Don\u2019t forget if you have found that will in the packet of probate papers for your ancestor that there might be a \u201cwill record\u201d contained with the probate records as well. The will record book typically includes a complete transcription of the will and is call a “will record” for that very reason. Not all jurisdictions kept these records, but many did. If the handwritten original will has a difficult-to-read portion, is partially missing, or is open to interpretation, the transcription in the \u201cwill record,\u201d done at the time the will was proved, may answer your questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These record copies were the legal equivalent of the original document and were made, theoretically, in an attempt to render the original as closely as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wills are not the only record the courthouse may have a transcription of. Vital recorsd certificates may be transcribed in record books as well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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