another look. Thanks for the help, Charlie King gg grandson of Joseph Loomer Thompson born 1821 someplace in CT On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 13:40:37 -0600 Bill Wright <wmewrght@hal-pc.org> writes: > Charlie and Donna, > > The early books in Westerly and surrounding towns are called Town > Council and Probate. As the name implies they contain both the > Town > Council Meeting Minutes and Probate. I believe these are designated > in > Beaman as Vol XA:page# where "X" refers to the specific volume > number. > > About 1800 the probate records were entered in separate volumes from > the > Town Council records. These would be the ones designated as Vol. > XB:page#. > > So you have correctly assumed that Vol 4B is Vol 4 of the Probate > Records. > > Bill Wright > > > > Subject: [RIWASHIN] Beamon Interpretation > > Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:06:14 -0500 > > From: Charles W King <king133@juno.com> > > To: RIWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > > > I copied a page from Beamon's Washington Co Marriages Probate > Records and > > it had for Nathan Thompson: > > "Nathan (Thompson) AND Sarah Babcock of Henry mwd 1834 We 4B:61" > > > > I assumed that this meant the Nathan Thompson's will could be > found on > > page 61 of Book #4 of the Westerly probate records. I must be > wrong > > because there are other entries like 3A:276 and 4A:375. > > > > Question: What does 4B:61 mean? > > > > Thanks for the help, > > Charlie King > > gg grandson of Joseph Loomer Thompson > > born 1821 someplace in CT > > married to Harriet Harvey in Charlestown RI in 1840 > > > ==== RIWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Bristol County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ribristo/ > Providence County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~riprovid/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com