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== Court Jurisdictions  ==
== Court Jurisdictions  ==


Before 1858, every town and parish in Somerset was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts.  When looking for the probate records of an ancestor, find his/her place of residence in the list, and search the courts in the order given.  Here is a list of Somerset places beginning with the letter A.  Search indexes first.  For indexes, click on the name of a court or see the indexes listed below.
Before 1858, every town and parish in Somerset was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts.  For a list of Somerset places and the ecclesiastical courts that had pre-1858 juridiction over them, click on a letter link:


For other place names, click on a letter link:  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions B|B]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions C through D|C-D]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions E through J|E-J]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions K through M|K-M]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes N through R|N-R]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes S through T|S-T]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes U through Z|U-Z]].   
[[Somerset_Probate_Jurisdictions_Parishes_A|A]],  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions B|B]],  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions C through D|C-D]],  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions E through J|E-J]],  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions K through M|K-M]],  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes N through R|N-R]],  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes S through T|S-T]],  [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes U through Z|U-Z]].   


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