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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Derbyshire]]'' | ''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Derbyshire]]'' | ||
== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
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Once you identified a parish, go to Step 3. | Once you identified a parish, go to Step 3. | ||
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Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it. Every town and parish in Derbyshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. Most of the county of Derbyshire was under the primary jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)|Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)]] and the secondary jurisdiction of the [[Prerogative Court of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]]. <br> | Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it. Every town and parish in Derbyshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. Most of the county of Derbyshire was under the primary jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)|Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)]] and the secondary jurisdiction of the [[Prerogative Court of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]]. <br> | ||
However there were exceptions. Click [[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions|<u>here</u>]] for an alphabetical list of the parishes of Derbyshire that were exceptions. If you do not find your place in the list of exceptions, then search the records of the above courts by clicking on the name of the court either in the paragraph above or the section below where the court is mentioned. Follow the steps given on the page for the court to find a will that was probated in that court. | However there were exceptions. Click [[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions|<u>here</u>]] for an alphabetical list of the parishes of Derbyshire that were exceptions. If you do not find your place in the list of exceptions, then search the records of the above courts by clicking on the name of the court either in the paragraph above or the section below where the court is mentioned. Follow the steps given on the page for the court to find a will that was probated in that court. | ||
==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | ==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | ||
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== Probates After 1857 == | == Probates After 1857 == | ||
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Transcription Done by Micheal Spencer through the Wirksworth Parish Records Project: | |||
*[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/WILLS.htm Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928] | |||
*[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/WILLS.htm Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928] | |||
*[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/WAd01.htm Derbyshire Administrations] <br> | *[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/WAd01.htm Derbyshire Administrations] <br> | ||
[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/A62-WILL.htm Ordering Wills from the Derbyshire Record Office] | [http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/A62-WILL.htm Ordering Wills from the Derbyshire Record Office] | ||
[[Category:Derbyshire]] | [[Category:Derbyshire]] | ||