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-[[England]] &gt; [[Cambridgeshire]], &gt; [[Cambridgeshire Probate Records]]
+''[[England]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cambridgeshire]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cambridgeshire Probate Records]]''
 Before 1858, probate of the estates of deceased persons was handled by eccelesiastical courts of the Church of England.&nbsp; Every parish was under the jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.
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 For other places, click on the link for the letter a parish name begins with:&nbsp; [[Cambridgeshire Probate Records|A]], [[Cambridgeshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C|C]], [[Cambridgeshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes D-G|D-G]], [[Cambridgeshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes H-L|H-L]], [[Cambridgeshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes M-R|M-R]], [[Cambridgeshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes S-Z|S-Z]]. <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. The last court to search is the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]].
+If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.<br><br>
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