tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post2653149325656333698..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Did Ancestry.com Index Every Will and Probate Record in The Wills and Probates Databases?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-50985112186854580382015-11-07T14:11:50.958-08:002015-11-07T14:11:50.958-08:00I've checked other states/counties and have fo...I've checked other states/counties and have found that the same situation applies to them as well. I agree with Randy that Ancestry really should have indicated which record sets had been indexed. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740669075493056040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-41311366797402341372015-11-06T20:28:41.984-08:002015-11-06T20:28:41.984-08:00I, like you, am grateful for the records being mor...I, like you, am grateful for the records being more accessible. But this is so discouraging. Every new database I work with needs to be tested. Susan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009218875010743399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-11455462862027356972015-11-06T11:15:34.989-08:002015-11-06T11:15:34.989-08:00nope, no internal volume indexes (I checked) and n...nope, no internal volume indexes (I checked) and no overall Estate index or Proceedings index in the digitized collection. Randy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-6373509316065899752015-11-06T10:07:09.664-08:002015-11-06T10:07:09.664-08:00Very interesting research, Randy.
Did the volumes...Very interesting research, Randy.<br /><br />Did the volumes you wanted to look at not have indexes at the front of the books? Was there no overall estate index?<br /><br />These seem to be as difficult to work with as the Sussex County, DE deeds books uploaded several months ago. The database description maintains that they are indexed, but Ancestry failed to obtain and upload the deeds indexes that do exist at the DE Archives, and a good half of the deeds books are indexed only by grantees -- the rest have no index at all, and some of the volumes are missing entirely from the digitized-microfilm upload. Overall, a sloppy piece of work.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-62354824623528143982015-11-05T20:26:48.313-08:002015-11-05T20:26:48.313-08:00The wills and probate came from Family Search. I...The wills and probate came from Family Search. I had been reviewing family wills when they suddenly disappeared off of Family Search and then a few months later, they appear on Ancestry. Now they are harder to search an available to less people (i.e. a paid site vs a free site).<br /><br />One of these days Ancestry is going to run themselves out of business if they keep screwing around with the databeses.<br /><br />JHMjhmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303312317141412783noreply@blogger.com