Card index to probate records created after the abolition of the Prerogative Court and the establishment of county orphans courts and registers of wills. Identified as Index 3. Index does not include all counties, nor all records for the counties given. Entries give name of decedent, date, county, type of record, and citation. Arranged alphabetically by name and then by type of record, county, and date. Provides references to the following records: ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration accounts series 1777-1821 [MSA C29 and CM 85], Testamentary papers series 1778-1820 [MSA C149, the arrangement for testamentary papers has been altered and no longer correlates with this index see archives staff for assistance], and Wills, original series 1777-1820 [MSA C155]; BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Accounts of sale, original series 1780-1788 [MSA C260], Administration accounts, original series 1777-1788 [MSA C263], Inventories, original series 1777-1788 [MSA C342], Petitions series 1780-1789 [MSA C399], and Wills, original series 1777-1788 [MSA C437]. Also provides references to: CAROLINE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration accounts, original series 1777-1791 [MSA C460], Administration bonds, original series 1777-1790 [MSA C462], Inventories, original series 1777-1791 [MSA C517], and Wills, original series 1777-1797 [MSA C578]; CECIL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration accounts, original series 1777-1791 [MSA C588] and Inventories, original series 1777-1790 [MSA C621]; CHARLES COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration accounts series 1777-1825 [MSA C650 and CM366], Guardian accounts series 1788-1825 [MSA C661 and CM381], Guardian docket series 1788-1825 [MSA C662 and CM384], Inventories series 1777-1825 [MSA C665 and CM386], Orphans court proceedings series 1777-1791 [MSA C675 and CM406], and Wills series 1777-1825 [MSA C681 and CM412]; FREDERICK COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration accounts series 1777-1823 [MSA C747 and CM463], Inventories, original series 1777-1788 [MSA C808], and Wills, original series 1777-1789 [MSA C900]. Also provides references to: KENT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration bonds, original series 1777-1799 [MSA C1019], Inventories, original series 1777-1790 [MSA C1060], and Wills, original series 1777-1801 [MSA C1109]; PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration accounts, original series 1777-1780 [MSA C1145], Administration bonds, original series 1777-1789 [MSA C1147], Inventories, original series 1777-1793 [MSA C1229], and Wills, original series 1777-1799 [MSA C1327]; QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Estate papers series 1777-1797 [MSA C1341] and Wills, original series 1777-1788 [MSA C1496]. Also provides references to: SOMERSET COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Administration accounts, original series 1777-1790 [MSA C1727] and Wills, original series 1777-1788 [MSA C1817]; TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Wills series 1777-1794 [MSA C1925 and CM1041] and Wills, original series 1777-1789 [MSA C1926]; WASHINGTON COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS including Distributions series 1778-1805 [MSA C1946] and Wills series 1777-1854 [MSA C1981 and CM1159]; WORCESTER COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS Wills series 1777-1790 [MSA C2041 and CM1124]. This index is no longer up to date for Anne Arundel county Testamentary Papers [C149]. Please see circulation desk archivist for access to seachable electronic index.