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Each volume contains a contemporary or later index to testators. The series is also indexed in the following sources: 1) J2043 Index to Record of Wills and Probates; 2) Series 4699, Testator index to wills recorded in New York City, 1665-1875; 3) Ray C. Sawyer, "Index of New York State Wills, 1662-1850, on File at the Office of the Surrogate for New York County," 2 vols. (typescript, 1931-32); 4) Ray C. Sawyer, "Index to Wills Probated in New York County, New York from 1851 to 1875, Inclusive," 2 vols. (typescript, 1950). These indexes refer not to the assigned volume number, but to the original liber numbers, which are always different.

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