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== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
===Ecclesiastical Courts (pre 1858)=== | === Ecclesiastical Courts (pre 1858) === | ||
Some court records have published indexes. Others have handwritten indexes filmed with the records. The index is often a "calendar", a list organized by date with a separate section for each letter of the alphabet. Surnames with the same first letter are listed together but are not in alphabetical order. | Some court records have published indexes. Others have handwritten indexes filmed with the records. The index is often a "calendar", a list organized by date with a separate section for each letter of the alphabet. Surnames with the same first letter are listed together but are not in alphabetical order. | ||
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An extensive collection of probate indexes are part of the following work: | An extensive collection of probate indexes are part of the following work: | ||
''The Index Library''. London, England: British Record Society, 1888– ( | ''The Index Library''. London, England: British Record Society, 1888– (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&callno=942+B4b&first=1&last=100&columns=*,0,0 942 B4b]). | ||
The records of the '''Prerogative Court of Canterbury''', for 1384-1858, are indexed online through the website of the National Archives of the United Kingdom and their feature [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ DocumentsOnline]. | The records of the '''Prerogative Court of Canterbury''', for 1384-1858, are indexed online through the website of the National Archives of the United Kingdom and their feature [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ DocumentsOnline]. | ||
Other repositories and organizations, including family history societies, have created and published indexes, some online and some as booklets or on microfiche. For those available in the Family History Library, go to the library's [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp catalog] and do a Place search for your county of interest and the topic of Probate Records. | Other repositories and organizations, including family history societies, have created and published indexes, some online and some as booklets or on microfiche. For those available in the Family History Library, go to the library's [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp catalog] and do a Place search for your county of interest and the topic of Probate Records. | ||
For links to other online indexes, go to the [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/ GENUKI] website and click on the links for your county of interest and the topic of Probate Records. | For links to other online indexes, go to the [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/ GENUKI] website and click on the links for your county of interest and the topic of Probate Records. | ||