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1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.<br>2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit the Essex County Record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.<br>4. You can visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp centers] near you.<br> | 1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.<br>2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit the Essex County Record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.<br>4. You can visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp centers] near you.<br> | ||
== Probate Indexes == | == Probate Indexes == | ||
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The Hampshire Record Office also has a type manuscript index covering the early Chilcombe wills; see the next section below. | The Hampshire Record Office also has a type manuscript index covering the early Chilcombe wills; see the next section below. | ||
== The Records == | |||
== | === Archives Location === | ||
'''Hampshire Record Office'''<br>'''Archives and Local Studies'''<br>'''Sussex Street''' <br>'''Winchester''' <br>'''Hampshire SO23 8TH''' <br>'''tel 01962 846154, fax 01962 878681'''<br>'''[http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/hro/mailto.html Contact the Archives and Local Studies]''' | |||
[http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives.htm Website] | |||
Opening times:<br>Monday to Friday, 9am-7pm<br>Saturday, 9am-4pm<br> | |||
=== Probate Rcords Held in This Archive === | |||
Original Wills 1566-1665 | |||
=== Probate Records of This Court In The Family History Library === | |||
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=600687&disp=Collection+of+wills+from+the+Peculiar+Co++ Original Wills 1566-1665] | |||
== Historical Background == | |||
The Court of the Peculiar of Chilcombe held jurisdiction over the parish of Chilcombe. When a search of this courts’ probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search both the Consistory and Archdeaconry Courts of Winchester as well as the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. | |||
== Strategies, Tips, Other? == | == Strategies, Tips, Other? == | ||