This Web site provides an index to the official probate records at the Madison County courthouse dated between 1851 and 1924. The site includes a link to instructions for ordering copies of the probate records from the Madison County Genealogical Society.

Consists of photocopied material selected from 3 issues of Illinois State Genealogical Society quarterly (v. 25, no. 3, fall 1993; v. 26, no. 1, spring 1994; v. 26, no. 2, summer 1994) containing alphabetical listings of the Madison County probate case files (record series number 6/0284/01) located at the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Coverage includes case files dating from approx. 1813 through 1903. List begins with "AbPlanalp" and ends with "Zoelzer."

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