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== Description == | == Description == | ||
''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.<br> | ''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.<br> | ||
== Step By Step == | |||
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.<br>2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit the 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. 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 centers near you. | |||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
==== Online Indexes ==== | ==== Online Indexes ==== | ||
==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | ==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | ||
Indexes from 1660-1857 were compiled by the British Record Society (vol. 85) and are available at major academic and research institutions in the UK and U.S.A., including the Family History Library. <br> | Indexes from 1660-1857 were compiled by the British Record Society (vol. 85) and are available at major academic and research institutions in the UK and U.S.A., including the Family History Library. <br> | ||
The Family History Library has an ''Index of cases in the records of the Court of Arches at Lambeth Palace Library, from 1660-1913'' are on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248463&disp=Index+of+cases+in+the+records+of+the+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0 microfiche #6066891] | The Family History Library has an ''Index of cases in the records of the Court of Arches at Lambeth Palace Library, from 1660-1913'' are on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248463&disp=Index+of+cases+in+the+records+of+the+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0 microfiche #6066891] | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
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==== Archive Records ==== | ==== Archive Records ==== | ||
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==== Family History Library Records ==== | ==== Family History Library Records ==== | ||
The Family History Library has the following records on film. Films can be viewed in the library or in [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history centers]. | The Family History Library has the following records on film. Films can be viewed in the library or in [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history centers]. | ||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=379246&disp=Records+of+the+Court+of+Arches%2C+1660%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Records of the Court of Arches, 1660-1913 (microfiche series)]<br> | *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=379246&disp=Records+of+the+Court+of+Arches%2C+1660%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Records of the Court of Arches, 1660-1913 (microfiche series)]<br> | ||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=405562&disp=Proceedings+of+the+Court+of+Arches%2C+15%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Proceedings of the Court of Arches, 1554-1883 (series 2)] | *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=405562&disp=Proceedings+of+the+Court+of+Arches%2C+15%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Proceedings of the Court of Arches, 1554-1883 (series 2)] | ||