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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. | 1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. | ||
2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "Family History Library Records." | 2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "Family History Library Records." | ||
3. Contact or visit the Cambridgeshire 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. | 3. Contact or visit the Cambridgeshire 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. | ||
4. 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. | 4. 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. | ||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
==== Online Indexes ==== | ==== Online Indexes ==== | ||
==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | ==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | ||
The Family History Library has copies of the following: | The Family History Library has copies of the following: | ||
*Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ film number 187854] | *Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ film number 187854] | ||
*Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ film number 187904] | *Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ film number 187904] | ||
*Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ film number 187855] | *Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ film number 187855] | ||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=236394&disp=Calendars+of+Huntingdonshire+wills%2C+14++ Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652,] compiled by W. M. Noble | *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=236394&disp=Calendars+of+Huntingdonshire+wills%2C+14++ Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652,] compiled by W. M. Noble | ||
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The records for this court are held at the [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crocambridge.htm Cambridgeshire County Record Office]. | The records for this court are held at the [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crocambridge.htm Cambridgeshire County Record Office]. | ||
==== Archive Records ==== | ==== Archive Records ==== | ||
Add information. | Add information. | ||
==== Family History Library Records ==== | ==== Family History Library Records ==== | ||
The Family History Library has copies of the following: *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857] *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689]<br>*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857] <br>*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Admon bonds 1662-1688 ]<br>Films can be viewed in the library or in a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center] | The Family History Library has copies of the following: *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857] *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689]<br>*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857] <br>*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ Admon bonds 1662-1688 ]<br>Films can be viewed in the library or in a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center]. | ||
== Jurisdiction == | == Jurisdiction == | ||
All of Huntingdonshire except for the [[P genealogical glossary terms|prebendal]] courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford. | |||
[[Category:Huntingdonshire]] | [[Category:Huntingdonshire]] | ||
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