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Course image American: Probate Records
Intermediate American Records
Course Summary:
Optional Print Course Material: American: Probate Records
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This course discusses legal records created by the courts when an ancestor died. Some individuals had wills written before death, and in other cases “administration” records were kept of people who died without a will. Many other records could have been created depending on the time period, place, and prominence of the ancestor.
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 8 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
History & Terminology
Terms of Probate Law
MODULE 2
INTESTACY
General History of Intestacy
Law of Distribution
Intestate Process
MODULE 3
TESTACY, INSOLVENCY & GUARDIANSHIP
Testate Process
Insolvency Cases
Guardianship
MODULE 4
STATE INFORMATION
Alabama to Louisiana
MODULE 5
STATE INFORMATION
Maine to Wyoming
MODULE 6
GENERAL INFORMATION
General Online Resources
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
History & Terminology
Terms of Probate Law
MODULE 2
INTESTACY
General History of Intestacy
Law of Distribution
Intestate Process
MODULE 3
TESTACY, INSOLVENCY & GUARDIANSHIP
Testate Process
Insolvency Cases
Guardianship
MODULE 4
STATE INFORMATION
Alabama to Louisiana
MODULE 5
STATE INFORMATION
Maine to Wyoming
MODULE 6
GENERAL INFORMATION
General Online Resources