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-Go back to the Yorkshire Probate Records [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Yorkshire_Probate_Records page]&nbsp;
+[[England]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire Probate Records]]
-<br>Before 1858, every town and parish in Yorkshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; For&nbsp;an authoritative treatise on&nbsp;each Yorkshire probate court and the parishes&nbsp;comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's publication,&nbsp;''Wills and Their Whereabouts''; also available at&nbsp;the Family History Library, FHL&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=413992&disp=Wills+and+their+whereabouts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 #942 S2wa].&nbsp;
+Here is a list of Yorkshire parishes beginning with the letter L and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them. For other parishes, click on a letter link:&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Records|A]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with B|B]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C|C]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with D|D]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with E and F|E-F]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with G|G]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H|H]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with I through K|I-K]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with M and N|M-N]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with O through P|O-P]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Q and R|Q-R]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S|S]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T and U|T-U]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with W|W]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Y|Y]]. <br><br>
-When looking for the will of an ancester, you should search the courts in the order given. Search indexes first. For indexes, click on the court name links above [soon to be constructed].
+The courts listed for each place are those that had jurisdiction over probating wills prior to 1858. To use this table, follow these steps.
-Here is a list of Yorkshire parishes beginning with the letter L and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them. For other parishes, click on a letter link:&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Records|A]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with B|B]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C|C]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with D|D]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with E and F|E-F]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with G|G]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H|H]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with I through K|I-K]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with M and N|M-N]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with O through P|O-P]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Q and R|Q-R]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S|S]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T and U|T-U]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with W|W]], [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Y|Y]]. <br><br>
+. 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|Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]].
+If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.
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