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Lynn & Nahant Probate

To help transcribe or submit information, please e-mail Shaun Cook.

Essex County Wills

This is a link to the Essex County GenWeb page. There are currently 120 transcribed wills with 12 specifically for Lynn and 0 for Nahant. Submissions are always welcome. Please note that these may take some time to get online due to other projects.

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