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Rensselaer County Wills and Probate Files |
Probate records appear in the Surrogate Court "files". These files include probate records for people who died intestate as well as for people who died testate, and yet often the will itself is not in the "file" and must be obtained separately, from the will volumes in the "Will Books" list. The size of a probate "file" varies tremendously; some may have only a tiny receipt, and others may run to well over 100 pages; it is worth bearing this in mind when placing an order for someone else to copy for a fee an entire file that you have not seen.
In the "Will Books" table below, those will volumes that have a hyperlink have been indexed by Sampubco, and researchers may view the indexes for free at the Sampubco website, http://www.sampubco.com. Copies of wills can be ordered from Sampubco for a fee.
Letters covered | Years covered | Microfilm No. |
---|---|---|
A-Z | 1794-1873 | 550660 |
A-Z | 1874-1881 | 550661 |
A-K | 1881-1916 | 550686 |
L-Z | 1881-1916 | 551893 |
Will Books
Volume | Years covered | Microfilm No. |
---|---|---|
1A | 1791-1807 | 1531541 |
1B | 1802-1807 | 549907 |
2 | 1807-1815 | 549907 |
3 | 1807-1811 | 549908 |
4 | 1811-1814 | 549908 |
5 | 1814-1817 | 549909 |
6 | 1817-1822 | 549909 |
7 | 1822-1827 | 549910 |
8 | 1823-1827 | 549911 |
9 | 1827-1829 | 549912 |
10 | 1829-1832 | 549912 |
11 | 1829-1832 | 549912 |
12 | 1829-1834 | 549913 |
13 | 1829-1837 | 549913 |
14 | 1829-1837 | 549913 |
15 | 1829-1834 | 549914 |
16 | 1830-1858 | 549914 |
17 | 1830-1858 | 549914 |
18 | 1834-1836 | 550013 |
19 | 1834-1845 | 550013 |
20 | 1834-1845 | 550013 |
21 | 1836-1840 | 550014 |
22 | 1836-1837 | 550014 |
23 | 1836-1840 | 550014 |
24 | 1836-1838 | 550015 |
25 | 1837-1842 | 550016 |
26 | 1838-1840 | 550016 |
27 | 1839-1846 | 550017 |
28 | 1840-1841 | 550017 |
29 | 1840-1847 | 550018 |
30 | 1840-1847 | 550018 |
31 | 1841-1842 | 550019 |
32 | 1841-1847 | 550019 |
33 | 1842-1843 | 550019 |
34 | 1843-1845 | 550020 |
35 | 1843-1860 | 550020 |
36 | 1843-1853 | 550021 |
37 | 1845-1849 | 550022 |
38 | 1845-1849 | 550022 |
39 | 1845-1849 | 550023 |
40 | 1845-1849 | 550023 |
41 | 1849-1852 | 549915 |
42 | 1848-1854 | 550023 |
43 | 1849-1855 | 549915 |
44 | 1853-1858 | 549916 |
45 | 1853-1856 | 549916 |
46-47 | 1854-1862 | 549917 |
48-49 | 1856-1863 | 549918 |
50-51 | 1856-1859 | 549919 |
52, 54 | 1858-1861 | 549920 |
53 | 1859-1860 | 550685 |
55-56 | 1848-1871 | 549921 |
57-58 | 1860-1880 | 549922 |
59-60 | 1861-1865 | 549923 |
61-62 | 1862-1867 | 549924 |
63-64 | 1863-1866 | 549925 |
65-66 | 1865-1868 | 550366 |
67 | 1866-1870 | 550367 |
68-69 | 1866-1869 | 550368 |
70-71 | 1868-1871 | 550369 |
72-73 | 1866-1871 | 550370 |
74 | 1870-1875 | 550371 |
75 | 1870-1872 | 550372 |
76-77 | 1870-1874 | 550373 |
78 | 1872-1874 | 550374 |
79 | 1872-1874 | 550375 |
80 | 1873-1883 | 550376 |
81 | 1874-1879 | 550377 |
82 | 1874-1875 | 550378 |
83-84 | 1874-1878 | 550514 |
85 | 1874-1875 | 550515 |
86 | 1875-1877 | 550516 |
87 | 1875-1877 | 550517 |
88 | 1877-1878 | 550518 |
89 | 1877-1879 | 550519 |
90 | 1878-1881 | 550520 |
91 | 1878-1881 | 550521 |
92 | 1878-1880 | 550522 |
93 | 1879-1881 | 550523 |
94 | 1879-1885 | 550524 |
95 | 1879 | 550525 |
96-97 | 1880-1882 | 550526 |
98 | 1880-1882 | 550527 |
99 | 1881-1884 | 550528 |
100-101 | 1880-1887 | 550529 |
102-103 | 1880-1883 | 550379 |
104-105 | 1882-1884 | 550380 |
106 | 1882-1884 | 550381 |
107-108 | 1882-1886 | 551507 |
109-110 | 1884-1885 | 550382 |
111-112 | 1884-1886 | 550383 |
113-114 | 1884-1886 | 550384 |
115-116 | 1886-1893 | 550385 |
117 | 1886-1887 | 550386 |
119-120 | 1885-1890 | 550387 |
121-122 | 1886-1891 | 551508 |
123-124 | 1887-1889 | 551509 |
125-126 | 1887-1890 | 551510 |
127-128 | 1888-1890 | 551511 |
129-130 | 1889-1890 | 551512 |
131-132 | 1889-1894 | 551513 |
133-134 | 1890-1892 | 551514 |
135-136 | 1890-1894 | 551515 |
137-138 | 1890-1891 | 551516 |
139-140 | 1891-1896 | 551517 |
141 | 1890-1892 | 551518 |
142-143 | 1891-1892 | 550651 |
144 | 1892-1894 | 550652 |
145 | 1892-1894 | 550653 |
146 | 1892-1893 | 550654 |
147 | 1892-1899 | 550655 |
148-149 | 1892-1894 | 550656 |
150-151 | 1892-1895 | 550657 |
152 | 1893-1895 | 550658 |
153 | 1894-1895 | 550659 |
154,156 | 1894-1896 | 550662 |
157-158 | 1894-1896 | 550663 |
159-160 | 1895-1903 | 550664 |
161-162 | 1894-1896 | 550665 |
163-164 | 1895-1896, 1899-1902 | 550666 |
165 | 1896-1899 | 550667 |
166 | 1896-1897 | 550668 |
167 | 1896-1898 | 550669 |
168 | 1896-1897 | 550670 |
169-170 | 1896-1900 | 550671 |
171-172 | 1896-1902 | 550672 |
173 | 1897-1900 | 550673 |
174-175 | 1897-1905 | 550674 |
176 | 1898-1901 | 550675 |
177-178 | 1898-1903 | 550676 |
179 | 1897-1898 | 550677 |
180-181 | 1898-1901 | 550678 |
183 | 1898-1901 | 550679 |
184 | 1898-1900 | 550680 |
185 | 1899-1902 | 550681 |
186-187 | 1899-1902 | 550682 |
188 | 1900-1903 | 550683 |
189 | 1902-1906 | 550684 |
190 | 1900-1901 | 550685 |
Probate Records
File Number | Years covered | Microfilm |
---|---|---|
File no. 98-100 | 1832-1838 | 1556827 |
File no. 101-104 | 1835-1838 | 1556918 |
File no. 104-108 | 1837-1840 | 1556979 |
File no. 108-111 | 1813-1842 | 1557043 |
File no. 111-113 | 1808-1842 | 1558382 |
File no. 113-116 | 1806-1854 | 1558471 |
File no. 116-118 | 1813-1846 | 1558472 |
File no. 119-121 | 1824-1852 | 1558631 |
File no. 121-124 | 1828-1851 | 1558692 |
File no. 124-126 | 1804-1852 | 1558693 |
File no. 126-129 | 1851-1854 | 1543948 |
File no. 129-132 | 1818-1855 | 1452211 |
File no. 132-134 | 1816-1857 | 1452272 |
File no. 135-137 | 1856-1860 | 1452273 |
File no. 137-140 | 1856-1861 | 1452328 |
File no. 140-142 | 1859-1863 | 1452329 |
File no. 143 | 1853-1863 | 1439650 |
File no. 143-146 | 1862-1863 | 1493086 |
File no. 146-149 | 1813-1866 | 1493087 |
File no. 149-150 | 1864-1866 | 1493170 |
File no. 150-153 | 1863-1870 | 1493171 |
File no. 153-155 | 1866-1879 | 1493466 |
File no. 155-158 | 1866-1870 | 1493467 |
File no. 158-160 | 1839-1870 | 1493524 |
File no. 160-163 | 1866-1872 | 1487678 |
File no. 163-165 | 1871-1872 | 1487679 |
File no. 166-168 | 1871-1874 | 1503760 |
File no. 168-170 | 1873-1874 | 1503761 |
File no. 170-173 | 1874-1876 | 1503874 |
File no. 174-176 | 1876-1880 | 1503875 |
File no. 176-179 | 1874-1877 | 1503876 |
File no. 179-182 | 1858-1876 | 1503994 |
File no. 182-185 | 1874-1880 | 1504059 |
File no. 186-188 | 1875-1880 | 1504060 |
File no. 188-191 | 1838-1880 | 1504061 |
File no. 191-194 | 1875-1905 | 1613097 |
File no. 194-197 | 1878-1881 | 1613237 |
File no. 197-199 | 1881 | 1613238 |
File no. 199-203 | 1859-1881 | 1613323 |
File no. 204-206 | 1815-1889 | 1613324 |
File no. 206-209 | 1878-1882 | 1613409 |
File no. 210-212 | 1818-1882 | 1613410 |
File no. 212-215 | 1793-1883 | 1613464 |
File no. 215-219 | 1794-1905 | 1613465 |
File no. 219-222 | 1796-1883 | 1503856 |
File no. 222-224 | 1824-1885 | 1503857 |
File no. 224-228 | 1796-1884 | 1613589 |
File no. 228-231 | 1806-1888 | 1613590 |
File no. 231-235 | 1794-1895 | 1613680 |
File no. 235-237 | 1794-1885 | 1613681 |
File no. 237-240 | 1794-1885 | 1613798 |
File no. 241-243 | 1794-1886 | 1613799 |
File no. 244-246 | 1823-1885 | 1531283 |
File no. 246-249 | 1823-1886 | 1531284 |
File no. 250-252 | 1798-1886 | 1614025 |
File no. 252-257 | 1795-1825 | 1614026 |
File no. 257-259 | 1816-1886 | 1614318 |
File no. 260-263 | 1872-1896 | 1614414 |
File no. 264-267 | 1896-1897 | 1614569 |
File no. 267-271 | 1896-1897 | 1614637 |
File no. 271-275 | 1897-1899 | 1642970 |
File no. 275-278 | 1898-1906 | 1642971 |
File no. 278-282 | 1899-1900 | 1643103 |
File no. 282-285 | 1900-1901 | 1643104 |
File no. 282-285 | 1900-1901 | 1643104 |
File no. 285-288 | 1901 | 1643159 |