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If the indexes on the Internet do not produce possible wills for your ancestors, look in the '''published indexes '''listed here. | If the indexes on the Internet do not produce possible wills for your ancestors, look in the '''published indexes '''listed here. | ||
In the 1960s, the Essex County Record Office compiled a complete surname index covering wills and administrations from the '''''first eight'' '''Essex County probate court jurisdictions listed above (through the Liberty of Sokens): | In the 1960s, the Essex County Record Office compiled and published a complete surname index covering wills and administrations from the '''''first eight'' '''Essex County probate court jurisdictions listed above (through the Liberty of Sokens). The index is available in three volumns at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City: | ||
*Emmison, F. G., ed. ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. (FHL book 942 B4b vols. 78, 79 & 84; also on microfilms 0962739 and 0962740). | *Emmison, F. G., ed. ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. (FHL book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=247479&disp=Wills+at+Chelmsford+%28Essex+and+East+He%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 B4b] vols. 78, 79 & 84; also on microfilms 0962739 and 0962740). | ||
Other printed indexes are found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.''' | Other printed indexes are found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.''' | ||