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Probate records may include, wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. Probate records may give the decedent’s date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their places of residence. They may also include information about adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents.

Original estates and wills from 1787 (or the county formation date if after 1787) to the present are held in the office of the | County Surrogate Court. If a person died in one county but held property in another county, between 1787 and 1823, probate records are found in the court of probates or the court of chancery. Prior to 1787 some probates are found in town records, but most are now housed at the New York State Archives. See New York Probate Records for more information about using probate records.

Search for probate sources in county records in WorldCat, the catalog of the world's largest network of libraries. Likewise, search the Family History Library Catalog Place Search for probate records in.