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== Probate Indexes == | |||
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | |||
=== Online Indexes === | |||
County-wide general will indexes exist for Hertford County. At the time of this writing, there no available online indexes. | |||
=== Printed Indexes === | |||
If the indexes on the Internet do not produce possible wills for your ancestors,&nbsp;look in the '''published indexes '''listed here. | |||
Wills at the Hertfordshire Record Office: | |||
*Beryl Crawley and Cliff Webb, ed. ''Wills at Hertford. ''London 2007, the British Record Society. (FHL book 942 B4b vol. 120. The Hertford County Record Office wills indexing project under the auspices of the above authors on behalf of the Index Library compiled by far the most comprehensive wills index for Hertfordshire; available at the [http://www.britishrecordsociety.org/ British Record Society website]. | |||
Hertfordshire wills (a few) in the Essex County Record Office: | |||
* Emmison, F. G., ed. ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. London: s.n., 1961, the British Record Society. (FHL book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=247479&disp=Wills+at+Chelmsford+%28Essex+and+East+He%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 B4b] vols. 78, 79 and 84; also on microfilms 0962739 and 0962740, and on microfiche 6073796, 6073797, and 6073802.) | |||
Other printed indexes are found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.''' | |||
== Estate Duty Records<br> == | == Estate Duty Records<br> == | ||