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WikiProject Pennsylvania Progress Chart  Pennsylvania Wiki Project Task - Probate Records on FamilySearch.org

Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Probate Records on FamilySearch.org

Description
Add links for Pennsylvania probate records located on Historical Records (located on FamilySearch.org) to the Probate Records heading on the county page.

PART A
1. Copy the following:


 * Online Probate Records

Original county-by-county Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 are available free online as digital images at FamilySearch.org. To access these records, click Historical Records below, then click "Browse through 3,197,552 images." Then select the county name, and then the probate records and time of interest. Some indexes are included. Dates vary for each county.

2. Paste the paragraph in wikitext after any text or database indexes listed under the Probate Records heading.

3. Go to Part B.

PART B
1. In wikitext add the following replacing "Essex" with your county name. :* - Essex County:

2. Now go to and click on your county.

3. List each major probate record type with the corresponding dates in alpha order after the name of the county. Bold any indexes. When you are done it should look like something like this:

EXAMPLE:


 * - Essex County: Guardianship orders, 1869-1910; Guardianship records, 1847-1902; Letters, 1831-1902; Will and Letter index, 1799-1938; Wills, 1803-1904

Example Part A and Part B
Online Probate Records

Original county-by-county Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 are available free online as digital images at FamilySearch.org. To access these records, click Historical Records below, then click "Browse through 3,197,552 images." Then select the county name, and then the probate records and time of interest. Some indexes are included. Dates vary for each county.
 * - Essex County: Guardianship orders, 1869-1910; Guardianship records, 1847-1902; Letters, 1831-1902; Will and Letter index, 1799-1938; Wills, 1803-1904