Ohio wills and estates to 1850: an index is the culmination of a ten-year project to provide a comprehensive index to the probate records in Ohio. Probate Court was formed in 1852, taking over those functions of the Common Pleas Court which had previously been handled by that office. In most Ohio counties, the records were transferred to the new court, but in a few counties the original probate matters have remained in the Common Pleas Court records.

The 39,900+ entries found in this volume were taken from microfilms of the five volumes of death records located in the Lucas County, (Toledo) Ohio, Probate Court. Items in question were rechecked to the original volumes. The death dates range from 1867 to 1908, with a few from 1909 also listed. Column headings in this text are: name, date of death, and volume and page of the original entry. Some listings for children contained the names of the parents.