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Lynn & Nahant Probate


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Essex County Wills

This is a link to the Essex County GenWeb page under RESOURCES.  There are several transcribed wills for Essex county with 12 specifically for Lynn and 0 for Nahant. Submissions are always welcome.


PROBATE RECORDS


1600 and 1700's

Old probate records can be found at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. 

Also: "Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts; 1635-1681," In three volumes, The Essex Institute; Salem, MA; 1916 are available in some libraries and through LDS Family History Centers.

There is a published probate index for the years 1638 to 1840 which is, unfortunately, out of print.  It can be found in some libraries.


1638-1882

State Archives
Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125

1897 - present

Essex County Probate Court
32 Federal St.
Salem, MA 01970


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