England Court Records: Difference between revisions

Chancery Court records are held at The National Archives.<br><br><u>''Chancery Calendars, Indexes and Abstracts''</u>'''''<br>'''''<br>Some of the Chancery court records have been indexed. See the article by Ron Hill in the “Helpful Guides” section below to see a list of indexes for different time periods. Also, two of The National Archives Research Guides “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits from 1558" and “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits before 1558” list the records and what records have been&nbsp;indexed.<br><br>The&nbsp;National Archives website has available the “[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/equity/ Equity Pleadings Database]”, which includes part of the C6 class of records and is searchable by name or place. Also, some of these records have been indexed in The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Default.asp?j=1 Catalogue]. Search the Catalogue on the National Archives website with an ancestor's surname in the "Word or Phrase" field and the letter C in the "Department or Series code" field. <br><br>Two men, Charles Allen Bernau and George Frederick Tudor Sherwood, have both complied calendars and indexes to chancery material. Family History Library has the&nbsp;Bernau Collection and Sherwood Collection. You may search the Family History Library Catalog by Place under&nbsp;England - Court Records - Indexes or England - Court Records or do a Keyword search for Bernau and Sherwood.

Chancery Proceedings and Depositions Indexes and Published Records

Compiled from The National Archives Research Guides to Chancery Records and Ronald A. Hill's article “English Genealogical Research: Using Chancery Court Proceedings”. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Volume 91, No. 2, June 2007. pp. 111-138.&nbsp; Used with permission.

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