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#Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.<br> | #Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.<br> | ||
#Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br><br> | #Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br><br> | ||
== Court Jurisdictions by Parish<br> == | |||
Before 1858, every town and parish in Buckinghamshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Most of Buckinghamshire was under the primary jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, hence the majority of genealogical searches will be in the records of that court and its superior (or secondary) courts. | |||
For a list of Buckinghamshire parishes that were exceptions, click [[Buckinghamshire Probate Jurisdictions|'''here''']]. | |||
Search the courts in the order given. Search indexes first. To see a list of indexes, click on a court name or go to the '''Probate Indexes''' section below. | |||
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== Buckinghamshire Probate Courts == | == Buckinghamshire Probate Courts == | ||
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The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] could also serve as an appeals court. | The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] could also serve as an appeals court. | ||
== Probate Indexes == | == Probate Indexes == | ||