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== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
B. Nelson is creating an online index to Lancashire wills. This is an on-going project and the database will grow and become more complete with time. To access the index, go to: [http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]. | *B. Nelson is creating an online index to Lancashire wills. This is an on-going project and the database will grow and become more complete with time. To access the index, go to: [http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]. | ||
*The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (also known as the PCC) has an [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp online index of wills] and if a will is found it can be ordered online. The advantage of the PCC site is that you can order the will directly for a small fee. The Lancashire Will Search, mentioned above also has indexed the P.C.C. wills for Lancashire. | |||
*An [http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/education_social_sciences/history/probate_index.php index] of wills and related documents for 1748-1858 has been prepared and covers Lancashire north of the Ribble River, and parts of Cumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire. It indexes all surviving probate documents for the Western Deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Richmond, which include the deaneries of Amounderness, Copeland, Furness, Kendal and Lonsdale:<br> | |||
== Probate Records of Lancashire Courts == | == Probate Records of Lancashire Courts == | ||