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 == Court Jurisdictions  ==
-Before 1858, every parish was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary and several secondary courts.&nbsp; To see an alphabetical list of Berkshire parishes and the courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the link for the letter that a parish name begins with:
+Before 1858, every parish was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary and several secondary (or superior) courts.&nbsp; The majority of the Berkshire parishes were under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire, as stated above.&nbsp;
+Click here to see an alphabetical list of Berkshire parishes&nbsp;that were the exceptions, and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.
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 == Probate Indexes Online  ==