FamilySearch Wiki:Project New York/Tasks-Probate Records FHLC

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Description:
This task involves searching for original probate records in the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) to be placed on the county pages.

Instruction
1. To locate probate records in the FHLC, do a place name search in the FHLC by typing in your county. If you need more instructions on how to search the FHLC, go to Family History Library Catalog Place-name Search.

3. Once you have the correct county, look under the topic of Probate Records. Review the entries for any original probate records (wills, administrations, Inventories, estates). Do not put in indexes or abstracts.

4. Add the heading, Probate Records

Add each original record under heading of Probate Records.


 * i. Bullet each entry you make.
 * ii. The date should be bolded. Make sure to use the N–dash between the dates and anytime it is used in wiki text. The N–dash is made by holding the alt key and typing 0150.
 * iii. Put the sources in chronological order.
 * iv. Use the FHLC template to list the call number or film number.

Example:
 * :*1799–1938 Index to Probate


 * :*1803–1910 Probate Records

Use the following to complete the entry
 * e. Link to an online copy, if any, placing any free copies first, followed by a semi-colon.
 * f. WorldCat template ; g. FHL template:.
 * h. Separate each link by a semi-colon. Add a period at the end. Then give a brief annotation explaining the content, or why, or how a reader would want to use the source.

Birth
Birth Substitutes


 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War in Clinton County in the Civil War section of Military for birth information.

Marriage

 * 1908–1935 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.
 * 1908–1935 Marriage Record Index
 * 1908–1926 Marriage Record

Marriage Substitutes


 * 1777–1834 Fred Q. Bowman,10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834 (Baltimore,MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987). Ancestry($); World Vital Records($); ; . Abstracted from newspaper marriage and death columns.


 * 1830–1880 Benoît Pontbriand, Mariages, 1830-1880, comté de Clinton, New York = Marriages, 1830-1880, Clinton County, New York (Sillery [Quebec]: B. Pontbriand, 1984). ; Contains transcription of church records from the following localities: Plattsburgh (1830) Cooperville (1843) Ausable Forks (1849) Keeseville (1849) Redford (1853) Rouses Point (1856) Champlain (1860) Dannemora (1860) Mooers Forks (1861) Cadyville (1861) Ellensburg (1869) Churubusco (1872). In both English and French.


 * 1864–1881 Virginia Easley DeMarce, Baptisms and burials: St. Edmund's, Ellenburg, New York, St. Philomene's, Churubusco, New York, St. James, Cadyville, New York, Clinton County, 1864-1881 (Plattsburgh, N.Y. (P.O. Box 1256, Plattsburgh 12901): The Society, 1990). ; .Includes indexes to godfathers, godmothers, and maiden names of mothers. Includes notes from cemetery, St. James, Cadyville.

Death
Death Substitutes


 * 1777–1834 Fred Q. Bowman,10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834 (Baltimore,MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987). Ancestry($); World Vital Records($); ; . Abstracted from newspaper marriage and death columns.


 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War in Clinton County in the Civil War section of Military for death information.


 * 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, and 1879-80 See Mortality Schedule information in the Federal Census section of Census for death information for 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, and 1879-80.

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