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Several printed indexes exist for Cheshire's probate court jurisdictions.   
Several printed indexes exist for Cheshire's probate court jurisdictions.   


Original will indexes 1545-1858 are available in print by both the Lancashire &amp; Cheshire Record Society and the Chetham Society. These two large publications&nbsp;series contain for both Cheshire and&nbsp;Lancashire counties,&nbsp;helpful indexes to most of the wills and administrations for this major probate court jurisdiction. These volume series are often available at many major archives in the United Kingdom such as at the British Library, and Guildhall Library, London, and other like institutions. The Family History Library likewise has most all of these volumed indexes in these series available on microfilm (the last three volumes below are available in book form only) as follows:&nbsp; <br>
Original will indexes 1545-1858 are available in print by both the Lancashire &amp; Cheshire Record Society and the Chetham Society. These two large publications&nbsp;series contain for both Cheshire and&nbsp;Lancashire counties,&nbsp;helpful indexes to most of the wills and administrations for this major probate court jurisdiction. These volume series are often available at many major archives in the United Kingdom such as at the British Library, and Guildhall Library, London, and other like institutions. The Family History Library likewise has most all of these volumed indexes in these series available. See these under the Courts section (above).
 
===== <u>The Lancashire &amp; Cheshire Record Society</u>  =====
 
Volume 2: 1545-1620 - on FHL film #823501; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 2
 
Volume 4: 1621-1650 - on FHL film #823502; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 4
 
Volume 15: 1660-1680 - on FHL film #82354; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 15
 
Volume 18: 1681-1700 - on FHL film #823505; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 18
 
Volume 20: 1701-1720 - on FHL film #823505; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 20
 
Volume 22: 1721-1740 - on FHL film #823506; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 22
 
Volume 25: 1741-1760 - on FHL film #823506; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 25
 
Volume 37: 1761-1780 (A-M) - on FHL film #823509; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 37
 
Volume 38: 1761-1780 (N-Z) - on FHL film #823509; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 38
 
Volume 44: 1781-1790 - on FHL film #823511; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 44
 
Volume 45: 1791-1800 - on FHL film #823511; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 45
 
Volume 62: 1801-1810 (A-L) - on FHL film #823515; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 62
 
Volume 63: 1801-1810 (M-Z) - on FHL film #823515; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 63
 
Volume 78: 1811-1820 (A-L) - on FHL film #823519; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v.
 
78 Volume 79: 1811-1820 (M-Z) - on FHL film #823519; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v.79
 
Volume 107: 1821-1825 - on FHL film #823525; also FHL book call #942.7 B4Lc v. 107
 
Volume 113: 1826-1830 - in FHL book call no. 942.7 B4Lc v. 113 only
 
Volume 118: 1831-1833 - in FHL book call no. 942.7 B4Lc v. 118 only
 
Volume 120: 1834-1837 - in FHL book call no. 942.7 B4Lc v. 120 only
 
<br>Also:
 
Volume 2: Index of Enrollment Book Wills 1512-1635
 
Volume 4: Wills and Administrations for Lancashire and Cheshire during Interrugnum, 1650-1660
 
Volume 30: Abstracts of Wills not found in any Probate Registry 1301-1752
 
Volume 33: Probates formerly found in diocesan office registry, 1487-1620
 
Volume 43: Probates formerly found in diocesan office registry, 1621-1700
 
Volume 52: Probates formerly found in diocesan office registry, 1701-1800
 
Volume 52: Infra (Inferior court) Wills 1590-1665 Volume 63: Wills and Administrations (Admons) for the years 1670 and 1693
 
===== <u>The Chetham Society</u>&nbsp;  =====
 
Volume 37: Lancashire and Cheshire wills and inventories, 1563 to 1807, now preserved at Chester
 
Volume 3: Lancashire and Cheshire wills and inventories at Chester&nbsp;: with an appendix of abstracts of wills now lost or destroyed
 
Volume 33: List of Miscellaneous wills 1487-1800
 
Volume 51: List of Miscellaneous wills 1487-1800
 
Volume 54: List of Miscellaneous wills 1487-1800
 
Volume 124 &amp; 131: Stockport Probate Records 1578-1619


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