I recently received copies of some of my ancestors wills from the Wayne Co.
Clerk of the Court for this time period. You need to know the book and page
number before they will make a copy. I have a copy of "Wayne County,
Indiana Index to Testators Through 1880". I do not know how complete this
index is as not all my ancestors are listed (they possibly died intestate).
If you need the book and page number, e-mail me and I will look for you.
The Wayne Co. clerk charges $1.00 a page, and I had to estimate the number
of pages for each will, most are just one to two pages long. The earliest
will filed appears to be 1815, so this index would only cover 1815-1880.
Hope this helps, let me know if you would like me to look-up your ancestors.
Leslie
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From: KWCHEC(a)aol.com [mailto:KWCHEC@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:41 PM
To: WAYNE_IN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Wills, probate records (sorry about last post)
In a message dated 1/28/02 10:54:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
jglover(a)charter.net writes:
<< How would I get access to wills or probate records from the time period
1870-1880 from Wayne Co.?
Joyce Glover >>
I would also like to know the answer to this; only for the year 1865.
Helen
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