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Scope and Content Note

This volume contains minutes of proceedings in proof of wills. Each entry provides the name and address of the decedent in the case title and then summarizes the proceedings. Information included is: name of the person presenting the will for probate, order admitting the will to probate, determination that the last will and testament of a given date was duly executed and that the testator was "of lawful age and of sound mind and memory and not under any restraint," and order that the will and proof of will be recorded. In most cases, the entry states that the will was to be recorded in a separate book. In some cases there is a lengthy summary of the probate proceedings, and the text of the will is recorded in this book.