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-Go back to the [[Yorkshire Probate Records]] page.
+England [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Cumberland [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Cumberland Probate Records
+Here is a table of places in Cumberland beginning with the letters B-C. To see a table for other places in the county, click on a letter or span of letters.
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+{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" style="width: 229px; height: 27px;"
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+| A
+| D-H
+| I-N
+| O-T
+| U-Z
+|}
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-&lt;Take the A table out of the Yorkshire Probate Records article and put it here.&gt;<br>
+The courts listed for each place are those that had jurisdiction over probating wills prior to 1858. To use this table, follow these steps.
+. In the first column, find the place where your ancestor lived.<br>2. In the second column, click on the court name to learn where to find the records and indexes.<br>3. If the record isn't found in the primary court, search the records for the secondary courts in the order listed.<br>4. If the record still isn't found, search the records for the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
+If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one. Go back to the [[Yorkshire Probate Records]] page.
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+&lt;Take the A table out of the Yorkshire Probate Records article and put it here.&gt;<br>
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