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PREROGATIVE COURT
(Wills, Index)
1634-1777
S539

Series Description
First four volumes index records in Wills series [MSA S538] by name of testator. The fifth volume labeled Early Settlers by Mrs. Jane Baldwin indexes original Wills series [S540]. See also MARYLAND INDEXES Probate Records, Colonial, Index series [MSA S1393], Index 1. Also available on microfilm, [MSA SM17], 1 reel. Described in Land Office and Prerogative Court Records of Colonial Maryland. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1946, pp. 114-115.
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 Details1634-1777A-L: typed index compiled by the Land Office in 1904 with funds appropriated by the General Assembly. The records of the Prerogative Court were transferred from the Anne Arundel County Register of Wills to the Land Office by act of the General Assembly.01/12/04/0221325S539-1
 Details1634-1777M-Z: typed index compiled by the Land Office in 1904 with funds appropriated by the General Assembly. The records of the Prerogative Court were transferred from the Anne Arundel County Register of Wills to the Land Office by act of the General Assembly.01/12/04/0231326S539-2
 Details1634-1777A-J: handwritten index compiled by the Anne Arundel County Register of Wills in 1874 with funds appropriated by the General Assembly.01/12/04/0241327S539-3
 Details1634-1777K-Z: handwritten index compiled by the Anne Arundel County Register of Wills in 1874 with funds appropriated by the General Assembly.01/12/04/0251328S539-4
 Details1634-1777Early Settlers: handwritten index of existing Prerogative Court original wills located in series S540. Index compiled about 1900 by Mrs. Jane Baldwin the same compiler of the Maryland Calendar of Wills series. 01/12/04/0261329S539-5
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