One of my favorite genealogy cartoons shows a lawyer reading a will to a group of people. He reads "being of sound mindey windey". Actually, genealogically, that could be a good thing!! Probate records are all the records created in the disposition of someone's estate. If a will is contested because the person was not of sound "mindey windey" many interesting records will be created!
If a person does not leave a will, he or she is said to have died intestate. Will or no will, if the deceased had real or personal property of any value at the time of death, records will have been created when the estate was disposed of...
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