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Category - Wills and Probates
Wills and probates records are created after an individual’s death and the court decides on the distribution of their estate to his or her heirs, dependents or creditors.
Probate records are the most valuable genealogical records that you will ever come across. In fact, they will tell you many unknown things about your ancestors.
To find out more about your family history, our genealogists will go through estate inventories, personal information and legal records such as wills.
This will certainly help to confirm all suspected relationships and learn new ones. We have the largest collection of wills and probate records from different states going back hundreds of years.
You can be certain that your valuable information will always be safe with us. Whether simple inventories or last testaments, we have got you covered!
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