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Additional records are included in the '''Wiltshire probate index''', [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php%7C 1540-1858]. | Additional records are included in the '''Wiltshire probate index''', [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php%7C 1540-1858]. | ||
: | :This catalogue gives access to wills and other probate records of the diocese of Salisbury which used to cover not only Wiltshire but also Berkshire (under certain circumstances) and parts of Dorset and Devon. You can search for people by name, place, occupation and date. Searching the catalogue is FREE. In addition, there are digital images for some of the documents (just over 25%) which can be viewed following on-line payment or free of charge by people visiting the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Wills and inventories give useful information about people’s financial status and property, and also their family relationships and friendships, which make them a wonderful resource for family and local history. The [http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/ Mills website] includes records from this collection for Swanage, Langton Matravers, Worth Matravers, Studland, and Church Knowle parishes.<br> | ||
'''Prerogative Court of Canterbury''' wills [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 (1384 - 1858)] | '''Prerogative Court of Canterbury''' wills [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 (1384 - 1858)] are available online for a fee. | ||
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| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="20" | <center><font size="+1">'''Online Dorset Administrations Proved in the PCC 1559-1725'''<ref>George S. Fry, 'Dorset Administrations,' ''Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries,'' Vols. 2-6. Digitised by Internet Archive and Google Books.</ref></font></center> | | bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="20" | <center><font size="+1">'''Online Dorset Administrations Proved in the PCC 1559-1725 - free'''<ref>George S. Fry, 'Dorset Administrations,' ''Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries,'' Vols. 2-6. Digitised by Internet Archive and Google Books.</ref></font></center> | ||
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