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Task
Wiki Project New York Tasks - Probate: Historical Records Task

Description
Search FamilySearch Historical Records for pertinent county probate records - including wills and administrations and guardianships- and add them to the Probate Records heading on the county page.

Instructions
1. Click on New York Probate Records, 1629–1971. Then click on, Browse through 1,630,900 images

2. Now click on your county. Once on the page, locate in the list any wills, administrations and guardianships.

4. Add the heading Online Probate Records between the headings Online Probate Indexes and Abstracts and Orignal Probate Records on Microfilm.

5. Add the following sentence:


 * Original Allegany County probate records are available online at FamilySearch. To access these records choose "browse through images", then choose your county name, then choose the probate record of interest.

6. Determine the correct dates for the probate records.

7. Add links to the records as follows:


 * :*1831–1906
 * :*1807–1930
 * :*1852–1920

The link to the record group does not change from county to county. Just change the avaiable dates.

8. Add the word –free after each record.

Example
Online Probate Records

Original Allegany County probate records are available online at FamilySearch. To access these records choose "browse through images", then choose your county name, then choose the probate record of interest.


 * 1831–1906 Wills at FamilySearch Historical Records – free
 * 1807–1907 Administrations at FamilySearch Historical Records – free
 * 1890–1907 Guardianship at FamilySearch Historical Records – free