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Before 1858, every town and parish in Rutland fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court or a secondary court. For an authoritative treatise on each Rutland probate court and the parishes comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's ''Wills and Their Whereabouts'', available select locations and in the Family History Library (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=413992&disp=Wills+and+their+whereabouts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 942 S2wa]). | Before 1858, every town and parish in Rutland fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court or a secondary court. For an authoritative treatise on each Rutland probate court and the parishes comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's ''Wills and Their Whereabouts'', available select locations and in the Family History Library (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=413992&disp=Wills+and+their+whereabouts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 942 S2wa]). | ||
When looking for the will of an ancestor, you should search the courts in the order given. Search indexes first. For indexes, click on the court name links above. | When looking for the will of an ancestor, you should search the courts in the order given. Search indexes first. For indexes, click on the court name links above. | ||
The courts listed for each place are those that had jurisdiction over probating wills prior to 1858. To use this table, follow these steps. | The courts listed for each place are those that had jurisdiction over probating wills prior to 1858. To use this table, follow these steps. | ||
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If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one. Go back to [[Rutland_Probate_Records]]. <br> | If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one. Go back to [[Rutland_Probate_Records]]. <br> | ||
For a list of Rutland parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter | For a list of Rutland parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a link for the letter a parish begins with: | ||
[[Rutland_Probate_Jurisdictions_Parishes_A_through_M|A-M]] [[Rutland_Probate_Jurisdictions_Parishes_N_through_Z|N-Z]]<br> | |||
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== Probate Indexes Online == | == Probate Indexes Online == | ||