California Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
The collection consists of estate files of the Probate and Superior Courts in the counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Napa, San Benito, Sacramento, and Solano. The date ranges of the files will vary.

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 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (: 4 March 2011), William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, 1890; from Delaware, State Marriage Records 23 November 1913, no. 859, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover; FHL microfilm 2,025,063.


 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (: 21 March 2011), Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, 1880; from La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal, San Salvador.

Citation for This Collection
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"California, Probate Estate Files,1850-1950." FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org). Probate and Superior Courts in the counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Napa, San Benito, Sacramento, and Solano, California. FHL microfilm. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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