Chronicling America, the newspaper collection available for online research of United States historic newspapers, regularly updates their collection.

Here are the updated titles for October, 2019. Some are new titles and some are added to an existing title's pages in the database. There are 50 in total from 10 different states. (Please note that some newspapers may be listed multiple times because they were updated more than once by the Library of Congress during the month).


​Alabama

• Updated content for Mobile register and journal. (Mobile, Ala.)
• Updated content for Birmingham age-herald. (Birmingham, Ala.)
• Updated content for Mobile daily commercial register and patriot. (Mobile, Ala.)
• Updated content for State journal & flag. (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
• Updated content for The State guard. (Wetumpka, Ala.)
• Updated content for Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.)
• Updated content for Alabama state intelligencer. (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
• Updated content for The Age-herald. (Birmingham, Ala.)

Arkansas

• Updated content for The Weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.)
• Updated content for The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.)
• Updated content for The Courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.)
• Updated content for The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.)
• Updated content for The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.)
• Updated content for Newport weekly independent. (Newport, Ark.)
• Updated content for Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.)

Georgia

• Updated content for The Brunswick daily news. (Brunswick, Ga.)
• Updated content for The Brunswick news. (Brunswick, Ga.)

Idaho

• Updated content for The Wallace miner. (Wallace, Idaho)
• Updated content for The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho)
• Updated content for The Idaho Republican. (Blackfoot, Idaho)
• Updated content for The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho)
• Updated content for Shoshone journal. (Shoshone, Idaho)
• Updated content for Idaho County free press. (Grangeville, Idaho Territory)
• Updated content for American Falls press. (American Falls, Idaho)

Maine

• Updated content for Ellsworth American. (Ellsworth, Me.)

Mississippi

• Updated content for The weekly Negro world. (Cary, Miss.)
• Updated content for The weekly picket. (Canton, Miss.)
• Updated content for The Southern motive. (Greensboro, Choctaw, Miss.)
• Updated content for The Magnolia gazette. (Magnolia, Miss.)
• Updated content for The Jones County news. (Ellisville, Miss.)
• Updated content for The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.)
• Updated content for The Community citizen. (New Albany, Miss.)
• Updated content for The Daily picket. (Canton, Miss.)
• Updated content for The Delta leader. (Greenville, Miss.)
• Updated content for Sunny South. (Aberdeen, Miss.)
• Updated content for Monroe Democrat. (Aberdeen, Miss.)
• Updated content for East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.)

Ohio

• Updated content for The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio)
• Updated content for The Daily express. (Dayton, Ohio)
• Updated content for The Catholic times. (Columbus, Ohio)
• Updated content for Dayton union news. ([Dayton, Ohio])

Virginia

• Updated content for The Tribune. (Roanoke, Va.)
• Updated content for The enquirer. (Richmond, Va.)
• Updated content for Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. (Staunton, Va.)
• Updated content for Staunton spectator. (Staunton, Va.)

West Virginia

• Updated content for Wheeling times and advertiser. (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.])

Wisconsin

• Updated content for The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. (Ladysmith, Wis.)
• Updated content for The Ladysmith news. (Ladysmith, Wis.)
• Updated content for Ladysmith news. (Ladysmith, Wis.)
• Updated content for Ladysmith news-budget. (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.)

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for these states and others - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

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FamilySearch continues to add or update their records collections at a fast pace for us to search.
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For the period of October 1-31, 2019,  the added/updated collections are:​​​​​​​​
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• Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
• Alabama, Church Records, 1831-1994
• Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930
• Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965
• Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Naturalization Records, 1900-1972
• American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1972
• Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972
• Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2016
• Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999
• California, Lassen County, State Board of Health, Burial Permits, 1931-1988
• California, Mendocino County, Ukiah, Russian River Cemetery District, Index to Burials, 1850-1990
• Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926
• Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928
• Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015
• Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991
• Colorado, Jefferson County, Wheat Ridge, Crown Hill Cemetery Records, 1900-1950
• Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955
• Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934
• Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939
• England and Wales Census, 1861
• England and Wales Census, 1871
• England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983
• England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887
• England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997
• England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
• England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912
• England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904
• England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918
• England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963
• England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887
• Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915
• Florida, Church Records, 1834-1997
• France Deaths and Burials, 1546-1960
• France, Marriages, 1546-1924
• France, Vienne, Census, 1876
• Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960
• Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955
• Guatemala Civil Registration, 1868-2008
• Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989
• Hawaii, Death Records and Death Registers, 1841-1925
• Hawaii, Tax Assessment Rolls, 1847-1903
• Hawaii, Various Islands, Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1849-1915
• Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
• Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995
• Illinois, Stark County, Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1892-1913
• Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966
• Iowa, Black Hawk County, Waterloo, World War I Pledge Cards, 1917-1918
• Iowa, Church Records, 1839-2004
• Kansas State Census, 1905
• Kansas, Church Records, 1826-1992
• Kentucky, Church Records, 1818-1995
• Louisiana Church Records, 1836-1938
• Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists, 1812-1815
• Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Departures, 1867-1871
• Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972
• Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905
• Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906
• Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907
• Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959
• Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995
• Maryland, Kent County, Voter Registration Records, 1853-1898
• Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920
• Massachusetts, Church Records, 1630-1943
• Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001
• Minnesota, Church Records, 1798-1991
• Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez Death Index, 1835-1905
• Mississippi, Church Records, 1910-1919
• Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951
• Missouri, Church Records, 1827-2004
• Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991
• Missouri, Jackson County Voter Registration Records, 1928-1956
• Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948
• Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records
• New Hampshire, Church Records, 1771-1905
• New Jersey Naturalization Records, 1796-1991
• New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970
• New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903
• New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962
• New York, Church Records, 1660-1954
• North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000
• North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909
• North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958
• Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877
• Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918
• Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008
• Ohio, Clermont County Tax Records, 1816-1900
• Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Rose Hill Burial Park, Interment cards, 1917-1982
• Oregon, Church Records, 1853-1874
• Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Jim Thorpe, Cemetery Records, 1747-2007
• Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950
• Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960
• Peru, Ayacucho, Civil Registration, 1903-1999
• Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013
• Peru, Diocese of Huacho, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1952
• Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997
• Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005
• Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996
• Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018
• South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954
• South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926
• Sweden, Östergötland Church Records, 1555-1911; index 1616-1860
• Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927
• Tennessee, Church Records, 1816-1995
• Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Board of Health Death Records, 1848-1913
• Texas, Church Records, 1852-1994
• Texas, Harrison County Delayed Birth Records, 1860-1933
• Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1734-1930
• Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937
• Ukraine, Zaporizhia Poll Tax Census (Revision Lists), 1811-1858
• United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860
• United States Census, 1940
• United States Public Records, 1970-2009
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
• United States, Iowa Naturalization Records, 1859-1990
• Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980
• Utah, Church Records, 1915-1972
• Utah, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
• Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995
• Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866
• Wales, Anglesey, Parish Registers, 1538-1912
• Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900
• Wales, Monmouthshire (Gwent) Workhouse Registers 1843-1929
• Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Interment Records, 1880-1979

​For a complete list of all added/updated collections, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list
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I hope that some of these are what you have been waiting for!

​​Abeville County, Turkey Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1785-1909
Aiken, First Baptist Church Church Records, 1814-1889
Anderson County, Big Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1801-1936
Anderson, Mountain Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1798-1938
Anderson, Mountain Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1798-1956
Anderson, Mountain Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1833-1854
Barnwell County, Barnwell Baptist Church Church Records, 1803-1912
Beaufort County, Euhaw Baptist Church Church Records, 1831-1875
Bush River, Bush River Baptist Church Church Record, 1792-1923
Bush River, Bush River Baptist Church Church Records, 1791-1949
Charleston County, Ashley River Baptist Church Church Records, 1736-1769
Charleston County, Christ Church Church Records, 1694-1936
Charleston, Congregational Church Church Records, 1732-1872
Charleston, First Baptist Church Church Records, 1821-1875
Charleston, Independent Congregational Church Church Records 1695-1935
Charleston, Independent Congregational Church Church Records, 1732-1913
Charleston, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Church Records, 1778-1937
Charleston, St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church Church Records, 1759-1869
Charleston, St. Paul's Radcliffeborough Church Church Records, 1810-1879
Charleston, St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church Church Records, 1713-1940
Cheraw, Baptist Church Church Records, 1822-1934
Cherokee County, Pacolet Baptist Church Church Records, 1787-1805, 1846-1873
Cherokee County, Skull Shoals Baptist Church Church Records, 1787-1805
Chester County, Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church Church Records 1814, 1844-1905
Chester County, Union Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1752-1939
Chesterfield County, Gum Branch Baptist Church Church Records, 1796-1963
Colleton County, St. John's Parish Church Records, 1734-1874
Colleton County, St. John's Parish Church Records, 1738-1917
Columbia, First Baptist Church Church Records, 1809-1840
Columbia, First Baptist Church Church Records, 1809-1840
Columbia, Washington Street Methodist Church Church Records, 1831-1886
Columbia, Second Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1809-1908
Craven County, Cashaway Baptist Church Church Records, 1756-1778
Craven County, Cashaway Baptist Church Church Records, 1767-1805
Darlington County, Mechanicville Baptist Church Church Records, 1803-1829
Darlington County, Mechanicville Baptist Church Church Records, 1803-1867
Dovesville, Black Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1798-1896
Edgefield County, Bethany Baptist Church Church Records, 1810-1929
Edgefield County, Horns Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1824-1859
Edgefield, Edgefield Baptist Church Church Records, 1823-1920
Fairfield County, Methodist Church. Sandy River Circuit Church Records, 1810-1874
Fairfield County, Sandy Level Baptist Church Church Records, 1817-1908
Florence County, Ebenezer Baptist Church Church Records, 1823-1908
Georgetown, Prince George Winyah Protestant Episcopal Church Church Records, 1813-1916
Georgetown, Prince George Winyah Protestant Episcopal Church Church Records, 1813-1916
Greenville County, Brushy Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1794-1927
Greenville County, Brushy Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1795-1927
Greenville County, Clear Spring Baptist Church Church Records, 1803-1953
Greenville County, Tyger Baptist Church Church Records, 1801-1911
Greenwood County, Siloam Baptist Church Church Records, 1799-1853
Greer, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Church Minutes and Records, 1833-1955
Hampton County, Coosawhatchie Baptist Church Church Records, 1814-1918
Hampton County, Prince Williams Baptist Church Church Records, 1812-1937
Hartsville, New Providence Baptist Church Church Records, 1808-1922
Hartsville, New Providence Baptist Church Church Records, 1808-1922
Kershaw County, Bethesada Baptist Church Church Records, 1823-1905
Laurens County, Bethabara Baptist Church Church Records, 1801-1953
Laurens County, Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church Church Records, 1816-1934
Laurens County, Poplar Springs Baptist Church Church Records, 1794-1937
Laurens County, Rabuns Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1828-1913
Lydia, Mount Elon Baptist Church Church Records, 1831-1843
Marlboro County, Salem Baptist Church Church Records, 1797-1930
Newberry County, Bethlehem Lutheran Church Church Records, 1816-1936
Newberry County, Methodist Church. Newberry Circuit South Church Records, 1820-1875
Newberry County, St. Luke's Lutheran Church Church Records, 1832-1857
North Augusta, Big Stevens Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1803-1901
Oconee County, Shoal Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1796-1853
Orangeburg County, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Church Records, 1799-1897
Orangeburg Township, Church of the Redeemer Church Records, 1739-1885
Pauline, Philadelphia Baptist Church Church Records, 1803-1957
Pauline, Philadelphia Baptist Church Church Records, 1803-1957
Pickens County, Secona Baptist Church Church Records, 1795-1943
Richburg, Hopewell Associate Reformed  Presbyterian ChurchRecords 1832-1892
Saluda County, Red Bank Baptist Church Church Records, 1815-1858
Society Hill, Antioch Baptist Church Church Records, 1830-1895
Society Hill, Welsh Neck Baptist Church Church Records, 1737-1935
South CarolinaBlack Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1828-1922
South CarolinaHopewell Baptist Church Church Records, 1813-1837
South CarolinaMethodist Church. Darlington Circuit Church Records, 1831-1878
South CarolinaOld Mispah Baptist Church Church Records, 1830-1862
South CarolinaProtestant Episcopal Church State Convention Records 1804-1912
Spartanburg County, Cedar Spring Baptist Church Church Records, 1794-1893
Stateburg,Church of the Holy Cross Church Records, 1770-1936
Sumter County, Salem Presbyterian Church, Black River Records 1759 -1895
Union County, Fairforest Baptist Church Church Records, 1820-1899
Union County, Fairforest Baptist Church Church Records, 1820-1899
Union County, Padget's Creek Baptist Church Church Records, 1784-1874
Union, Union Baptist Church Church Records, 1804-1843
Union, Union Baptist Church Church Records, 1804-1843
Washington, Washington Baptist Church Church Records, 1821-1911
York County, Flint Hill Baptist Church Church Records, 1792-1899
Charleston, St. John's Lutheran Church, Church Records

Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun set of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor's life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.

Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:

• ​Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
• A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
• Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks

And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not: 

• Where to Find High School and College Yearbooks Online

Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:

Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.

Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same schools yearbooks are available online.

• Albany - Albany State College
• Albany - Albany State University
• Americus - Georgia Southwestern College
• Americus - South Georgia Technical and Vocational School
• Athens - Athens High School
• Athens - State Normal School
• Athens - University of Georgia
• Athens - University of Georgia
• Atlanta - Atlanta Junior College
• Atlanta - Atlanta Law School
• Atlanta - Atlanta-Southern Dental College
• Atlanta - Boys' High School of Atlanta
• Atlanta - Clark Atlanta University
• Atlanta - Clark Atlanta University
• Atlanta - Clark College
• Atlanta - Clark College
• Atlanta - Emory College
• Atlanta - Emory University
• Atlanta - Gammon Theological Seminary
• Atlanta - Georgia Baptist College of Nursing
• Atlanta - Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
• Atlanta - Georgia Evening College
• Atlanta - Georgia School of Technology
• Atlanta - Georgia State University
• Atlanta - Georgia State University
• Atlanta - Georgia State University
• Atlanta - Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
• Atlanta - Henry Grady High School
• Atlanta - Interdenominational Theological Center
• Atlanta - Lakeside High School
• Atlanta - Marist College
• Atlanta - Massey Junior College
• Atlanta - Mercer University
• Atlanta - Morehouse College
• Atlanta - Morehouse College
• Atlanta - Morris Brown College
• Atlanta - Oglethorpe College
• Atlanta - Oglethorpe University
• Atlanta - Oglethorpe University
• Atlanta - Saint Joseph's Infirmary School of Nursing
• Atlanta - Spelman College
• Atlanta - Spelman College
• Atlanta - Spelman College
• Atlanta - University System of Georgia. Atlanta Extension Center
• Atlanta - University System of Georgia. Evening School
• Atlanta - Woodrow Wilson College of Law
• Augusta - Augusta College
• Augusta - Medical College of Georgia
• Augusta - Tubman High School
• Bainbridge - Bainbridge High School
• Blakely - Blakely High School
• Brunswick - Brunswick High School
• Brunswick - Brunswick Junior College
• Brunswick - Glynn Academy
• Calhoun - Georgia Cumberland Academy
• Carrollton - Fourth District A. and M. School
• Carrollton - West Georgia College
• Carrollton - West Georgia College
• Clarkesville - North Georgia Technical and Vocational School
• Clarkston - DeKalb Area Technical School
• Clarkston - Georgia Perimeter College
• Cochran - Middle Georgia College
• Collegeboro - Georgia Teachers College
• Columbus - Columbus College
• Dahlonega - North Georgia Agricultural College
• Dahlonega - North Georgia College
• Dahlonega - University of North Georgia
• Dalton - Dalton Junior College
• Dalton - Dalton State College
• Decatur - Agnes Scott College
• Decatur - Agnes Scott College
• Decatur - Agnes Scott Institute
• Demorest - Piedmont College
• Demorest - Piedmont College
• Douglas - South Georgia College
• Forsyth - Bessie Tift College
• Fort Benning - Fort Benning Infantry School
• Gainesville - Gainesville High School
• Gainesville - Gainesville Junior College
• Gainesville - Gainesville Junior College
• Gainesville - Riverside Military Academy
• Gainsville - Brenau College
• Keysville - Boggs Academy
• La Grange - La Grange College
• Lafayette - Lafayette High School
• LaGrange - LaGrange College
• Macon - Mercer University
• Macon - Mercer University
• Macon - Wesleyan College
• Marietta - Kennesaw College
• Marietta - Marietta High School
• Marietta - Marietta-Cobb Area Vocational Technical School
• Marietta - Southern College of Technology
• Marietta - Southern Technical Institute
• Milledgeville - Georgia College
• Milledgeville - Georgia College and State University
• Milledgeville - Georgia Military College
• Milledgeville - Georgia Normal and Industrial College
• Milledgeville - Georgia Normal and Industrial College
• Milledgeville - Georgia State College for Women
• Milledgeville - Georgia State College for Women
• Milledgeville - Woman's College of Georgia
• Milledgeville - Woman's College of Georgia
• Mount Berry - Berry College
• Mount Vernon - Brewton-Parker College
• Oakwood - Lanier Technical College
• Oxford - Oxford College
• Richmond County - Academy of Richmond County
• Rome - Shorter College
• Savannah - Armstrong Junior College
• Savannah - Armstrong State University
• Savannah - Georgia State College
• Savannah - Herschel V. Jenkins High School
• Savannah - Savannah State College
• Savannah - Savannah State University
• Statesboro - Georgia Normal School
• Statesboro - Georgia Southern College
• Statesboro - Georgia Southern University
• Statesboro - Georgia Southern University
• Statesboro - Georgia Teachers College
• Statesboro - South Georgia Teachers College
• Toccoa - Toccoa Falls College
• Toccoa - Toccoa Falls Institute
• Tucker - Tucker High School
• Valdosta - Georgia State Womans College
• Valdosta - Georgia State Women's College
• Valdosta - Valdosta High School
• Valdosta - Valdosta State College
• Valdosta - Valdosta State College
• Valdosta - Valdosta State College
• Valdosta - Valdosta State University
• Whigham - Whigham Public School
• Young Harris - Young Harris College

​To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.

I am continually updating this list, so you may want to revisit later.

Probate records and wills are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

What can you find in these records? How about date of death, spouses and children names, birth order, siblings and siblings spouses, parents names, and residence locations for all named persons. Also, ownership of land and/or other significant property, business names and occupation, military service, guardianships, and adoptions. Basically anything owned by the deceased is typically listed and to whom it is to be assigned to.

I won't pretend to be an expert on the probate process - all I know is that I have discovered an amazing amount of good information from probate records and wills as part of my personal genealogy research. 

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching probate documents and wills:
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• FamilySearch - United States Probate Records
• Wills and Probate Records are Genealogy Riches 
• How to Use Wills and Estate Records to Learn About Your Ancestors 
• Probate Records Could Be the Key to Unlocking Your Family’s Hidden Past

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Below, listed by state are links to probate records, wills, and indexes available for free online.

Note: Please be aware that if you find a desired will or probate record in an index, that the holder of the actual materials (e.g., (archive, county court, etc.) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the material itself.

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated October, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

• Atascosa County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 7, September 28, 1857-March 6, 1939
• Bexar County Wills, from book A
• Bowie County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 19, February 10, 1883-June 11, 1940
• Brazoria County Probate Index
• Brazoria County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 20, March 30, 1832-October 29, 1939
• Brazos County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 21, April 26, 1841-March 1, 1939
• Brown County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 25, November 19, 1878-November 7, 1938
• Caldwell County Probate Minutes and Records, 1849-1922; Index, 1849-1990
• Calhoun County Probate Index, 1846-1914
• Callahan County, Probate births
• Callahan County, Probate Record
• Camp County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 32, November 4, 1871-January 9, 1939
• Chambers County Index to Probate Cases of Texas. No. 36, Oct 25, 1876-March 6, 1939, nos. 1-373
• Chambers County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 36, July 31, 1876-March 6, 1939
• Coke County Probate Minutes, 1891-1939 and Probate packets, 1891-1914
• Coleman County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 42, August 17, 1876-January 4, 1939
• Collin County Index to the Probate packets 1846 - 1915
• Comanche County Records, 1858-1955
• Concho County Records, 1849-2008
• Cooke County, Probate Records, 1849-1982
• Dallas County Probate Records
• Dallas County Probate Case Packets, 1842-1906; Index, ca. 1846-1904, 1842-1906
• De Witt County, Probate Minutes
• Delta County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 60, September 23, 1870-November 2, 1939
• Dimmit County Probate Index
• Early Dallas County Wills
• Eastland County, Probate birth Records, 1860-1933
• Eastland County, Probate Records, 1870-1986
• Ellis County Will Books
• Fisher County Probate Files, 1882-1903 and Probate Index and Minutes , 1887-1940
• Franklin County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 80, August 20, 1875-August 2, 1939
• Galveston County, Probate Court Records, 1909-1924
• Goliad County, Probate Records, 1870-1950
• Gonzales County Index to Probate Case Files, 1832-1918; Probate Case Files, 1832-1890
• Gonzales County Probate Minutes, 1845
• Gonzales County, Probate Records : Case Files, Probate Minutes, 1838-1962
• Gregg County Probate Records, 1876-1934
• Gregg County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 92, January 23, 1872-January 31, 1939
• Grimes County Probates, Wills and Estate Records
• Guadalupe County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 94, March 22, 1846-August 11, 1939
• Guadalupe County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 94, March 22, 1846-August 11, 1939
• Hardin County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 100, September 9, 1867-March 18, 1939
• Harrisburg County Historical Probate extracts 
• Harrison County Probate Records, 1838-1944
• Hays County, Index to Probate Cases Filed in no. 105, November 22, 1848-December 15, 1939
• Hays County, Index to Probate Cases Filed in no. 105, November 22, 1848-December 15, 1939
• Hunt County Index to Probate packets (1848-1972) and addendum to Index of Probate packets (1894-1950)
• Hunt County Probate packets, ca. 1849-1925
• Irion County, Probate Minutes and Dockets, 1890-1953; Index, 1890-1976
• Jim Wells County, Probate Case Files, 1911-1937
• Jim Wells County, Probate Minutes, 1850-1937; Index 1911-1951
• Johnson County Index to Wills 1854-1914
• Kenedy County, Probate Minutes, 1860-1908
• Lavaca County, Probate Minutes, 1916-1938
• Liberty County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 146, December 9, 1850-July 28, 1939
• Marion County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 155, May 15, 1860-May 2, 1939
• Matagorda County Probate Records, 1837-1900
• Matagorda County Will Records, 1827-1894
• Matagorda County, Probate Case Files, 1822-1932
• Matagorda County, Probate Minutes, 1889-1939; Index to Probate Minutes, 1913-1950
• McLennan County Probate Court Records
• Menard County, Probate Records, 1888-1934
• Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985
• Mills County, Probate Case Files, 1892-1937
• Mills County, Probate Minutes, 1887-1941; Index, 1881-1973
• Montgomery County Will and Probate Abstracts
• Navarro County Abstracts of Wills, 1848-1890
• Newton County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 176, July 26, 1846-June 30, 1939
• Nolan County, Probate Case Files, 1881-1937
• Nolan County, Probate Court Minutes, 1881-1938; Index Minutes Probate Court, 1880-1937
• Nolan County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 177, July 1, 1881-Nov. 17, 1939
• Orange County Index to Probate Cases of no. 181,March 20, 1852-December 31, 1938
• Robertson County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 198, April 30, 1838-September 1,1939
• Runnels County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 200, November 30, 1880-January 16, 1939
• Rusk County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 201, June 18, 1843-December 29, 1939
• Rusk County, Index to Probate Cases of Texas : no. 201, June 18, 1843-December 29, 1939
• San Saba County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 206, January 30, 1866-June 28, 1939
• Schleicher County, Probate Minutes, 1882-1938
• Shackelford County Index to Probate Minutes, 1875-1880 ; Probate Records, 1880-1937 and wills, 1881-1927
• Shackelford County Probate births, 1897-1978
• Shelby County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 210, November, 1881-Aug. 11, 1939
• Stonewall County Probate Minutes, estate Files and general Index, 1890-1945
• Swisher County Records, 1879-2012
• Swisher County, Probate Records, 1891-1954
• Tarrant County Probate Records Index, 1876-1927
• Tarrant County Probate Records Search
• Taylor County Index to Probate Minutes 1909-1941
• Taylor County, Probate Case Files, 1921-1937
• Taylor County, Probate Records, 1880-1938
• Texas Records from bibles, Probate Records, wills, cemeteries, 1639-1954
• Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990
• Texas, Index to Probate Cases of Texas
• Throckmorton County Probate Minutes and Index 1879-1934, will Records 1887-1912, and bills of sale 1879-1947
• Titus County Probate Records, 1895-1969
• Titus County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 225, December 18, 1893-December 15, 1938
• Tom Green County, Probate Cases, 1920-1932
• Tom Green County, Probate Minutes, 1882-1938
• Travis County Probate Records
• Trinity County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 228, Dec. 12, 1872-Dec. 13, 1939
• Waller County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 237, October 1, 1873-May 6, 1940
• Wharton County, Probate Minutes, 1848-1938
• Wichita County Will Abstracts 1882-1927
• Wichita County Abstracts of Wills (1882-1895)
• Wichita County, Wills, 1882-1927 
• Willacy County, Probate Minutes and Index, 1921-1952
• Williamson County Probate Case papers, 1848-1878; Index, 1848-1938
• Williamson County Probate Minutes, 1848-1934
• Williamson County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 246, October 16, 1848-December 27, 1938
• Williamson County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 246, October 16, 1848-December 27, 1938
• Wood County Probate Minutes, 1878-1917; general Index, 1878-1942; Probate packets, 1878-1889
• Wood County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 250, September 12, 1857-May 9, 1939
• Wood County, Index to Probate Cases of no. 250, September 12, 1857-May 9, 1939
• Young County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1959 and Probate Records, 1858-1938
• Young County Probate Records, 1876-1883
  

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

The "Search Multiple Historic Newspaper Collections All At Once" website, elephind.com has just published an update that includes many more items and issues from 2 updated collections:

​(from the October, 2019 Elephind Newsletter):

Updated Newspaper Collections

• Purdue University - The Purdue Exponent Newspaper Archive: A 211,730 page collection of the student newspaper of Purdue University.

 

• California Digital Newspaper Collection: over 4.8 million pages of significant historical Californian newspapers published from 1846 to the present.

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​For the complete newsletter article, click HERE

If you have never used  (or heard of) elephind, here are a couple of articles that I have written about this wonderful site that may be interesting to you:

• Elephind - One to Watch 
• When is Fuzzy Search Too Fuzzy? Elephind Tells Us! 

If you have never tried Elephind, check it out! The url is elephind.com.

Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun set of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor's life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.

Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:

• ​Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
• A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
• Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks

And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not: 

• Where to Find High School and College Yearbooks Online

Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:

Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.

Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same schools yearbooks are available online.

• Ada - Byng School
• Alden - Alden High School
• Altus - Altus Army Air Field
• Alva - Alva High School
• Alva - Northwestern Normal School
• Alva - Northwestern State College
• Antlers - Antlers High School
• Ardmore - Ardmore High School
• Bartlesville - College High School
• Beaver - Beaver High School
• Bethany - Southern Nazarene University
• Bethany - Southern Nazarene University
• Bixby - Bixby High School
• Blackwell - Blackwell School District
• Broken Arrow - Broken Arrow High School
• Chickasha - Chickasha High School
• Chickasha - Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
• Choctaw - Choctaw Schools
• Coweta - Coweta High School
• Cushing - Cushing High School
• Dover - Dover School
• Drumright - Drumright High School
• Duncan - Duncan High School
• Durant - Durant High School
• Durant - Southeastern Oklahoma State University
• Durant - Southeastern Oklahoma State University
• Edmond - Central State College
• Edmond - Edmond Mid-High School
• Edmond - Oklahoma Christian University
• Edmonds - Central State Teachers College
• El Reno - El Reno High School
• El Reno - El Reno High School
• El Reno - El Reno Junior College
• Enid - Phillips University
• Eufaula - Eufaula High School
• Goodwell - Panhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College
• Grandfield - Grandfield High School
• Guthrie - Guthrie High School
• Healdton - Healdton High School
• Hobart - Hobart High School
• Hominy - Hominy High School
• Langston - Langston University
• Langston - Langston University
• Langston - Langston University
• Laverne - Laverne High School
• Lawton - Lawton High School
• Lawton - Lawton High School
• Lenapah - Lenapah High School
• Mangum - Brinkman High School
• Mangum - Centralvue High School
• Mangum - Mangum High School
• Mangum - Mangum High School
• Mannford - Mannford High School
• Miami - Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College
• Miami - Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
• Miami - Northeastern Oklahoma Junior College
• Muldrow - Muldrow High School
• Muskogee - Bacone College
• Muskogee - Muskogee Central High School
• Norman - University of Oklahoma
• Norman - University of Oklahoma. College of Law
• Oklahoma City - Capitol Hill High School
• Oklahoma City - Central High School
• Oklahoma City - Classen High School
• Oklahoma City - John Marshall Junior-Senior High School
• Oklahoma City - Northeast High School
• Oklahoma City - Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts
• Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City University
• Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City University
• Oklahoma City - Southeast High School
• Okmulgee - Okmulgee High School
• Pauls Valley - Pauls Valley High School
• Ponca City - Ponca City High School
• Purcell - Purcell High School
• Ramona - Caney Valley Schools
• Randlett - Big Pasture High School
• Randlett - Randlett High School
• Sallisaw - Sallisaw Hgh School
• Sapulpa - Sapulpa High School
• Shawnee - Oklahoma Baptist University
• Stidham - Stidham High School
• Stillwater - Oklahoma A & M College
• Stillwater - Oklahoma A & M College, Baptist Student Center
• Stillwater - Oklahoma State University
• Stillwater - Stillwater High School
• Tahlequah - Central High School
• Tahlequah - Northeastern State College
• Tahlequah - Northeastern State Normal School
• Tahlequah - Northeastern State University
• Tishomingo - Murray State College
• Tulsa - Bishop Kelley High School
• Tulsa - Booker T. Washington High School
• Tulsa - Cascia Hall Preparatory School
• Tulsa - Central High School
• Tulsa - Chester W. Nimitz Junior High School
• Tulsa - East Central High School
• Tulsa - Holland Hall
• Tulsa - Marquette High School
• Tulsa - Memorial High School
• Tulsa - Nathan Hale High School
• Tulsa - Oral Roberts University
• Tulsa - Orville Wright Junior High School
• Tulsa - Thomas A. Edison High School
• Tulsa - University of Tulsa
• Tulsa - Will Rogers High School
• Tulsa - William G. Skelly Junior High School
• Tulsa - Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
• Weatherford - Southwestern Oklahoma State University
• Wilburton - Eastern Oklahoma State College
• Willow - Ocina High School

​To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.

I am continually updating this list, so you may want to revisit later.

To become a successful historic newspaper researcher, you need to make a small investment in time to learn the "tricks of the trade."

Here is a free 20 page downloadable eBook that will help you, followed by 3 Quicksheets that are one page reminders of tips to help you be more successful:
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e-Book - Tips for Researching Online Historical Newspapers​

This e-Book (in PDF format), is chock full of tips and tricks that if followed, will help you understand why online newspaper research may not provide the results that you expect, but gives you a ton of advice to follow in order for you to optimize your results.

​Click below to download the pdf file

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​Quicksheet - 9 Steps to Success in Searching Old Newspaper for Your Ancestors

​Click below to download the pdf file

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​Quicksheet - 10 Clever Ways to Find More Ancestor Articles While Searching Old Newspapers
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​Click below to download the pdf file

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​Quicksheet - The BEST Way to Find HIDDEN Ancestor Newspaper Articles
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​​Click below to download the pdf file

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

Probate records and wills are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

What can you find in these records? How about date of death, spouses and children names, birth order, siblings and siblings spouses, parents names, and residence locations for all named persons. Also, ownership of land and/or other significant property, business names and occupation, military service, guardianships, and adoptions. Basically anything owned by the deceased is typically listed and to whom it is to be assigned to.

I won't pretend to be an expert on the probate process - all I know is that I have discovered an amazing amount of good information from probate records and wills as part of my personal genealogy research. 

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching probate documents and wills:
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• FamilySearch - United States Probate Records
• Wills and Probate Records are Genealogy Riches 
• How to Use Wills and Estate Records to Learn About Your Ancestors 
• Probate Records Could Be the Key to Unlocking Your Family’s Hidden Past

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Below, listed by state are links to probate records, wills, and indexes available for free online.

Note: Please be aware that if you find a desired will or probate record in an index, that the holder of the actual materials (e.g., (archive, county court, etc.) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the material itself.

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

(Updated October, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

• ​Anderson County Probate Records, 1827-1974
• Adair County Wills, 1804-1930; Will Index, 1804-1970
• Allen County Administrator's Settlements, 1880-1902
• Allen County Guardian's Settlements, 1860-1902
• Allen County Miscellaneous Records, 1823-1911
• Allen County Order Books, 1826-1899
• Allen County Wills, 1825-1977
• Anderson County Will Abstracts
• Anderson County Appointment of Executor, 1919-1968
• Anderson County Bonds, 1837-1977
• Anderson County Estate Settlements, 1870-1958
• Anderson County Executor Bonds : 1852-1970
• Anderson County Order Books, 1827-1873
• Anderson County Wills, 1827-1930
• Ballard County Administrators and Executors Records, 1880-1969; Index to Settlements, 1878-1920
• Ballard County Appraisements and sales bills, 1880-1942; Index 1882-1912
• Ballard County Bonds, 1880-1927
• Ballard County Guardian Bonds, 1880-1983
• Ballard County Guardian Settlement Books, 1880-1923
• Ballard County List of Guardians, 1880-1900
• Ballard County Order Books, 1880-1963
• Ballard County Probate Records, 1842-1921
• Ballard County Wills, 1879-1924
• Barren County Wills, Book 2
• Barren County Executor Bonds, 1848-1882
• Barren County Inventory of Estate Accounts 1835-1865
• Barren County Mixed Probate Records, 1799-1884; General Index to Wills, 1798-1960
• Barren County Order Books, 1799-1903
• Barren County Wills and Inventories, 1865-1943
• Bath County  Mixed Probate Records, 1811-1896
• Bath County Bonds, 1847-1977
• Bath County Estate Settlements, 1852-1945
• Bath County Order Books, 1811-1977
• Bath County Order Books, 1874-1892
• Bell County Settlements, Inventories, Appraisals, 1874-1921
• Bell County Wills, 1869-1920
• Boone County Probate Records, 1818-1932
• Boone County Guardian and Administrator Bonds, 1820-1856
• Bourbon County Will Book G
• Bourbon County Wills and Estates 1816-1831
• Bourbon County Wills, 1786-1871; Index
• Boyd County Wills, 1860-1900
• Boyle County Bonds, 1842-1979
• Boyle County Estate Settlement Books, 1843-1978
• Boyle County Inventory, Appraisement & Sale Books, 1842-1978
• Boyle County Order Books, 1842-1942
• Boyle County Wills, 1842-1897; Index, 1842-1990
• Bracken County Will Book A, B and C
• Bracken County Wills and Probate Index 1815-1823
• Bracken County Wills Index 1898-1915
• Bracken County Bonds, 1871-1960
• Bracken County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale Books, 1882-1956
• Bracken County Order Books, 1797-1924
• Bracken County Settlement Books, 1884-1919
• Bracken County Wills, 1797-1866
• Breathitt County Order Books, 1873-1941
• Breathitt County Probate Records, 1873-1979
• Breathitt County Wills, 1884-1925
• Breckinridge County Order Books, 1851-1928
• Breckinridge County Will Records, 1800-1965
• Bullitt County Order Books, 1797-1900
• Bullitt County Order Books, 1803-1933
• Bullitt County Wills, 1796-1935
• Butler County Bonds, 1856-1882
• Butler County Minutes, 1864-1986
• Butler County Order Books 1810-1917
• Butler County Probate Records, 1810-1949
• Butler County Probate Records, 1812-1978
• Butler County Probate Records, 1856-1977
• Butler County Will Books, 1813-1973
• Caldwell County Administration Bonds, 1852-1920
• Caldwell County Guardian Bonds, 1852-1977
• Caldwell County Inventories, Appraisements and Sale Books, 1822-1934
• Caldwell County Minutes, 1831-1939
• Caldwell County Order Books, 1809-1915
• Caldwell County Settlements, 1877-1922
• Caldwell County Wills, 1809-1968; Indexes, 1809-1967
• Calloway County  Probate Records, 1856-1977
• Calloway County Court Records, 1882-1907
• Calloway County Inventories, Appraisements & Sale bill Books, 1846-1929
• Calloway County Minute/Order Books, 1876-1905
• Calloway County Settlement Books, 1857-1934
• Calloway County Wills, 1836-1961; Index, 1836-1973
• Calloway County, Miscellaneous Records
• Campbell County Wills & other Probate Records, 1794-1926
• Campbell County Wills, 1863-1913
• Campbell County Administrative and Executive Bonds, 1795-1920
• Campbell County Bonds, 1863-1912
• Campbell County Executive and Administrative Bonds, 1863-1918
• Campbell County Guardian Records, 1815-1945
• Campbell County Inventories and Sales, 1814-1963
• Campbell County Inventories and Settlements, 1876-1912
• Carlisle County Order Books, 1886-1919
• Carlisle County Probate Records, 1886-1927
• Carlisle County Will Book, 1886-1927
• Carroll County Bonds, 1849-1963
• Carroll County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale bill Books, 1871-1945
• Carroll County Settlement Books, 1871-1960
• Carroll County Will Records, 1838-1966
• Carter County Wills, 1835-1958; Index, 1835-1958
• Casey County Administrator's and Guardian's Settlements, 1893-1930
• Casey County Administrators Bonds, 1852-1884
• Casey County Order Books, 1817-1920
• Casey County Probate Records, 1865-1977
• Casey County Wills, 1809-1936
• Christian County Probate Records, 1797-1917
• Christian County Wills, 1797-1921
• Clark County Minutes, 1863-1874
• Clark County Mixed Probate Records, 1793-1868; Index to Wills and Settlements, 1793-1854
• Clark County Order Books, 1793-1826
• Clark County Order Books, 1801-1830
• Clay County Administrator Bonds, 1852-1977
• Clay County Committee Bonds, 1894-1977
• Clay County Probate Records, 1807-1977
• Clay County Probate Records, 1830-1965
• Clinton County Administrators Settlements, 1872-1907
• Clinton County Order Books, 1864-1911
• Clinton County Probate Records, 1864-1915
• Clinton County Wills, 1863-1943
• Crittenden County Order Books, 1867-1880
• Crittenden County Probate Records, 1842-1925
• Crittenden County Probate Records, 1843-1977
• Crittenden County Settlements, 1843-1919
• Crittenden County Wills, 1833-1968
• Cumberland County Index to Cumberland County will Books : 1815-1912
• Cumberland County Probate Records: guardian, administrators settlements, 1872-1931
• Cumberland County Wills, 1815-1912
• Daviess County  Marriage Records, Court Records, Will Books "A" and "B"
• Daviess County Administrators, Executors Bonds, 1834-1904
• Daviess County Guardian Bonds, 1846-1901
• Daviess County Settlements, 1848-1902
• Daviess County Wills, 1812-1936; Indexes, 1815-1868
• Daviess County, Administrators Bond Book, 1834-1852 : Executors Bond Book, 1834-1852
• Edmonson County Bonds, 1843-1875
• Edmonson County Inventories, Appraisements, Sale bills, v. A-C, 1-2, 1831-1948
• Edmonson County Order Books, 1824-1921
• Edmonson County Settlements, v. 1-4, 1875-1965
• Edmonson County Will Books, 1831-1979
• Estill County Administrator Settlements, 1870-1958
• Estill County Executor Bonds, 1853-1934
• Estill County Guardian Settlement Books, 1870-1965
• Estill County Inventories, Appraisements and Sale Books, 1897-1977
• Estill County Order Books, 1808-1938
• Estill County Will Books, 1808-1928
• Fayette County Miscellaneous Records
• Fayette County Order Books, 1790-1974
• Fayette County Will Book G, 1824 to 1826
• Fayette County  Mixed land and Probate Records, 1793-1952; Index to Records, 1793-1948
• Fayette County Bonds, 1803-1870
• Fayette County Divisions of land/allotment of dower, 1852-1968
• Fayette County Mixed land and Probate Records, 1789-1801; Index, ca. 1789-1801
• Fayette County Settlements, 1932-1945
• Fleming County Court Minutes (Order Book) an Misc. Records, including some Probate Records, 1798-1869
• Fleming County Probate Records, 1798-1966
• Floyd County Administrator Bonds, 1852-1945; Executor Bonds, 1889-1949
• Floyd County Guardian Bonds, 1852-1978
• Floyd County Guardians and Executors Settlements Books, 1908-1957
• Floyd County Wills, 1866-1983; Index, 1812-1997
• Franklin County Executor Bonds, 1824-1877, and Administrator Bonds, 1824-1840
• Franklin County Settlements of estates, 1828-1851
• Franklin County Wills, 1795-1880
• Fulton County Administrator Bonds, 1861-1925
• Fulton County Estate Settlements, 1882-1932
• Fulton County Order Books, 1845-1921
• Fulton County Order Books, 1845-1922
• Fulton County Order Books, 1856-1861
• Fulton County Wills, 1845-1923
• Gallatin County Order Books, 1799-1931
• Gallatin County Probate Records, 1800-1977
• Gallatin County Settlement Books, 1866-1905
• Garrard County Estate Settlements, 1910-1928
• Garrard County Garrard County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale bills, 1875-1881
• Garrard County Order Books, 1797-1924
• Garrard County Probate Bonds, 1873-1977
• Garrard County Probate Records, 1797-1923; Indexes, 1797-1958
• Grant County Mixed Probate Records, 1820-1866
• Graves County Administrator's Bonds, 1893-1931
• Graves County Guardian's Bonds, 1899-1909, 1917-1923
• Graves County Guardian's Settlement Book, 1882-1884
• Graves County Inventory, Appraisement & Sale Books, 1888-1911
• Graves County List of Executors, Administrators, curators and committees, 1906-1944
• Graves County Order Books, 1889-1922
• Graves County Settlements, 1880-1934
• Graves County Wills, 1888-1939
• Grayson County Inventory, Appraisement & Sale bills, 1896-1927
• Grayson County Settlements, 1896-1931; Indexes, 1896-1975
• Grayson County Wills, 1856-1976
• Green County Administrator Bonds, 1852-1892
• Green County Probate Records, 1812-1941
• Green County Settlements, 1812-1901
• Green County Wills and Inventories, 1794-1959
• Green County Wills, 1793-1913
• Green County Wills, 1796-1939
• Greenup County Wills, 1822-1945; Index, 1822-1994
• Hancock County Order Books, 1834-1965
• Hancock County Probate Records, 1857-1977
• Hancock County Report of Commissioners divisions of land Book, 1853-1932
• Hardin County Will Books, 1793-1915
• Hardin County Court order Books, 1793-1875
• Harlan County Administrator and Guardian Settlement Books, 1866-1942
• Harlan County Administrators Bonds, 1888-1903
• Harlan County Affidavit of descent Books, 1962-1989
• Harlan County Order Books, 1829-1935
• Harlan County Report of Commissioner's division of land, 1876-1913
• Harlan County Wills, 1850-1920
• Harrison County Administrator Bonds, 1863-1869
• Harrison County General Index to decedents' Estates, 1794-1905, v. 1-2
• Harrison County Order Books (Harrison County), 1794-1920
• Harrison County Order Books, 1878-1892
• Harrison County Wills, 1794-1942
• Henderson County Administrator Bonds, 1853-1931
• Henderson County Curator's Bond Book, 1875-1909
• Henderson County Executor & Administrator Records, 1871-1977
• Henderson County Executor Bonds, 1853-1932
• Henderson County Guardian Records, 1875-1977
• Henderson County Inventories and Appraisements, 1840-1954
• Henderson County Trustee Bonds, 1887-1977
• Henderson County Wills, 1799-1966
• Henry County Wills, 1800-1910; Will Index, 1800-1970
• Hickman County Bonds, 1846-1977
• Hickman County List of Executors and Administrators, 1852-1896
• Hickman County Minutes, 1859-1939
• Hickman County Order Books, 1822-1881
• Hickman County Probate Records, 1822-1906
• Hickman County Probate Records, 1874-1939
• Hickman County Report of Commissioners on division of land, 1883-1946
• Hickman County Settlements, 1875-1936
• Hopkins County Probate Records, 1846-1932
• Hopkins County Wills, 1800-1930
• Jackson County Executors Bonds, 1859-1963; Guardian Settlements, 1871-1920
• Jackson County Wills, 1860-1969
• Jefferson County Will Abstracts
• Jefferson County Will Book 3 (1833 to 1846)
• Jefferson County General Index to Inventories and Settlements : 1800-1910
• Jefferson County Suits for division of land, 1852-1950
• Jefferson County Will Books, 1784-1833
• Jefferson County Wills, 1784-1901; Index, 1784-1919
• Jessamine County Probate Records, 1799-1927; Indexes, 1799-1986, 1799-1986
• Johnson County Miscellaneous Books, 1896-1973
• Johnson County Order Books, 1843-1926
• Johnson County Wills, 1844-1975; Indexes, 1869-1984, 1844-1984
• Kenton County Civil and Probate Bonds, 1867-1965
• Kenton County Index to Order Books (Probate matters), 1840-1962
• Kenton County Inventories and Settlements, 1840-1900
• Kenton County Inventories and Settlements, 1858-1869
• Kenton County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale bill Books, 1858-1922; Index, 1858-1939, 1858-1939
• Kenton County Order Books, 1840-1930
• Kenton County Order Books, 1858-1922
• Kenton County Will Books, 1858-1924; Indexes, 1858-1939, 1858-1939
• Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990
• Kentucky Wills, inscriptions, marriages, and Miscellaneous Records
• Kentucky, Miscellaneous Records
• Knott County Administrator Bonds, 1891-1924
• Knott County Wills, 1892-1948
• Knox County Settlements, 1919-1943
• Knox County Will Books, 1803-1974
• LaRue County Order Books, 1848-1917
• LaRue County Will Books, 1843-1965
• Laurel County Administrator Bonds, 1853-1959
• Laurel County Executor Bonds, 1853-1910
• Laurel County Settlements, 1875-1973
• Laurel County Will Books, 1826-1960
• Lawrence County Inventories, Appraisements, Guardian Bonds, Administrators Bonds, 1865-1914
• Lawrence County Wills, 1821-1914
• Lee County Probate Records, 1870-1967
• Lee County Wills, 1873-1945
• Leslie County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale Book, 1885-1942
• Leslie County Order Books, 1873-1956
• Leslie County Order Books, 1893-1922
• Letcher County Administrators Bonds, v. 1-2, 1866-1915
• Letcher County Inventories, Appraisement, 1875-1923
• Letcher County Wills, 1871-1905
• Lewis County Estate Settlements, 1874-1929
• Lewis County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale bill Book, 1889-1899
• Lewis County Order Books, 1807-1921
• Lewis County Probate Records, 1807-1930; Indexes, 1807-1989
• Lewis County Wills, 1807-1867
• Lincoln County Probate Records, 1781-1959; Index, 1781-1865, 1889-1924, 1781-1924
• Livingston County Bonds, 1851-1977
• Livingston County Order Books, 1798-1910
• Livingston County Probate Records, 1890-1908
• Livingston County Wills, 1799-1873
• Logan County  Probate Records, 1831-1977
• Logan County Equity Case Files Index, 1802-1940
• Logan County Guardian Books, and a list of Guardians, 1831-1909
• Logan County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale Books, 1835-1964
• Logan County Order Books, 1792-1942, 1978-1994
• Logan County Will Book, 1795-1903, 1910-1959
• Logan County, Court and other Records
• Lyon County Administrator's and Executor's Bond Books, 1854-1978; list of Executors and administrators, 1867-1895
• Lyon County Administrator's, Executor's and Guardian's Settlements, ca. 1854-1963; appointment of appraisers, administrators, Guardians, ca. 1912-1938; Guardian Settlement Index, 1894-1946
• Lyon County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale bills and bill Books, 1854-1963
• Lyon County Wills, 1847-1941
• Madison County Order Books, 1786-1928
• Madison County Probate Records, 1787-1959; 1966-1977; Indexes, 1789-1984
• Magoffin County Inventories and appraisements, 1872-1941 (Probate)
• Magoffin County Will Books, 1860-1975
• Marion County Probate Records, 1863-1902
• Marion County Probate Records, 1863-1930
• Marion County Settlements, 1863-1946
• Marion County Wills, 1863-1949
• Marshall County  Probate Records, 1848-1977
• Marshall County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale bills Books, 1848-1977
• Marshall County Minute/Order Books, 1848-1948
• Marshall County Order Books, 1848-1927
• Marshall County Probate settlement Books, 1846-1957
• Marshall County Wills, 1848-1938
• Martin County Administrator Bonds, 1972-1982
• Martin County Wills, 1861-1941
• Mason County Case files, 1793-1802
• Mason County Order Books, 1803-1919
• Mason County Probate Records, 1791-1924
• McCracken County Wills, 1825-1947
• McCreary County Bonds, 1912-1977
• McCreary County Order Books, 1912-1964
• McLean County Order Books, 1854-1924
• McLean County Probate Records, 1847-1908
• McLean County Wills, 1849-1911
• Meade County Will Books, 1824-1932
• Menifee County Probate Records, 1870-1912
• Menifee County Wills, 1870-1948
• Mercer County Will Books 1 to 3, (1784 to 1808)
• Mercer County Will Books 5 to 8 (1812 to 1826)
• Mercer County Probate Records 1786-1865; General Index, 1786-1946
• Mercer County Will Books, 1865-1916
• Metcalfe County Miscellaneous Record Books, 1902-1975
• Metcalfe County Order Books, 1868-1929
• Metcalfe County Probate Records, 1867-1923
• Metcalfe County Wills, 1865-1933
• Monroe County Order Books, 1862-1926
• Monroe County Probate Records, 1881-1915
• Monroe County Wills, 1861-1946
• Montgomery County Estate Settlements, appraisement, Accounts, and Guardian Records, 1841-1866
• Montgomery County Order Books, 1841-1969
• Montgomery County Wills, Estate Inventories, appraisements, and accounts, 1797-1874
• Morgan County  Probate Records 1855-1977
• Morgan County Order Books, 1823-1934
• Morgan County Wills, 1866-1963
• Muhlenberg County Administrator and Guardian Settlement, 1834-1874
• Muhlenberg County Committee, administrator, Executor & Guardian Settlements, 1857-1917
• Muhlenberg County Inventory, Appraisement & Sale bills, 1842-1938
• Muhlenberg County List of Executors & Administrators, 1858-1931; list of Guardians, 1869-1930
• Muhlenberg County Minutes, 1911-1922
• Muhlenberg County Probate Bonds, 1838-1937
• Muhlenberg County Wills, 1801-1965
• Muhlenberg County Wills, 1954-1968
• Nelson County Will Books, 1786-1926; Indexes, 1786-1961
• Nelson County Administrator, Guardian, and executor Bonds, 1792-1828
• Nelson County Miscellaneous Records including wills, list of Recorded deeds, petitions, receipts, accounts, original land warrants, law Cases
• Nelson County Probate Records, 1823-1962
• Nelson County Will Books, A-E, 1785-1830
• Nicholas County Administrator's Bonds, 1854-1969
• Nicholas County Estate Settlements, 1869-1941
• Nicholas County Executor Bonds, 1854-1952
• Nicholas County Order Books, 1800-1869
• Nicholas County Probate Records, 1800-1929
• Nicholas County Probate Records, 1869-1926
• Ohio County Wills, 1801-1955; Indexes, 1801-1988, 1801-1988
• Ohio County Bonds, 1842-1977
• Ohio County Index to Estate papers, 1815-1961
• Ohio County Inventories, 1840-1926
• Ohio County Order Books, 1799-1904
• Ohio County Settlements, 1855-1901
• Oldham County Wills - Index 1824 - 1969
• Oldham County Order Books, 1828-1884; Indexes, 1824-1940, 1828-1940
• Oldham County Will Books, 1824-1917
• Owen County Order Books, 1819-1931
• Owen County Probate Records, 1820-1917
• Owen County Settlement Books, 1869-1930
• Pendleton County Administrator's Bonds, 1855-1866, and Guardian's Bonds, 1852-1868
• Pendleton County Order Books, 1799-1941
• Pendleton County Order Books, 1808-1931
• Pendleton County Order Books, 1871-1892
• Pendleton County Wills, 1841-1967; Indexes, 1799-1989, 1799-1989
• Perry County Will Books, v. 1-2, 1901-1964
• Pike County Commissioner's reports on the division of lands, 1859-1920, 1930-1945
• Pike County Wills, 1839-1912; Indexes, 1840-1896
• Powell County Order Books, 1864-1934
• Powell County Probate Records, 1874-1978
• Powell County Wills, 1864-1991
• Pulaski County Index to Wills, 1800 to 1835
• Pulaski County Probate Records, 1864-1909
• Pulaski County Wills, 1801-1936
• Robertson County Bonds, 1867-1978
• Robertson County Probate Records, 1867-1977
• Robertson County Probate Records, 1875-1977
• Robertson County Will Books, v. 1, 1864-1936
• Rockcastle County Court orders, 1873-1949
• Rockcastle County Estate Settlement Books, v. 1-5
• Rockcastle County Inventories, Appraisals, Sale Books, 1879-1977
• Rockcastle County Probate Records, 1857-1926
• Rockcastle County Wills, 1855-1969
• Rowan County Index to real Estate conveyances, 1880-1987
• Rowan County Inventories, Appraisements & Sales Book, 1886-1952
• Rowan County Order Books, 1880-1932
• Rowan County Settlements of Executors and Administrators, 1883-1971
• Rowan County Settlements with Guardians, v. 1, 1883-1946
• Rowan County Wills, 1853-1947
• Russell County  Probate Records, 1830-1979
• Russell County Wills, 1826-1855
• Scott County Bonds, 1837-1963
• Scott County Probate Records, 1877-1928
• Scott County Will Books 1796-1930
• Shelby County Probate Records
• Shelby County  Probate Records, 1794-1913
• Shelby County Bonds, 1816-1854
• Shelby County Executor Bonds : 1816-1854
• Shelby County Order Books, 1804-1868
• Simpson County Administrator's & Executor's Settlement Books, 1882-1977
• Simpson County Guardian's Settlement Books, 1882-1925
• Simpson County Inventory, Appraisement & Sale bill Books, 1882-1977
• Simpson County Order Book, 1882-1962
• Simpson County Probate Records, 1882-1962
• Spencer County Wills
• Spencer County Administrator's Bonds, 1824-1977
• Spencer County Bonds, 1913-1979
• Spencer County Executor Bonds, 1894-1977
• Spencer County Executor's and Administrator's Settlements, 1875-1924
• Spencer County Order Books, 1824-1935
• Spencer County Probate Records, 1824-1990
• Spencer County Wills, 1868-1955
• Taylor County Bonds, 1848-1887
• Taylor County Bonds, 1850-1978
• Taylor County List of Executors and Administrators, 1848-1864
• Taylor County Lunatic inquest Books, 1886-1918
• Taylor County Memorandum Book, 1864-1876
• Taylor County Order Books, 1848-1931
• Taylor County Probate Records, 1848-1931
• Taylor County Will Books, 1848-1924
• Todd County Administrator's Bonds, 1852-1893
• Todd County Bonds, 1860-1886
• Todd County Executor's Bonds, 1851-1907
• Todd County Lists of Executors and Administrators, 1865-1904
• Todd County Order Books, 1820-1925
• Todd County Order Books, 1820-1926
• Todd County Wills, 1820-1915
• Trigg County  Probate Records, 1820-1978
• Trigg County Deeds of partition, 1877-1921
• Trigg County Order/minute Books, 1871-1963
• Trimble County Administrator's Bond Books, 1885-1977
• Trimble County Inventory, Appraisement and Sale bills, 1858-1977
• Trimble County Order Books, 1837-1931
• Trimble County Settlement Books, 1871-1945
• Trimble County Will Records, 1837-1965, and Inventory and sales, 1871-1907
• Union County Administrator's and Guardian's Settlements, 1904-1940
• Union County Appraisements, inventories, Settlements, 1864-1977, Index, 1864-1918
• Union County Guardian, Administrator, Executive Bonds, 1848-1919
• Union County Wills, 1811-1941, Index, 1811-1922
• Warren County Bonds, 1844-1878
• Warren County Equity Judgments, 1796-1860
• Warren County Estate Settlements, ca. 1800-1885
• Warren County Loose papers, 1796-1880
• Warren County Probate Records, 1797-1985
• Warren County, Will Books B and D, 1821-1862
• Washington County Mixed Probate Records, 1793-1919
• Washington County Will Books, 1792-1918
• Wayne County Probate Records, 1816-1908
• Wayne County Wills, 1801-1971
• Webster County  Probate Records, 1865-1911
• Webster County Minutes, 1867-1874, 1931-1942
• Webster County Probate Records, 1860-1979
• Webster County Processioner's Books, v. 1-2B, 1861-1958
• Webster County Wills, 1860-1916
• Whitley County Guardian Bonds, 1867-1912; Administrative and Executive Bonds, 1870-1911
• Whitley County Will Books, 1818-1968
• Wolfe County Bonds, 1887-1963
• Wolfe County Bonds, 1888-1947
• Wolfe County Bonds, 1915-1963
• Wolfe County Order Books, 1908-1935
• Wolfe County Probate Records, 1885-1971
• Woodford County Administrator and executor Bonds, 1802-1856
• Woodford County Administrator Bonds, 1818-1828, 1831-1851, 1856-1868
• Woodford County Guardianship Records, 1818-1977
• Woodford County Order Books, 1789-1929
• Woodford County Probate Records, 1789-1991

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

No this article isn't about brick walls - it is about present day BAD HABITS!

Please bear with me as I talk about the "old days." In business when I started about 50 years ago, we communicated via meetings, phone calls and typewritten memos. It is important to know that in a memo, one discussed in detail possibly 5 or 6 "bullet points" about one entire subject.  If you received a memo that required a response, you answered every single bullet point in your response.

Today we have email, Twitter and texting by phone.  People have become used to short bursts of information and having to deal with only one bullet point or question at a time.

This actually came to light today as I reflected on several people, who when receiving an email from me - invariably only responded to the first paragraph.  So if there were multiple requests, they almost always didn't read or ignored the rest of the email.

We have developed bad habits because we almost always deal with these short bursts of information or one question at a time. And that is because of the tools that we use currently. That is a trap.

So you ask - what the hell does this have to do with genealogy?

A lot. Because we have trained ourselves to deal with just one piece of information and because a lot of our research is online - we tend to gather one piece of data about our ancestors and then move on to someone or something else. And of course, we are multi-tasking way too much.

This creates lousy research habits and makes us miss what is the one of the core elements of the Genealogy Proof Standard. That is - a reasonably exhaustive search. Gathering one record does not make for an exhaustive search.

So this is a warning - do not let today's easy to use tools change how you research, or your mindset. You must concentrate, read everything in a record, and focus. That is hard to do when bombarded with emails, tweets and texts. Not to mention that we are losing the ability to deal with details in a reasoned and thorough manner.

Don't let "it takes too much time" foil your research.