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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rutland]] | ||
The following text has information about probate records in the county of | The following text has information about probate records in the county of Rutland. To read general information English probate records click [[England Probate Records|here]]. | ||
== Getting Started in Probate Records == | == Getting Started in Probate Records == | ||
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*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Liddington]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Liddington]] | ||
For a list of Rutland parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdictions over them, click on a link for the span of letters for the parish. [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A through M|A-M]] [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes N through Z|N-Z]]<br> | For a list of Rutland parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdictions over them, click on a link for the span of letters for the parish. [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A through M|A-M]] [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes N through Z|N-Z]]<br> | ||
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Rutland Probate Courts<br> == | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Rutland Probate Courts<br> == | ||
== Court Jurisdictions by Parish == | == Court Jurisdictions by Parish == | ||
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If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.<br> | If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.<br> | ||
== Probate Indexes Online == | == Probate Indexes Online == | ||
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. The [http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/NorthantsFHSprobate.shtml Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index] was created by Kay Collins, a volunteer at the Northampton Record Office. She was partially assisted by others and from several earlier indices of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The indexing project started in 1997 and the records in the database include all work done up to 2005. The project is mostly complete (errors and omissions excepted). The database may be updated at a future date with corrections and/or omissions.<br> | Before looking for a will, you should search an index. The [http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/NorthantsFHSprobate.shtml Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index] was created by Kay Collins, a volunteer at the Northampton Record Office. She was partially assisted by others and from several earlier indices of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The indexing project started in 1997 and the records in the database include all work done up to 2005. The project is mostly complete (errors and omissions excepted). The database may be updated at a future date with corrections and/or omissions.<br> | ||
== Post-1857 Probate Records == | == Post-1857 Probate Records == | ||